MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS 1863-1994 VOLUME I: Civil War to 2nd Nicaraguan Campaign: VOLUME 2: World War II to Somalia

Impressively detailed history of the leading US award for battlefield bravery - with 3,401 holders listed from the Civil War to the 1990s Somalia deployment.

This impressive two-volume work is the most detailed and extensive history ever of America’s most coveted medal for bravery in battle. Before the Civil War, courage in action, though plentifully displayed by early Americans, was given little official recognition. The institution of the Medal for Honor changed all that, but it was not until 1916 that Congress authorised the keeping of a Medal of Honor Roll, together with a modest ten dollar a month pension for recipients. These books contain the names and stories of 3,401 such holders, and is an essential addition to the libraries of all those seriously interested in such medals.

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Product Code:	10498
Author:	George Lang, M.H., Raymond L. Collins and Gerard F. White
Format:	Vol I 440pp, Vol II 894pp, hb. Published Price £85
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