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African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor

Author : Charles W. Hanna
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476604630
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor written by Charles W. Hanna and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medal of Honor, one of the world's most highly revered military decorations, has been awarded to 3,457 men and one woman since its inception on December 21, 1861. This honor is bestowed upon those individuals who demonstrate courage in a life-threatening situation, who put their own lives at risk for the sake of others, and who display valor above and beyond the call of duty. This text details the stories of the 88 African Americans who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. Each entry chronicles the acts of bravery and courage that led to the serviceman's receiving this honor. Beginning with a brief history of the Medal of Honor, the book is then divided into eight sections covering every major conflict from the Civil War through the Vietnam War. An appendix of the number of medals awarded by wars and campaigns, a bibliography, and an index are included.

Civil War African-American Medal of Honor Recipients

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Civil War African-American Medal of Honor Recipients written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanford L. Davis lists the African Americans who received Medals of Honor for their service in the American Civil War. Davis notes each recipient's rank and organization, place and date of the honorable act, birth place, date of issue, and citation.

Immortal Valor

Author : Robert Child
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472852869
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Immortal Valor written by Robert Child and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable story of the seven African American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their recognition. In 1945, when Congress began reviewing the record of the most conspicuous acts of courage by American soldiers during World War II, they recommended awarding the Medal of Honor to 432 recipients. Despite the fact that more than one million African-Americans served, not a single black soldier received the Medal of Honor. The omission remained on the record for over four decades. But recent historical investigations have brought to light some of the extraordinary acts of valor performed by black soldiers during the war. Men like Vernon Baker, who single-handedly eliminated three enemy machineguns, an observation post, and a German dugout. Or Sergeant Reuben Rivers, who spearhead his tank unit's advance against fierce German resistance for three days despite being grievously wounded. Meanwhile Lieutenant Charles Thomas led his platoon to capture a strategically vital village on the Siegfried Line in 1944 despite losing half his men and suffering a number of wounds himself. Ultimately, in 1993 a US Army commission determined that seven men, including Baker, Rivers and Thomas, had been denied the Army's highest award simply due to racial discrimination. In 1997, more than 50 years after the war, President Clinton finally awarded the Medal of Honor to these seven heroes, sadly all but one of them posthumously. These are their stories.

Heroes Do Not Have Color

Author : Zachary Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Heroes Do Not Have Color written by Zachary Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brothers in Valor

Author : Robert F. Jefferson, Jr.
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493031759
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Brothers in Valor written by Robert F. Jefferson, Jr. and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863, Sgt. William Harvey Carney picked up the fallen flag from his lifeless comrade. He waved the flag for all of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry to see and led the way to the parapet to plant the colors. After Col. Robert Gould Shaw was mortally wounded, Carney inspired his infantry forward. Even after sustaining severe wounds, Carney proudly declared, “Boys, the old flag never touched the ground!” After this battle, Carney became the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor. Since the American Civil War, scores of African Americans have served with great distinction. Through thousands of historical accounts, photographs, and documentary evidence, Robert Jefferson introduces the 89 black soldiers who continued forward when all odds were against them. The heroes within these pages faced certain death and definite danger without flinching. Jefferson paints a vivid portrait of African-American soldiers who carried the flag of freedom and how they reshaped the very definition of courage under fire during some of the most harrowing moments in United States military history. In turn, their courage and determination left an indelible mark on the American portrait.

Immortal Valor

Author : Robert Child
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472852842
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Immortal Valor written by Robert Child and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable story of seven African-American soldiers denied the Medal of Honor for more than 50 years due to their race, and their extraordinary acts of bravery. In 1945, when Congress began reviewing the record of the most conspicuous acts of courage by American soldiers during World War II, they recommended awarding the Medal of Honor to 432 recipients. Despite the fact that more than one million African-Americans served, not a single black soldier received the Medal of Honor. The omission remained on the record for over four decades. But recent historical investigations have brought to light some of the extraordinary acts of valor performed by black soldiers during the war. Men like Vernon Baker, who single-handedly eliminated three enemy machine guns, an observation post, and a German dugout. Or Sergeant Reuben Rivers, who spearheaded his tank unit's advance against fierce German resistance for three days despite being grievously wounded. Meanwhile Lieutenant Charles Thomas led his platoon to capture a strategically vital village on the Siegfried Line in 1944 despite losing half his men and suffering a number of wounds himself. Ultimately, in 1993 a US Army commission determined that seven men, including Baker, Rivers and Thomas, had been denied the Army's highest award simply due to racial discrimination. In 1997, more than 50 years after the war, President Clinton finally awarded the Medal of Honor to these seven heroes, sadly all but one of them posthumously. These are their stories.

The Medal of Honor

Author : The Editors of Boston Publishing Company
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760346240
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Medal of Honor written by The Editors of Boston Publishing Company and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of America's highest award for military valor. The Medal of Honor chronicles the creation, evolution, and awarding of the Medal, from the battlefields of the Civil War to the jungles of Vietnam, through a wealth of illustrations and hundreds of authoritative, action-filled accounts of heroism in America's conflicts. This wonderfully detailed and beautifully designed history book puts the Medal and its recipients into the context of their times, with brief and accessible introductions explaining each war and conflict for which the Medal was awarded. It also includes photo essays, intriguing stories of the Medal's sometimes quirky personalities, effects on surviving recipients, and the Medal's preeminent place in the American story. Whether you're an avid reader on the history of the Medal of Honor or simply intrigued by its place in our history, you're certain to want to flip through the pages of The Medal of Honor again and again.

Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

Author : Kieran Doherty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780766010260
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients written by Kieran Doherty and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recipients of this highest honor have been as diverse as the United States itself. Included among the ten heroes in this book are three from the civil War: the first soldier to receive the honor; the first African American; and the first woman, a doctor. From World War I there is a pioneering flying ace, and from World War II, a navy skipper of a PT boat. A native American and Japanese American were both honored for courage in the Korean War, and a Hispanic American, for service in the Vietnam conflict. Two posthumous awards were given to soldiers for valor in Somalia. Their childhoods as well as their heroic action under fire are described. The recipients include Jacob Parrott, William Carney, Mary Edwards Walker, Eddie Rickenbacker, Alvin York, John Bulkeley, Mitchell Red Cloud, Hiroshi Miyamura, Jay Vargas, and Gary Gordon and Randall Shughart.

Every Night & Every Morn

Author : John L. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780979957208
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Every Night & Every Morn written by John L. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lists of African-American People

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
ISBN 13 : 9781230811086
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Lists of African-American People written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: 100 Greatest African Americans, African-American Primetime Emmy nominees and winners, Lists of African Americans, List of African-American abolitionists, List of African-American astronauts, List of African-American inventors and scientists, List of African-American jurists, List of African-American mathematicians, List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients, List of African-American nonfiction writers, List of African-American officeholders during the Reconstruction, List of African-American Republicans, List of African-American visual artists, List of African-American writers, List of civil rights leaders, List of composers of African descent, List of Ethiopian Americans, List of Nigerian Americans, List of people of African American and Native American admixture, List of winners of the William E. Harmon foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes, List of Zeta Phi Beta sisters. Excerpt: The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. Recipients must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States. Because of the nature of this medal, it is commonly presented posthumously. Of the 3,464 Medals of Honor awarded as of June 2009, 88 have been awarded to 87 different African American recipients. Robert Augustus Sweeney is one of nineteen men, and the only African American, to have been awarded two Medals of Honor. A 1993 study commissioned by the Army investigated racial discrimination in the awarding of medals. At the time, no Medals of Honor had been awarded to black soldiers who served in World War II. After an exhaustive review of files, the study recommended that several...

America's Heroes

Author : James H. Willbanks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 159884394X
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book America's Heroes written by James H. Willbanks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features the stories of 200 heroic individuals awarded the Medal of Honor for their distinguished military service while fighting for their country, from the Civil War to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. America's Heroes: Medal of Honor Recipients from the Civil War to Afghanistan pays tribute to Americans who have demonstrated uncommon valor in the face of great danger. The Medal of Honor recipients featured in this book all acted heroically to earn this highly coveted award, many of them by risking—or sacrificing—their lives to save the lives of others. The stories of these individuals—chosen to reflect the wide diversity of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, branches of service, and conflicts of the recipients—will broaden readers' understanding and appreciation of the Medal of Honor and the distinguished Americans who have received it. In addition to the gripping stories of these heroic Americans, this unique encyclopedia includes an introduction that chronicles the evolution in the award's significance. The Medal of Honor has changed greatly over the last 150 years, not only in the design of the physical decoration itself, but also in terms of the qualifying criteria for the award's recipients.

Medal of Honor

Author : Allen Mikaelian
Publisher : Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781587243264
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Medal of Honor written by Allen Mikaelian and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medal of Honor portrays eleven recipients of the award, from each branch of the military, and examines what drove them to go so far above and beyond the call of duty. Among the stories are an account of the life of the only woman ever to receive the medal, and of a soldier from the legendary WWII Japanese-American 442nd who went on to earn the medal in the Korean War. The book tells not only of astonishing military actions but also, significantly, of the recipients' lives before and after their wartime experiences. 60 Minutes reporter Mike Wallace also meditates on the meaning of courage and shows what we can all learn from these extraordinary individuals. Book jacket.

African American War Heroes

Author : James B. Martin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1610693663
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book African American War Heroes written by James B. Martin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed profiles bring stories of African American heroism in the U.S. armed forces to life, from the American Revolution through the conflict in Afghanistan. African American war heroes remain largely unsung, their courage and valor relegated to the less traveled corners of history. This work seeks out those heroes—soldiers, sailors, flyers, and marines—who earned their nation's highest medals in defense of freedom and equality. Some of these men and women died on the battlefield. Others returned to civilian life in a segregated country. What they share across time and circumstance is devotion to duty and to the country they defended, even in the face of personal and racial prejudice. Entries profile decorated African Americans from all of the U.S. conflicts since the Revolutionary War. In addition to providing basic biographical data, each profile offers a detailed account of the individual's heroic actions. The book also offers sidebars on events and topics relevant to African Americans in the U.S. armed forces, such as histories of the 54th Massachusetts and the Tuskegee Airmen.

The Medal of Honor and African Americans in the United States Army During World War II

Author : Elliott V. Converse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book The Medal of Honor and African Americans in the United States Army During World War II written by Elliott V. Converse and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African-American Civil War Medals of Honor

Author : Randy Bishop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737452270
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book African-American Civil War Medals of Honor written by Randy Bishop and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty-five African-Americans earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the War Between the States. From the 1860s to modern times, the rates at which those acts were recognized have varied. This manuscript conducts brief biographies of the men whose heroism was deemed worthy of special recognition. The situations each man faced while earning the medals are also covered.

Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975

Author : Glenn A. Knoblock
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786483008
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975 written by Glenn A. Knoblock and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For as long as an American naval force has existed, black sailors have served it with bravery, distinction, and little or no recognition. They have since earned praise for service in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, and more recently, they were integral to the development of the U.S. Submarine Service. Their roles limited by segregation, black submariners nonetheless were a key element of the "Silent Service" throughout World War II. With desegregation came expanded opportunities, and black submariners witnessed the birth and evolution of the nuclear-powered submarine, and some of the tensest moments of the Cold War. These men paved the way for those who followed--their contributions deserve recognition, and their stories deserve to be told. This exploration of the role of African American submariners chronicles their service from World War II through the Cold War era. An historical overview of black sailors and the evolution of the Steward's Branch, to which black sailors were eventually restricted, precede descriptions of becoming a steward and a submariner, and of life as a submariner during World War II. An account of black submariners in post-war service during desegregation, the development of the nuclear submarine, and throughout the Cold War follows. Oral histories of more than fifty black submariners who served in World War II and post-war form the heart of the book. Photographs of the men profiled, including wartime photographs, complement the text. Appendices outline the naval steward rating system, list all black submarine stewards serving in World War II, top stewards by number of war patrols, and those lost or killed during wartime service. Rear Admiral Melvin G. Williams, Jr., submarine fleet commander and son of one of the men profiled, provides a foreword.

African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941–1945

Author : Chris Dixon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107112699
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book African Americans and the Pacific War, 1941–1945 written by Chris Dixon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dixon provides the first comprehensive study of African American military and social experiences during the Pacific War.