Dimensions
260 x 289 x 31mm
A crewman aboard a bomber picks up, carries, and ejects a misfired phosphorous flare from the fuselage while he watches his hand burn away in the process. A soldier falls on a grenade to save his buddies, knowing that if he survives at all, it will be with a shattered body. A Japanese American, his family having been forced into a California internment camp, is a member of the Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in World War II. These and a hundred more stories of living (or recently deceased) recipients of the Medal of Honor are told in this profoundly moving testament to our military heroes from World War II to Afghanistan and Iraq, in words describing their remarkable moments of courage and selflessness, and in photographs of them as they are today.
