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Summary: A MIRROR OF LIFE FOR THE FEW
Review: Like everything else in life, this book tells about sad times and happy times due to the fact that a military man was awarded the highest honor for valor this nation offers. This book gives descriptions of the battle event that was reponsible for the medal for a number of veterans from the Civil War through Viet Nam. The writing is interesting and points out what some men are capable of when their back is against the wall. If you like war stories, this is a winner.
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Summary: Portraits of Medal of Honor winners.
Review: Short biographies of 10 men and 1 woman who won this famous award and the lives they lived. Mikaelian selected only people who lived through their ordeal, and then reviewed their life stories after their heroic actions. For the most part, these men went back to living undistinguished lives. The author also details other MOH winners, along with these 11 individuals.
The best story is about a Medal of Honor winner in the Eighth Air Force during WWII. Snuffy was an interesting character to say the list. His advocacy of a medicinal cream called Firmo was a real laugh.
This was an OK read, and I got some insight into the military award process. I am not sure why Mike Wallace needed to contribute anything to this book. I guess the Publishers wanted a high name person attached to this book to boost sales. Wallace's contribution was little, and his writing should not have appeared in the book.
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Summary: More politics.
Review: The book is not bad if you can get over the liberal agenda. What would be expected from Mike Wallace? I hate to admit this, I would like to have seen historical pictures of the CMH and its recipients.
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Summary: The Human Side of the Medal
Review: There have been many books written on the Medal of Honor, and this effort was an enjoyable read. The most important aspect managed to show a human side of the recipient. Each chapter covered a person who earned (not "won") the medal; the author did a very good job in tying in other stories of recipients pertaining to a campaign or battle to carry on the story.While some of the stories are well known, others were not, and this is what is needed. I have seen several of the deceased recipients' graves at Arlington National Cemetery that are covered in this book; Edouard Izac's story is amazing in his continuous efforts to gain secrets of submarine warfare while as a prisoner of war in WWI, along with his escape attempts. The book manages to show that while these men (as well as the sole female receipeint, Mary Walker) were indeed brave in their actions, they are mere humans that have lived in wealth or poverty, and encountered success as well as failure. I would have given the review five stars if the book was illustrated; as I believe that it would have assisted the reader to put a face with the name of the recipient. While reading the book, one may want to visualize the person they are reading about. If you enjoyed this book on a more human aspect, I would also recommend "Beyond the Medal" by another Medal of Honer recipient, Peter Lemon
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Summary: Not about Medal of Honor
Review: This book isn't really about the Medal of Honor. It is a treatise on how the medal of Honor impacted the lives of a small number of those awarded. The choice of personal histories that have been included seems slanted to emphasize the negative. One really needs to distinguish betwen the MOH event and the personal histories of the men who received them. This book professes one thing while providing the other. Also, Mike Wallace's contribution seems irrelevant, unnecessary, and perhaps detracts from the book. Why was he even included? There are some interesting things here, but you need to prepare yourself to be disappointed a bit by the commentary and choice of MOH content.
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Summary: Reeks of a political agenda
Review: This casual, offhand, poorly researched and often innaccurate book is a real disappointment--mostly due to the authors' leftish policital agenda, one that is demonstrated in the authors' choice of subjects. Though selling itself as a military history, this book is really quite anti-military in tone. The men (and, predictdably, one woman) have short lives that end tragically, are prosecuted for their race, or commit suicide because (presumably) they can't face the horrors of war they had experienced. Nowhere are to be found the true stories of men who survived war and thrived--men like Joe Foss, former governor of New Mexico; Archer Vandegrift, the Marine Corps general who won the battle of Guadalcanal; "Pappy" Boyington, who commanded the Black Sheep Squadron in World War II, became a television on and off camera celebrity, and later an advisor on a television show based on his exploits. And of course you won't read about the two brave Delta Force commandos who left the safety of their helicopter to protect the pilot of a downed Black Hawk helicopter in Somalia in 1993, and paid with their lives--because that story would reflect badly on Democratic President Bill Clinton, and so was left out. This book is a sad, pathetic attempt to villify war and damper the heroics of the Americans who go to fight wars (instead of just reporting on them), this book is a left-wing sheep disguised in patriotic clothing.
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Summary: Leaving some out!!
Review: Way to go, if you are going to honor Americas Medal of Honor soldiers next time HONOR THEM ALL!!!! Seems the authors missed the U.S. Coast Guard Medal of Honor awarded.......all he did was give his life saving Marines, thankfully Marines remember.
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Summary: Stories of only a handful
Review: When I orginally purchased this book, I was excited thinking this book covered every one of the medal of honor winners "From the civil war to the present". To my suprise, it only covered the men who earned this medal if there was enough information about there whole life. Of the few who's stories are in the book, it was interesting and surprising to read how there childhood, military, and post military (if they survived) life was. Also in the book, the author did mention some of the names of other award winners if they were present during the same battle. Over all I was disappointed with buying this book. If you are looking for a book on medal of honor winners that have there whole life story, and only a few at that, this book may interest you. My suggestion is to either read it at a library, or wait til the price is $$$$!! I would not buy this book again; I will not read this book again!! If you are looking for WWII medal of honor winners a really super good book is " Heroes of WWII" by Edward F. Murphy
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