Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decorations of honor
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Manual of Military Decorations & Awards
Author: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decorations of honor
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Connoisseur
Author: Army and Navy Gazette
Author: Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Author: United States. Joint Chiefs of StaffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Author: John Albert SleicherPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 918
Book Description
Nixon's Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972
Author: John Darrell SherwoodPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 0160928699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This commemoration booklet focuses on naval air power during the final years of the Vietnam War. For much of this period, Navy aircraft sought to hamper the flow of supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos—a huge investment in air power resources that ultimately proved fruitless. After North Vietnam’s invasion of the South in 1972, however, Navy tactical aviation, as well as naval gunfire support, proved critical, not only in blunting the offensive but also in persuading North Vietnam to arrive at a peace agreement in Paris in1973. The Navy’s forward presence saved the day in 1972 and allowed President Nixon to finally achieve “peace with honor.”
Spink Numismatic Circular
Author: The Medal of Honor
Author: Dwight S. MearsPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700626654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Medal of Honor may be America’s highest military decoration, but all Medals of Honor are not created equal. The medal has in fact consisted of several distinct decorations at various times and has involved a number of competing statutes and policies that rewarded different types of heroism. In this book, the first comprehensive look at the medal’s historical, legal, and policy underpinnings, Dwight S. Mears charts the complex evolution of these developments and differences over time. The Medal of Honor has had different qualification thresholds at different times, and indeed three separate versions—one for the army and two for the navy—existed contemporaneously between World Wars I and II. Mears traces these versions back to the medal’s inception during the Civil War and continues through the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—along the way describing representative medal actions for all major conflicts and services as well as legislative and policy changes contemporary to each period. He gives particular attention to retroactive army awards for the Civil War; World War I legislation that modernized and expanded the army’s statutory award authorization; the navy’s grappling with both a combat and noncombat Medal of Honor through much of the twentieth century; the Vietnam-era act that ended noncombat awards and largely standardized the Medal of Honor among all services; and the perceived decline of Medals of Honor awarded in the ongoing Global War on Terror. Mears also explores the tradition of awards via legislative bills of relief; extralegislative awards; administrative routes to awards through Boards of Correction of Military Records; restoration of awards previously revoked by the army in 1917; judicial review of military actions in federal court; and legislative actions intended to atone for historical discrimination against ethnic minorities. Unprecedented in scope and depth, his work is sure to be the definitive resource on America’s highest military honor.
Pentagon 9/11
Author: Alfred GoldbergPublisher: Office of the Secretary, Historical Offi
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The most comprehensive account to date of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon and aftermath, this volume includes unprecedented details on the impact on the Pentagon building and personnel and the scope of the rescue, recovery, and caregiving effort. It features 32 pages of photographs and more than a dozen diagrams and illustrations not previously available.
War Medals and Their History
Author: William Augustus StewardPublisher:
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Category : Military decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description