Research Catalog

Title

Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients : American heroes / Michael Lee Lanning.

Author

Lanning, Michael Lee

Publication

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]

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Details

Description

ix, 252 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"La Valentia, el valor, la bravura. Since the creation of the Medal of Honor by the United States Congress in 1861, sixty Americans of Hispanic heritage have been awarded the nation's highest decoration for bravery and self-sacrifice in combat. In this important new work, Michael Lee Lanning documents what one reader describes as "some of the most extraordinary battlefield exploits ever performed in an American military uniform." Based on meticulous research, Lanning has assembled authoritative accounts of these heroic individuals and their deeds of valor, from the American Civil War through the current campaign in the Middle East. This clear and vigorous narrative-derived from enlistment records and other public documents, newspaper accounts, archival sources, and interviews with the families of the honorees-presents brief biographies that include details of the recipients' lives before and-in the case of those who survived-after their active-duty service. Lanning also includes the text of the citation from each recipients' Medal of Honor ceremonies and gripping accounts of the battlefield heroics that earned them the ultimate military honor from a grateful nation. Hispanic Medal of Honor Recipients: American Heroes provides the most thorough documentation to date of these courageous Americans and their service to our nation. The work offers a fitting commemoration of their remarkable actions under the direst circumstances, often performed under conditions of discrimination and prejudice, providing inspiration and encouragement for years to come"--

Series Statement

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series

Uniform Title

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series.

Subject

• Medal of Honor > Biography
• Hispanic American soldiers > Biography
• Hispanic American soldiers
• Medal of Honor
• United States > Armed Forces > Hispanic Americans > Biography
• United States

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Hispanics in the Armed Forces of the United States -- The Medal of Honor -- Civil War -- Boxer Rebellion -- World War I -- World War II -- Korea -- Vietnam -- Afghanistan.

Call Number

JFE 22-4123

ISBN

• 9781648430329
• 1648430325

LCCN

2021050035

OCLC

1281791109

Author

Lanning, Michael Lee, author.

Title

Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients : American heroes / Michael Lee Lanning.

Publisher

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Lanning, Michael Lee. Hispanic Medal of Honor recipients College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2022 9781648430336 (DLC) 2021050036

Research Call Number

JFE 22-4123