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Matlovich, the good soldier
- Title
- Matlovich, the good soldier / by Mike Hippler.
- Author
- Hippler, Mike
- Publication
- Boston : Alyson Publications, [1989]
- ©1989
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HQ75.8.M3 H56 1989 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 176 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Leonard Matlovich embodied the American ideal of heroism. His military career showed exemplary bravery and love of country ; he volunteered for three tours of duty in Vietnam and earned numerous citations and medals, including the Purple Heart. Leonard Matlovich was also gay. His battle to remain in the Air Force made him the first openly gay man to appear on the cover of Time magazine, smashing popular stereotypes about what it meant to be gay." -- Book jacket.
- Subject
- Matlovich, Leonard
- Matlovich, Leonard
- United States. Air Force > Gay people > Biography
- United States. Air Force > Biography
- United States. Air Force
- Gay military personnel > United States > Biography
- Armed Forces > Gays
- Gay military personnel
- Gay men in the military
- LGBTQ+ discrimination
- Gay men
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Gay biographies.
- LGBTQ+ biographies.
- Biographies.
- Contents
- Introduction : the apartment at the corner -- A military upbringing -- The Vietnam era -- The awakening -- The battle begins -- The battle continues -- Settling in -- The move west -- Back to business -- A time of struggle -- Fighting for his life -- Epilog : subsequent court cases.
- ISBN
- 1555831389
- 9781555831387
- 155583129X
- 9781555831295
- LCCN
- 88083332
- OCLC
- ocm21377191
- 21377191
- SCSB-1897910
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library