Texas Aggie Medals of Honor: Seven Heroes of World War II

James R. Woodall

Texas Aggie Medals of Honor: Seven Heroes of World War II
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Country
United States
Published
8 August 2013
Pages
193
ISBN
9781623490454

Texas Aggie Medals of Honor: Seven Heroes of World War II

James R. Woodall

Every Medal of Honor represents a story of gallantry, courage, and sacrifice. Conceived in the early 1860s, the Medal of Honor, awarded in the name of the Congress of the United States , has been presented to more than 3,000 members of the United States armed forces. Seven of the 464 Medals of Honor awarded during World War II went to Texas Aggies.

Author James R. Woodall, a 1950 graduate of Texas A&M University and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, carried out a dedicated search of archives, family collections, and scores of other resources to gather, for the first time, the complete stories of these seven courageous men.

Texas Aggie Medals of Honor will undoubtedly be of great interest to former students of Texas A&M University, members of the Corps of Cadets, and others associated with the university and its distinguished tradition of military training and service. But the book will also hold great appeal, in the words of one advance reader, to those interested in the nation’s highest award for valour and the individual stories of ordinary men who did extraordinary things when confronted by life-threatening situations in combat .

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