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Phillips, Michael M.
The Gift of Valor :
A War Story /
Michael M. Phillips.
First edition.
New York :
Broadway Books,
2005.
241 p :
maps ;
20 cm.
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Prologue Hand grenades -- Kilo Company -- The Mahogany Ridge -- The crackhouse -- Convoy -- Kilo four-two -- Shock-trauma tent -- The expectant ward -- Brain surgery - - Phone call -- Civilization -- Life support -- Home.
This embedded reporter's coverage of the war in Iraq provides a view of fear, confusion, bravery, and suffering set against a brotherhood forged in combat. He focuses on the actions of Jason Dunham, a 22-year-old Marine corporal, who became the first serviceman in Iraq nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Dunham, Jason
1981-2004.
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Personal narratives, American.
Medal of Honor.
Personal narratives.
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