They Met Danger; Real Life Stories
William L. Marsh Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1960. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 210 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Some page browning. Some cover wear. Chapters include The Medal of Honor; Two Things to Succeed (Mitchel's Raiders); The Fightingest Man (Dan Daly); One-Man Army (Alvin C. York); The Balloon-Buster (Frank Luke); Terror on the Black Isle (Herman H. Hanneken); Too Young to Fight! (Audie Murphy); "Go in and Get Them! (Samuel D. Dealey, Jr.); Some Kind of Miracle (Lloyd L. Burke). This book tells the stories of some of the heroic men who have been awarded the Medal of Honor from Civil War times up to and including the Korean Conflict. With 3,174 Medals of Honor awarded since 1862, it was a difficult task to choose the examples in the following chapters, but an effort was made to show the variety of deeds by which men have won the nation's highest award for valor on land, on sea, or in the air. Gordon Donald Shirreffs (January 15, 1914 – February 9, 1996) was an American author, known mostly for writing Western and juvenile (young adult) novels. He also wrote a teleplay. Two of his novels, Judas Gun and Rio Bravo, were made into movies (Vivo per la tua Morte, 1968 Italy, A Long Ride from Hell, in the U.S.A., Oregon Passage (1957 film), respectively). One of his short stories ("Silent Reckoning") became the movie The Lonesome Trail (1955). Gordon Shirreffs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1914. When his National Guard unit was activated in 1940 Shirreffs served in World War II where he was stationed in Alaska's Aleutian Islands as part of the Pacific Theater. Following the war he attended Northwestern University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States government's highest and most prestigious military decoration that may be awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, Space Force guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. The medal is normally awarded by the President of the United States, but as it is presented "in the name of the United States Congress", it is often referred to as the "Congressional Medal of Honor". There are three distinct variants of the medal: one for the Department of the Army, awarded to soldiers, one for the Department of the Navy, awarded to sailors and marines, as well as coast guardsmen of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Air Force variant is awarded to airmen and Space Force guardians. The Medal of Honor was introduced for the Department of the Navy in 1861, soon followed by the Department of the Army's version in 1862. The Department of the Air Force used the Department of the Army's version until they received their own distinctive version in 1965. The Medal of Honor is the oldest continuously issued combat decoration of the United States Armed Forces. The president typically presents the Medal of Honor at a formal ceremony intended to represent the gratitude of the American people, with posthumous presentations made to the primary next of kin. According to the Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States, there have been 3,526 Medals of Honor awarded to 3,507 individuals since the decoration's creation, with over 40% awarded for actions during the American Civil War. In 1990, Congress designated March 25 annually as "National Medal of Honor Day" Condition: Good.
Keywords: Medal of Honor, Mitchel's Raiders, Dan Daly, Alvin York, Frank Luke, Herman Hanneken, Audie Murphy, Samuel Dealey, Lloyd Burke, Heroism, Combat Operations, William March
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