Medal of honor [videorecording] / co-production of Florentine Films/Sherman Pictures, WETA and the Washington Post Company ; directed and produced by Roger Sherman.
Special features (1 hr. 48 min).: additional interviews. -- Everyday realities -- Combat and casualties -- Fear -- War follows you -- Receiving the medal -- Rubin refuses release -- Medals since Vietnam -- Mothers of soldiers. Narrator, Alfre Woodard.
Contents:
Hershel Williams / Iwo Jima -- Looking back : Civil War - Beginning of World War I -- How one gets the Medal -- Since Vietnam -- Maverick -- Can anyone be a hero -- Fear -- Determination -- Vietnam -- THe only woman -- Drew Dix -- Charles Liteky -- War heroes and pacifists -- Heroism beyond combat -- Medals long overdue.
Summary:
Traces the history of the Medal of Honor from its inception during the Civil War through the Iraq War. Focuses on the stories of a valiant few: Sgt. Paul Smith who died protecting his company at the Baghdad Airport; a Holocaust survivor who single-handedly defends a hill during the Korean War; a Navy SEAL, a veteran of the Vietnam War, who swam for two hours in the ocean, carrying his wounded comrades to safety; a Marine at Iwo Jima who used a flamethrower to silence seven Japanese bunkers. Includes the story of the woman who won the Medal during the Civil War and then lost it.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.