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03272aim a2200517 a 4500 001 989F8E3A570511E2BDDDF4A5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20240315010227 008 121226s2012 nnn f eng d 020 $a 1442355859 020 $a 9781442355859 040 $d SILO 245 10 $a Living with honor $h [sound recording] : $b A memoir by Medal of Honor Recipient / $c Salvatore A. Giunta with Joe Layden. 100 1 $a Giunta, Salvatore A. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Simon and Schuster Audio, $c 2012. 300 $a 9 audio discs ; $c cm. 500 $a Staff Sargeant Salvatore A. Guinta. 650 7 $a Medal of Honor Recipients. $2 sears 650 7 $a Memoirs. $2 sears 650 7 $a Biographies. $2 sears 650 7 $a War stories. $2 sears 520 $a A compelling memoir from a true hero -and one of the few living persons to ever be awarded the celebrated Medal of Honor. Sal Giunta was just a regular kid from Iowa when he enlisted in the army to figure out what to do with his life. He never thought that a few tours of duty later, he would be the first living person since the Vietnam War to be awarded the esteemed Medal of Honor. First stationed in Italy and then deployed into Afghanistan, Giunta had a firsthand perspective of the ground war and its daily difficulties-some quotidian in nature, some anything but. He and around 150 of his company were stationed in the dangerous Korengal Valley in 2007, where some of the most intense fighting in the war had taken place. Giunta called it, -basically hell on earth.-â Late one night in October of 2007, Giunta's company embarked on a sting operation into the Taliban's forces. They were ambushed on a rugged mountain path by twenty insurgents. Giunta sprang into action and with little regard for his own safety, he withstood enemy fire to administer medical aid to his wounded fellow soldiers' even rescuing one soldier who was being carried away by the insurgents until his squad reached safety. For the unrivaled bravery and selflessness of his actions, Giunta was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama. In this fascinating and riveting memoir, he depicts the realities of war, as well as the moment-by-moment details of the event that earned him the nation's highest distinction. 650 7 $a Soldiers $x War in Iraq. $2 sears 650 7 $a Afghanistan $x war. $2 sears 700 $a Nobbs, Keith. 700 $a Layden, Joe. 941 $a 18 952 $l HQPD845 $d 20240516012348.0 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430015326.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20230526012108.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220902012514.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20210323022522.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829012715.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204053332.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110035403.0 952 $l MBPE423 $d 20180717034148.0 952 $l DXPB423 $d 20180710021424.0 952 $l VMPC334 $d 20170118035021.0 952 $l D8PD522 $d 20161105011233.0 952 $l EKPC715 $d 20160315101532.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20150911033637.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20140115011436.0 952 $l SPPE104 $d 20130702020430.0 952 $l VTPD454 $d 20130430010610.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20130105010229.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=989F8E3A570511E2BDDDF4A5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search