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Author:

Borrowman, Jerry, author.

Title:

Compassionate soldier : remarkable true stories of mercy, heroism, and honor from the battlefield / Jerry Borrowman.

Publisher:

Shadow Mountain,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

199 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

War--Moral and ethical aspects.
Compassion--Anecdotes.
Courage--Anecdotes.
Soldiers--Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Captain Ferguson and General Washington : the law of arms -- Richard Kirkland : an angel at the battle of Fredericksburg -- Oswald Boelcke : German ace in World War I -- Edith Wharton : a season of mercy -- Edith Cavell : the ultimate sacrifice -- Rosenau and Lurye : cast your bread upon the waters -- The Kaiser and Robert Campbell : the honor of an officer -- Rudolf Wobbe : saved by a Nazi prison guard -- Dietrich von Choltitz : nineteen days in Paris -- Robert Sheeks : saving enemy civilians and soldiers in the Pacific war -- Bernie Fisher : valor in Vietnam -- Kim Phuc : fire is falling from heaven -- Hunter Scott : justice for the USS Indianapolis -- Shawn Mckinnon : humanized in Iraq -- Charles and Donna Cooley : the happy factory.

ISBN:

1629722928
9781629722924

OCLC:

(OCoLC)958351231

LCCN:

2016048519

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

UHPB911 -- Milo Public Library (Milo)

ZUPD675 -- Onawa Public Library (Onawa)