Williamsburg Regional Library

Medal of honor, co-production of Florentine Films/Sherman Pictures, WETA and the Washington Post Company ; directed and produced by Roger Sherman

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videorecording

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Medal of honor

videorecording

277047245

co-production of Florentine Films/Sherman Pictures, WETA and the Washington Post Company ; directed and produced by Roger Sherman

90

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

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

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live action