African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor: A Biographical Dictionary, Civil War through Vietnam War
199African American Recipients of the Medal of Honor: A Biographical Dictionary, Civil War through Vietnam War
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ISBN-13: | 9780786449118 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |
Publication date: | 07/27/2010 |
Series: | History/Military |
Pages: | 199 |
Sales rank: | 743,750 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.60(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Introduction: History of the Medal of Honor 1
Chapter 1 The Civil War (1861-1865) 7
Landsman Aaron Anderson, USN 11
Private Bruce Anderson, USA 14
Private William H. Barnes, USA 15
1st Sergeant Powhatan Beaty, USA 16
Contraband Robert Blake, USN 17
1st Sergeant James H. Bronson, USA 19
Landsman William H. Brown, USN 20
Landsman Wilson Brown, USN 21
Sergeant William Harvey Carney, USA 22
Seaman Clement Dees, USN 26
Sergeant Decatur Dorsey, USA 29
Sergeant Christian A. Fleetwood, USA 30
Private James Gardiner, USA 33
Sergeant James H. Harris, USA 35
Private Thomas R. Hawkins, USA 36
Sergeant Alfred B. Hilton, USA 37
Sergeant Milton M. Holland, USA 38
Corporal Miles James, USA 40
1st Sergeant Alexander Kelly, USA 42
Landsman John Henry Lawson, USN 43
Engineer's Cook James Mifflin, USN 44
Seaman Joachim Pease, USN 45
1st Sergeant Robert A. Pinn, USA 46
1st Sergeant Edward Ratcliff, USA 48
Color Sergeant Andrew Jackson Smith, USA 49
Private Charles Veal, USA 53
Chapter 2 The Indian Wars (1866-1890) 55
Sergeant Thomas Boyne, USA 57
Sergeant Benjamin Brown, USA 59
Sergeant John Denny, USA 61
Private Pompey Factor, USA 63
Corporal Clinton Greaves, USA 65
Sergeant Henry Johnson, USA 67
Sergeant George Jordan, USA 73
Sergeant William McBryar, USA 74
Corporal Isaiah Mays, USA 75
Private Adam Paine, USA 78
Trumpeter Isaac Payne, USA 79
Sergeant Thomas Shaw, USA 81
Sergeant Emanuel Stance, USA 82
Private Augustus Walley, USA 85
Sergeant John Ward, USA 89
1st Sergeant Moses Williams, USA 90
Corporal William O. Wilson, USA 94
Sergeant Brent Woods, USA 96
Chapter 3 Peacetime from 1872 to 1890 99
Ship's Cook Daniel Atkins, USN 100
Ordinary Seaman John Davis, USN 101
Seaman Alphonse Girandy, USN 102
Seaman John Johnson, USN 102
Cooper William Johnson, USN 103
Seaman Joseph B. Noil, USN 104
Seaman John Smith, USN 104
Ordinary Seaman Robert Augustus Sweeney, USN 105
Chapter 4 The Spanish-American War (1898) 107
Sergeant Edward L. Baker, Jr., USA 109
Private Dennis Bell, USA l12
Private Fitz Lee, USA 114
Fireman First Class Robert Penn, USN 115
Private William H. Thompkins, USA 116
Private George Henry Wanton, USA 117
Chapter 5 World War I (1914-1918) 119
Corporal Freddie Stowers, USA 121
Chapter 6 World War II (1941-1945) 123
2nd Lieutenant Vernon J. Baker, USA 124
Sergeant Edward A. Carter, Jr., USA 126
1st Lieutenant John R. Fox, USA 128
Private First Class Willy F. James, Jr., USA 130
Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers, USA 131
1st Lieutenant Charless L. Thomas, USA 132
Private George Watson, USA 135
Chapter 7 The Korean War (1950-1953) 137
Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton, USA 138
Private First Class William H. Thompson, USA 142
Chapter 8 The Vietnam War (1960-1975) 145
Private First Class James Anderson, Jr., USMC 146
Sergeant Webster Anderson, USA 147
Sergeant Eugene Ashley. Jr., USA 149
Private First Class Oscar P Austin, USMC 151
Sergeant William Maud Bryant, USA 152
Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis, USMC 154
Private First Class Robert H. Jenkins, Jr., USMC 156
Specialist Sixth Class Lawrence Joel, USA 157
Specialist Fifth Class Dwight Hal Johnson, USA 159
Private First Class Ralph H. Johnson, USMC 162
Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn, USA 163
Sergeant Matthew Leonard, USA l65
Sergeant Donald Russell Long, USA 166
Private First Class Milton L Olive, III, USA 167
Captain Riley L. Pitts, USA 169
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Calvin Rogers, USA 170
1st Lieutenant Ruppert L Sargent, USA 173
Specialist 5th Class Clarence Eugene Sasser, USA 174
Sergeant Clifford Chester Sims, USA 176
1st Lieutenant John Earl Warren, USA 177
Appendix: Number of Medals of Honor Awarded, by War and Campaigns, USA 179
Bibliography, USA 181
Index, USA 185