A Lion at War: World War II Hero Maurice Britt's Journey from the NFL to the Medal of Honor

Maurice Britt’s life could have been a Hollywood movie. On a Sunday in November 1941, he caught the game-winning touchdown for the Detroit Lions. On another Sunday almost exactly a year later, he rushed the shores of North Africa, beginning more than a year of almost constant combat that would see him become one of the United States’ most decorated soldiers of World War II. A Lion at War follows this larger-than-life American soldier as he blazes a trail of valor from the football field to ...