Photographs by Nick Del Calzo

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On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States’ highest military decoration, and both he and Sergeant Leroy Petry (the second inductee) rightly take their place in the pages of this third edition of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty. The book includes 144 contemporary portraits of recipients by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo and profiles by National Book Award nominee Peter Collier. First published on Veterans Day 2003, this New York Times bestseller has now been updated and augmented to include new essays plus:

• Letters from all living presidents • A foreword by Brian Williams • Profiles of Sergeant Giunta and Sergeant Petry

There are also essays by Tom Brokaw, Senator John McCain, and Victor Davis Hanson, and a multimedia DVD with historic footage and recipients’ first-person reflections. The Medal of Honor recipients in the book fought in conflicts from World War II to Afghanistan, serving in every branch of the armed services.

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“These stories of courage under fire inspire awe and gratitude.”-Reader’s Digest

On Sale: Nov 11, 2011
Page Count: 272 pages
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN-13: 9781579654740

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Peter Collier

About the Author

Peter Collier is the author of Choosing Courage, published by Artisan in 2015; The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty; The Kennedys: An American Drama; and The Roosevelts: An American Saga. He lives in Nevada City, California.

Nick Del Calzo created The Triumphant Spirit, a book of portraits and profiles of Holocaust survivors. He traveled to more than 33 states to photograph these recipients over the course of more than seven years.

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