Medal of honor / co-production of Florentine Films/Sherman Pictures, WETA and the Washington Post Company ; directed and produced by Roger Sherman.
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 Nav...
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Language: | English |
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Closed captioned; optional video description for the blind. |
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[Alexandria, Va.] :
PBS Home Video,
2008.
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Edition: | Widescreen. |
Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- 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.