March 25 is National Medal of Honor Day. As the United States of America’s highest military honor, it is awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. Atkins library recognizes all war heroes, large and small, by sharing the stories of the wars they fought.
The War That Ended Peace: the road to 1914
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A World Undone: the story of the Great War, 1914-1918
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The Harlem Hellfighters
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The Hello Girls: America's first women soldiers
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Elephant Company: the inspiring story of an unlikely hero and the animals who helped him save lives in World War II
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Flags of Our Fathers
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Forgotten: the untold story of D-Day's Black heroes, at home and at war
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Band of Brothers
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Black Sheep: the life of Pappy Boyington
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In Love and War: nursing heroes
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Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo code talker
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Code Girls: the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II
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Shadow Warriors of World War II: the daring women of the OSS and SOE
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Lasting Valor
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The Gift of Valor
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Red Platoon: a true story of American valor
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Vietnam Medal of Honor Heroes
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The Vietnam Reader
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Above and beyond: the story of the Congressional Medal of Honor
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The Immortal Irishman: the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero
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Fight All Day, March All Night
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Douglas MacArthur: American warrior
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Killing Patton: the strange death of World War II's most audacious general
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Ike: an American hero
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12 Texas Aggie War Heroes: from World War I to Vietnam
Scarlet Fields: The Combat Memoir of a World War I Medal of Honor Hero
Heroes for All Time: Connecticut Civil War soldiers tell their stories
The Hero
Alvin York : a new biography of the hero of the Argonne
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
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Above the Dreamless Dead
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Heroes: a novel
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After the Dancing Days
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Mwd: hell is coming home
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Audie Murphy: war hero and movie star
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Fear : a novel of World War I
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The Things They Carried: a work of fiction
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Brave Deeds: a novel
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
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The Last Flight of Poxl West
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Men at War: true stories of heroism and honor
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Looking for a hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam war
Charlie Mike: a true story of heroes who brought their mission home
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The Silver Star: Navy and Marine Corps gallantry in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts
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The Navy Cross: extraordinary heroism in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts
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Wings of Honor
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Lionhearts: heroes of Israel
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