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The Quiet Hero-The Untold Medal of Honor Story of George E. Wahlen at the Battle for Iwo Jima-Collector's Edition (Hardcover)
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The Quiet Hero-The Untold Medal of Honor Story of George E. Wahlen at the Battle for Iwo Jima-Collector's Edition (Hardcover)
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Experience Iwo Jima, arguably the bloodiest battle of the modern
era, from the perspective of an extraordinary battlefield medic,
George Wahlen. As a Navy corpsman he was targeted by the Japanese,
making his job of saving the injured even that much more deadly.
How he saved so many lives is among the many mysteries of his
incredible story. After earning three purple hearts in a matter of
days, witnesses of Wahlen's heroics remain dumbfounded that he
actually survived. For his actions he was awarded the Medal of
Honor, America's highest military honor. But after the war, he told
no one about the medal. Even his wife didn't know he was a national
hero for many years after their marriage. For more than six decades
he has kept the details of his story to himself, but family and
friends have since convinced him to tell the gritty details of his
war-time experience. His story is told using over 180 rare and
unpublished photographs, many of which were previously censored for
being too graphic for public sensitivities. As many now learn of
Wahlen's survival, sacrifice and bravery, his story is considered
among the most dramatic accounts of heroism in U.S. military
history.
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