A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... called the King of Terrors and have either survived or perished while exemplifying the word it bears upon its face , VALOR . It is the Medal of Honor , sometimes called the Congressional Medal of Honor . Since 1941 this decoration has ...
... called the King of Terrors and have either survived or perished while exemplifying the word it bears upon its face , VALOR . It is the Medal of Honor , sometimes called the Congressional Medal of Honor . Since 1941 this decoration has ...
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... called for 300,000 men to volunteer ; this was responded to in Maine by the raising of five three years ' volun- teer regiments : the 16th , 17th , 18th , 19th and 20th Regiments Infantry , Maine Volunteers . En- listment for these ...
... called for 300,000 men to volunteer ; this was responded to in Maine by the raising of five three years ' volun- teer regiments : the 16th , 17th , 18th , 19th and 20th Regiments Infantry , Maine Volunteers . En- listment for these ...
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... called an unfath- omable cope . The final notes to be entered in this record are those of the last trip to Maine having to do with the medals , on August 20 , 1965 , one of those days when brilliant sunlight and Maine's re- markable ...
... called an unfath- omable cope . The final notes to be entered in this record are those of the last trip to Maine having to do with the medals , on August 20 , 1965 , one of those days when brilliant sunlight and Maine's re- markable ...
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