Men of granite
Subtitle: true stories of New Hampshire's fighting men
By: by William E. McGee.
Publisher: Peter Randall
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portsmouth, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781931807654
Subjects: Soldiers -- New Hampshire -- Biography; Medal of Honor -- Biography; New Hampshire -- History, Military
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: True stories of New Hampshire's fighting men
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.
Table of contents: title: French and Indian War, 1755-1763 :  Maj. Robert Rogers, Roger's Rangers; title: American Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 : Gen. John Stark, First New Hampshire Regiment ; Gen. John Sullivan ; Col. Joseph Cilley ; Gen. Alexander Scammell ; Gen. Enoch Poor ; Col. George Reid; title: Lewis & Clark expedition 1804-1806 : Sgt. John Ordway; title: War of 1812, 1812-1815 : Gen. Henry Dearborn ; Gen. John McNeil ; Gen. James Miller ; Capt. Joseph Cilley; title: Father of West Point, 1817-1833 : Gen. Sylvanus Thayer; title: Mexican War, 1846-1848 : Gen. Franklin Pierce, fourteenth U.S. president ; Gen. John G. Grover ; Col. Jesse A. Gove; title: American Civil War, 1861-1865 : Col. Edward E. Cross, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment ; Prof. Thaddeus Lowe, Father of Army aviation ; Lt. William Appleton, medal of honor ; Adm George Belknap, ironclad ship captain ; Gen. John Adams Dix ; Adm. George H. Wadleigh ; Gen. John L. Thompson, New Hampshire Cavalry ; Gen. Gilman Marston, Second New Hampshire Regiment; title: Korean expedition, 1871 : Quartermaster Frederick Franklin, medal of honor  ; Landsman James Merton, medal of honor; title: Indian (wars) campaigns, 1981-1894 : Gen. Leonard Wood, medal of honor  ; Lt. George E. Albee, medal of honor; title: Spanish-American War, 1898 : Pvt. Walter Scott West, medal of honor ; Col. Robert H. Rolfe, quartermaster; title: Boxer Rebellion : Boatswains Mate William Holyoke, medal of honor; title: World War I, 1917-1918 : PFC George Dilboy, medal of honor ; B. Gen. Charles A. Doyen, USMC; title: Interim : Lt. Jean D. Grenier, U.S. Army mail service pilot 1934 ; USS Squalus, submarine rescue; title: World War II, 1941-1945 : B.Gen Frank Merrill, Merrill's Marauders ; Adm. Richard O'Kane, medal of honor ; Capt. Harl Pease, medal of honor ; Cpl. Rene Gagnon, USMC Iwo Jima flag raiser ; Capt. Harry Parker, P-51 double ace; title: Berlin airlift : Ltc. Norman Fortier, P-51-ace, airlift pilot 1948-1949; title: Korean War, 1950-1953 : Gen. Harrison Thyng, air ace in two wars ; Maj. Joseph McConnell Jr., jet triple ace ; Lt. Leon Jacques Jr., U.S. Army; title: Space program, 1957- : Adm. Alan B. Shepard Jr., U.S. Army; title: Vietnam, 1961-1975 : Gen. Melvin Zais, paratrooper, CG 101st division ; LTC William Hazen, paratroper, Green Beret ; Lt. Howard Kaiser, USAF FAC pilot; title: Desert Storm-Iraq, 1991 :  CW 4 Michael Durant, Blackhawk helicopted pilot.