Texans of valor
Subtitle: military heroes in the 20th century
By: by Dede Weldon Casad.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Eakin Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Heroes -- Texas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Soldiers -- Texas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Heroes.; Soldiers.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Texas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Texas -- Biography.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.
Description: A collection of biographies of native-born Texans who performed heroic activity while serving in the military within the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: WORLD WAR I; title: John Thomason; title: Samuel Sampler; title: Heroes in Action; title: WORLD WAR II; title: Oveta Gulp Hobby; title: James E. Rudder; title: Doris Miller; title: Lucian K. Truscott; title: Audie Murphy; title: Eisenhower and Nimitz; title: Dwight D. Eisenhower; title: Chester W Nimitz; title: Hattie Brantley; title: William Bordelon; title: Samuel Dealey; title: Wallace Fields; title: Cleto Rodriguez; title: Heroes in Action; title: KOREAN WAR; title: George Davis; title: George H. O'Brien; title: Heroes in Action; title: VIETNAM WAR; title: Roy Benevidez; title: Sam Johnson; title: Heroes in Action; title: CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.