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Ryan Pitts: Afghanistan: A Firefight in the Mountains of Wanat

(3) 4-6 Medal of Honor series. Montgomery, a Cherokee first lieutenant fighting in Italy during World War II, and Pitts, an enlisted sergeant fighting in Afghanistan are two of approximately 3,500 American soldiers who have been awarded the Medal of Honor. These biographies, accompanied by context-setting sidebars and captioned black-and-white photographs, compellingly relate each soldier's heroic battlefield feats despite injuries, and recount their lives before and after. Bib., glos. Review covers these Medal of Honor titles: Jack Montgomery and Ryan Pitts.

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