Compassionate soldier : remarkable true stories of mercy, heroism, and honor from the battlefield.
Borrowman, Jerry,
Compassionate soldier : remarkable true stories of mercy, heroism, and honor from the battlefield. - 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Captain Ferguson and General Washington : the law of arms -- Richard Kirkland : an angel at the battle of Fredericksburg -- Oswald Boelcke : German ace in World War I -- Edith Wharton : a season of mercy -- Edith Cavell : the ultimate sacrifice -- Rosenau and Lurye : cast your bread upon the waters -- The Kaiser and Robert Campbell : the honor of an officer -- Rudolf Wobbe : saved by a Nazi prison guard -- Dietrich von Choltitz : nineteen days in Paris -- Robert Sheeks : saving enemy civilians and soldiers in the Pacific war -- Bernie Fisher : valor in Vietnam -- Kim Phuc : fire is falling from heaven -- Hunter Scott : justice for the USS Indianapolis -- Shawn Mckinnon : humanized in Iraq -- Charles and Donna Cooley : the happy factory.
9781629722924 1629722928 9781629735191 1629735191
2016048519
War--Moral and ethical aspects.
Compassion--Anecdotes.
Courage--Anecdotes.
Soldiers--Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
Compassionate soldier : remarkable true stories of mercy, heroism, and honor from the battlefield. - 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Captain Ferguson and General Washington : the law of arms -- Richard Kirkland : an angel at the battle of Fredericksburg -- Oswald Boelcke : German ace in World War I -- Edith Wharton : a season of mercy -- Edith Cavell : the ultimate sacrifice -- Rosenau and Lurye : cast your bread upon the waters -- The Kaiser and Robert Campbell : the honor of an officer -- Rudolf Wobbe : saved by a Nazi prison guard -- Dietrich von Choltitz : nineteen days in Paris -- Robert Sheeks : saving enemy civilians and soldiers in the Pacific war -- Bernie Fisher : valor in Vietnam -- Kim Phuc : fire is falling from heaven -- Hunter Scott : justice for the USS Indianapolis -- Shawn Mckinnon : humanized in Iraq -- Charles and Donna Cooley : the happy factory.
9781629722924 1629722928 9781629735191 1629735191
2016048519
War--Moral and ethical aspects.
Compassion--Anecdotes.
Courage--Anecdotes.
Soldiers--Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.