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100	1		_aCotton, Tom, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSacred duty : _ba soldier's tour at Arlington National Cemetery / _cTom Cotton.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bWilliam Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a301 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), map ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aPrologue: America's regiment -- Coming home -- America's first defenders -- "Honor, values, and tradition" -- Inside Arlington with the Old Guard -- Standing on ceremony -- The unknowns -- Epilogue: "The Old Guard never stops".
520			_aAn extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton's Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of "The Old Guard," the revered U.S. Army unit whose mission is to honor our country's fallen heroes on the most hallowed ground in America. Cotton was a platoon leader with the storied 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment -- The Old Guard -- between combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the height of the Iraq Surge, he carried the flag-draped remains of his fallen comrades off of airplanes at Dover Air Force Base, and he laid them to rest in Arlington's famed Section 60, "the saddest acre in America." He also performed hundreds of funerals for veterans of the Greatest Generation, as well as the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The Old Guard has embodied the ideals of honor and sacrifice across our nation's history. America's oldest active-duty regiment, dating back to 1784, The Old Guard conducts daily military-honor funerals on the 624 rolling acres of Arlington, where generations of American heroes rest. Its soldiers hold themselves to the standard of perfection in sweltering heat, frigid cold, and driving rain. Every funeral is a no-fail, zero-defect mission, whether honoring a legendary general or a humble private. In researching and writing the book, Cotton returned to Arlington and shadowed the regiment's soldiers, from daily funerals to the state funeral of President George H. W. Bush to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, reliving the honor -- and the challenges -- of duty at the nation's "most sacred shrine." Part history of The Old Guard, part memoir of Cotton's time at Arlington, part intimate profile of the today's soldiers, Sacred Duty is an unforgettable testament to the timeless power of service and sacrifice to our nation.
600	1	0	_aCotton, Tom.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bInfantry Regiment, 3rd.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bInfantry Regiment, 3rd _vBiography.
610	2	0	_aArlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
650		0	_aMilitary funerals _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMilitary funerals _zVirginia _zArlington County.
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft
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