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100 1  Cotton, Tom,|eauthor. 
245 10 SACRED DUTY :|bA SOLDIER'S TOUR AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL 
       CEMETERY /|cTom Cotton. 
250    Large print edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins 
       Publishers,|c[2019] 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    viii, 421 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered leaves of 
       plates :|billustrations (some color), maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
340    |nlarge print|2rda 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-415). 
505 00 |tPrologue: America's regiment --|tComing home --
       |tAmerica's first defenders --|t"Honor, values, and 
       tradition" --|tInside Arlington with the Old Guard --
       |tStanding on ceremony --|tThe unknowns --|tEpilogue: "The
       Old Guard never stops." 
520    An 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 10 Cotton, Tom. 
610 10 United States.|bArmy.|bInfantry Regiment, 3rd. 
610 10 United States.|bArmy.|bInfantry Regiment, 3rd|vBiography. 
610 20 Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 
650  0 Military funerals|zUnited States. 
650  0 Military funerals|zVirginia|zArlington County. 
655  7 New titles added.|2clams 
655  7 Large type books.|2local