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100 1  Phillips, Michael M. 
245 14 The gift of valor|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]
       |ba war story /|cMichael M. Phillips. 
264  1 New York :|bBooks on Tape,|c[2008] 
306    072714 
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500    Downloadable audio file. 
500    Title from: Title details screen. 
500    Unabridged. 
500    Duration: 7:27:14. 
511 0  Read by Michael Prichard. 
520    Every day ordinary young Americans are fighting and dying 
       in Iraq, with the same bravery, honor, and sense of duty 
       that have distinguished American troops throughout 
       history. One of these is Jason Dunham, a twenty-two-year-
       old Marine corporal from the one-stoplight town of Scio, 
       New York, whose stunning story reporter Michael M. 
       Phillips discovered while he was embedded with a Marine 
       infantry battalion in the Iraqi desert. Corporal Dunham 
       was on patrol near the Syrian border, on April 14, 2004, 
       when a black-clad Iraqi leaped out of a car and grabbed 
       him around his neck. Fighting hand-to-hand in the dirt, 
       Dunham saw his attacker drop a grenade and made the 
       instantaneous decision to place his own helmet over the 
       explosive in the hope of containing the blast and 
       protecting his men. When the smoke cleared, Dunham's 
       helmet was in shreds, and the corporal lay face down in 
       his own blood. The Marines beside him were seriously 
       wounded. Dunham was subsequently nominated for the 
       Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award 
       for military valor. Phillips's minute-by-minute chronicle 
       of the chaotic fighting that raged throughout the area and
       culminated in Dunham's injury provides a grunt's-eye view 
       of war as it's being fought today--fear, confusion, 
       bravery, and suffering set against a brotherhood forged in
       combat. His account of Dunham's eight-day journey home and
       of his parents' heartrending reunion with their son 
       powerfully illustrates the cold brutality of war and the 
       fragile humanity of those who fight it. Dunham leaves an 
       indelible mark upon all who know his story, from the 
       doctors and nurses who treat him, to the readers of the 
       original Wall Street Journal article that told of his 
       singular act of valor. 
538    Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 107168 KB). 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Dunham, Jason,|d1981-2004. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|vPersonal narratives, American.|vSound
       recordings. 
650  0 Medal of Honor.|vSound recordings. 
700 1  Prichard, Michael|q(Michael J.) 
710 2  Books on Tape, Inc. 
856 40 |uhttps://naperville.overdrive.com/media/|zAvailable on 
       OverDrive/Libby