Looking for a Hero: Staff Sergeant Joe Ronnie Hooper and the Vietnam War
Author(s): Peter Maslowski
Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. This title extracts the real Joe Hooper from the welter of lies and myths that swirl around his story. It also exposes the flaws in his most famous and treasured accomplishment: earning the Medal of Honor.
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Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. His troubled, tempestuous life paralleled the upheavals in American society during the 1960s and 1970s
General Fields
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- : University of Nebraska Press
- : University of Nebraska Press
- : 0.933
- : February 2009
- : 229mm X 152mm X 36mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Peter Maslowski
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 959.7043373092
- : 644