Bibliograph

The gift of valor, [a war story], Michael M. Phillips

Type

Label

The gift of valor, [a war story], Michael M. Phillips

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

biography

Main title

The gift of valor

Medium

sound recording

Oclc number

60610642

Responsibility statement

Michael M. Phillips

Sub title

[a war story]

Summary

A memorable narrative tribute to the life and death of U.S. Marine Corporal Jason Dunham. At age 22, serving in Iraq near the Syrian border with the Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment, Dunham suffered a grievous head injury when he clamped his bullet-resistant Kevlar helmet over a live grenade thrust at him by an insurgent during hand-to-hand combat, in an apparent effort to contain the blast and protect his squadmates. Author Michael Phillips, an embedded journalist with the Marines, subsequently interviewed the corporal's parents, his childhood friends in Scio, NY, members of his infantry unit, and medical personnel who tended him both in Iraq and during the medevac flights to Germany and Bethesda Naval Hospital

Contributor