Courage under Fire

by Patrick Sheane Duncan

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A U.S. Army inquiry into the death of Captain Karen Walden to determine if her conduct is worthy of a posthumous Medal of Honor. She was a medevac helicopter pilot during the Gulf War who was killed on a rescue mission behind enemy lines. Was she really a heroine? Lieutenant Colonel Nat Sterling, himself a disgraced officer is assigned to find out. A look at heroism and cowardice.

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Canonical title*
Courage under fire
Original publication date
1996
People/Characters
Nat Serling (Lieutenant Colonel); Karen Emma Walden (Captain)
Important places
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA; Fort Benning, Georgia, USA; Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA; Washington, D.C., USA
Epigraph*
Een geteisterd man tracht de waarheid over de dood van een helikopterpilote te achterhalen.
Verdient Karen Emma Walden postuum een Medal of Honor voor in de Golfoorlog getoonde heldenmoed?

Dedication*
Dit boek wordt opgedragen aan LESA MEREDITH DUNCAN, Het zou nog een boek kosten om alle redenen op te noemen.
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Novelization of 'Courage Under Fire'
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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3554 .U467 .C68Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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