Signed book: Above and Beyond: A History of the Medal of Honor from the Civil War to Vietnam. First edition. Boston, MA: Boston Publishing Company, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, 9.5 x 11.25, 346 pages. Signed inside in ink and felt tip by 55 recipients of the Medal of Honor, with the majority signing on the inside front cover and both sides of the first free end page. Signers include: Nicky Bacon, John Baker, Jr., Doc Ballard, Van Barefoot, Harvey Barnum, Gary Beikirch, Paul Bucha, Robert E. Bush, Jon R. Cavaiani, Ernest Childers, Raymond Clausen, Mike Colalillo, Francis S. Currey, Ray Davis, Sammy Davis, Duane Dewey, David Dolby, Drew Dix, Roger Donlon, John William Finn, Bernard Fisher, Michael Fitzmaurice, Robert Foley, Nathan Gordon, Rodolfo Hernandez, Robert Lewis Howard, Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., Joe M. Jackson, Leonard Keller, Tom Kelly, Howard Lee, Walter J. Marm, Jr., Bob Maxwell, Hiroshi Miyamura, David McNerney, Ola Mize, Robert Modrzejewski, Raymond Murphy, Charles Murray, Thomas Norris, Michael Novosel, George O’Brien, Nick Oresko, Al Rascon, Ronald Ray, Joseph Rodriguez, Donald Rudolph, Robert Simanek, Richard Sorenson, James Stockdale, Brian Thacker, Leo Thorsness, Jay Vargas, Herschel W. Williams, and Jay Zeamer. The book is also signed by William P. Yarborough, the ‘Father of the Modern Green Berets,’ and is accompanied by six photos or postcards signed by MOH recipients and war veterans like Ray Davis, James Hendrix, Charles MacGillivary, and Harvey Barnum. In very good to fine condition, with some wear and tears to the dust jacket.
The consignor notes that this book was signed at a gathering of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
