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You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying : Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient by Caroline Lambert and Sammy Lee Davis (2016, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100425283038
ISBN-139780425283035
eBay Product ID (ePID)215943929
Product Key Features
Book TitleYou Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying : Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Veterans, Personal Memoirs, Military / Vietnam War, Military / United States, General, Military
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, Psychology, History
AuthorCaroline Lambert, Sammy Lee Davis
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-047951
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Sammy Davis's exploits may sound like a movie script, but Sammy is the real deal."--Jack Jacobs, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) "Sammy is an amazing man of great character and courage, with a generous kind heart and a resilient spirit."--Gary Sinise, Actor, Musician and Philanthropist, "Sammy Davis's exploits may sound like a movie script, but Sammy is the real deal."--Jack Jacobs, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired) "Sammy is an amazing man of great character and courage, with a generous kind heart and a resilient spirit."--Gary Sinise, Actor, Musician and Philanthropist
Dewey Decimal959.704342092
SynopsisOn November 18th, 1967, Private First Class Davis's artillery unit was hit by a massive enemy offensive. At twenty-one years old, he resolved to face the onslaught and prepared to die. Soon he would have a perforated kidney, crushed ribs, a broken vertebra, his flesh ripped by beehive darts, a bullet in his thigh, and burns all over his body. Ignoring his injuries, he manned a two-ton Howitzer by himself, crossed a canal under heavy fire to rescue three wounded American soldiers, and kept fighting until the enemy retreated. His heroism that day earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor-the ceremony footage of which ended up being used in the movie Forrest Gump. You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying chronicles how his childhood in the American Heartland prepared him for the worst night of his life-and how that night set off a lifetime battling against debilitating injuries, the effects of Agent Orange and an America that was turning on its veterans. But he also battled for his fellow veterans, speaking on their behalf for forty years to help heal the wounds and memorialize the brotherhood that war could forge. Here, readers will learn of Sammy Davis's extraordinary life-the courage, the pain, and the triumph., The inspiring true life story of Vietnam veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and veteran's advocate Sammy Lee Davis. On November 18th, 1967, Private First Class Davis's artillery unit was hit by a massive enemy offensive. At twenty-one years old, he resolved to face the onslaught and prepared to die. Soon he would have a perforated kidney, crushed ribs, a broken vertebra, his flesh ripped by beehive darts, a bullet in his thigh, and burns all over his body. Ignoring his injuries, he manned a two-ton Howitzer by himself, crossed a canal under heavy fire to rescue three wounded American soldiers, and kept fighting until the enemy retreated. His heroism that day earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor--the ceremony footage of which ended up being used in the movie Forrest Gump. You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying chronicles how his childhood in the American Heartland prepared him for the worst night of his life--and how that night set off a lifetime battling against debilitating injuries, the effects of Agent Orange and an America that was turning on its veterans. But he also battled for his fellow veterans, speaking on their behalf for forty years to help heal the wounds and memorialize the brotherhood that war could forge. Here, readers will learn of Sammy Davis's extraordinary life--the courage, the pain, and the triumph.
LC Classification NumberDS559.5.D377 2016
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