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If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need Paperback - 2009
by Colonel Jack Jacobs; Douglas Century
A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service during the Vietnam War and ahead to America's future, as he tells his stirring story of heroism and honor and expounds his views on the nature and necessity of sacrifice.
Summary
A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service?and ahead to America?s future.
Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again, saving fourteen lives?for which he received the Medal of Honor.
Here, Col. Jacobs tells his stirring story of heroism, honor, and the personal code by which he has lived his life, and expounds with blunt honesty and insight his views on our contemporary world, and the nature and necessity of sacrifice.
If Not Now, When? is a compelling account of a unique life at both war and peace, and the all-too-often unexamined role of the citizenry in the service and defense of the Republic.
Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again, saving fourteen lives?for which he received the Medal of Honor.
Here, Col. Jacobs tells his stirring story of heroism, honor, and the personal code by which he has lived his life, and expounds with blunt honesty and insight his views on our contemporary world, and the nature and necessity of sacrifice.
If Not Now, When? is a compelling account of a unique life at both war and peace, and the all-too-often unexamined role of the citizenry in the service and defense of the Republic.
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- Title If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need
- Author Colonel Jack Jacobs; Douglas Century
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dutton Caliber, New York, New York
- Date 2009-10-06
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9780425229842 / 042522984X
- Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.92 x 6 x 0.81 in (22.66 x 15.24 x 2.06 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 1970's
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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