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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
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Berkley Pub Group
Publication date
May 3, 2016
Pages
275
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780425283035
ISBN-10
0425283038
Dimensions
1 by 6.75 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.05 lbs.
Original list price
$27.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The inspiring true life story of Vietnam veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and veteranâs advocate Sammy Lee Davis.
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On November 18th, 1967, Private First Class Davisâs 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.
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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 Honorâthe ceremony footage of which ended up being used in the movie Forrest Gump.
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You Donât Lose âTil You Quit Trying chronicles how his childhood in the American Heartland prepared him for the worst night of his lifeâand 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.
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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 Davisâs extraordinary lifeâthe courage, the pain, and the triumph.
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On November 18th, 1967, Private First Class Davisâs 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.
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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 Honorâthe ceremony footage of which ended up being used in the movie Forrest Gump.
Â
You Donât Lose âTil You Quit Trying chronicles how his childhood in the American Heartland prepared him for the worst night of his lifeâand 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.
Â
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 Davisâs extraordinary lifeâthe courage, the pain, and the triumph.
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With Gary Sinise (other contributor), Sammy Lee Davis |
from Berkley Pub Group (May 3, 2016)
9780425283035 | details & prices | 275 pages | 6.75 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $27.00
About: The inspiring true life story of Vietnam veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and veteranâs advocate Sammy Lee Davis.
About: The inspiring true life story of Vietnam veteran, Medal of Honor recipient and veteranâs advocate Sammy Lee Davis.
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