Men of granite :
McGee, William E.
Men of granite : true stories of New Hampshire's fighting men / True stories of New Hampshire's fighting men - Portsmouth, N.H. : Peter Randall, c2007. - xi, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
French and Indian War, 1755-1763 : Maj. Robert Rogers, Roger's Rangers -- American Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 : Gen. John Stark, First New Hampshire Regiment ; Gen. John Sullivan ; Col. Joseph Cilley ; Gen. Alexander Scammell ; Gen. Enoch Poor ; Col. George Reid -- Lewis & Clark expedition 1804-1806 : Sgt. John Ordway -- War of 1812, 1812-1815 : Gen. Henry Dearborn ; Gen. John McNeil ; Gen. James Miller ; Capt. Joseph Cilley -- Father of West Point, 1817-1833 : Gen. Sylvanus Thayer -- Mexican War, 1846-1848 : Gen. Franklin Pierce, fourteenth U.S. president ; Gen. John G. Grover ; Col. Jesse A. Gove -- American Civil War, 1861-1865 : Col. Edward E. Cross, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment ; Prof. Thaddeus Lowe, Father of Army aviation ; Lt. William Appleton, medal of honor ; Adm George Belknap, ironclad ship captain ; Gen. John Adams Dix ; Adm. George H. Wadleigh ; Gen. John L. Thompson, New Hampshire Cavalry ; Gen. Gilman Marston, Second New Hampshire Regiment -- Korean expedition, 1871 : Quartermaster Frederick Franklin, medal of honor ; Landsman James Merton, medal of honor -- Indian (wars) campaigns, 1981-1894 : Gen. Leonard Wood, medal of honor ; Lt. George E. Albee, medal of honor -- Spanish-American War, 1898 : Pvt. Walter Scott West, medal of honor ; Col. Robert H. Rolfe, quartermaster -- Boxer Rebellion : Boatswains Mate William Holyoke, medal of honor -- World War I, 1917-1918 : PFC George Dilboy, medal of honor ; B. Gen. Charles A. Doyen, USMC -- Interim : Lt. Jean D. Grenier, U.S. Army mail service pilot 1934 ; USS Squalus, submarine rescue -- World War II, 1941-1945 : B.Gen Frank Merrill, Merrill's Marauders ; Adm. Richard O'Kane, medal of honor ; Capt. Harl Pease, medal of honor ; Cpl. Rene Gagnon, USMC Iwo Jima flag raiser ; Capt. Harry Parker, P-51 double ace -- Berlin airlift : Ltc. Norman Fortier, P-51-ace, airlift pilot 1948-1949 -- Korean War, 1950-1953 : Gen. Harrison Thyng, air ace in two wars ; Maj. Joseph McConnell Jr., jet triple ace ; Lt. Leon Jacques Jr., U.S. Army -- Space program, 1957- : Adm. Alan B. Shepard Jr., U.S. Army -- Vietnam, 1961-1975 : Gen. Melvin Zais, paratrooper, CG 101st division ; LTC William Hazen, paratroper, Green Beret ; Lt. Howard Kaiser, USAF FAC pilot -- Desert Storm-Iraq, 1991 : CW 4 Michael Durant, Blackhawk helicopted pilot.
9781931807654 1931807655
2007908777
Soldiers--New Hampshire.
Medal of Honor.
New Hampshire--Wars--Regimental histories.
New Hampshire--History, Military.
Men of granite : true stories of New Hampshire's fighting men / True stories of New Hampshire's fighting men - Portsmouth, N.H. : Peter Randall, c2007. - xi, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
French and Indian War, 1755-1763 : Maj. Robert Rogers, Roger's Rangers -- American Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 : Gen. John Stark, First New Hampshire Regiment ; Gen. John Sullivan ; Col. Joseph Cilley ; Gen. Alexander Scammell ; Gen. Enoch Poor ; Col. George Reid -- Lewis & Clark expedition 1804-1806 : Sgt. John Ordway -- War of 1812, 1812-1815 : Gen. Henry Dearborn ; Gen. John McNeil ; Gen. James Miller ; Capt. Joseph Cilley -- Father of West Point, 1817-1833 : Gen. Sylvanus Thayer -- Mexican War, 1846-1848 : Gen. Franklin Pierce, fourteenth U.S. president ; Gen. John G. Grover ; Col. Jesse A. Gove -- American Civil War, 1861-1865 : Col. Edward E. Cross, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment ; Prof. Thaddeus Lowe, Father of Army aviation ; Lt. William Appleton, medal of honor ; Adm George Belknap, ironclad ship captain ; Gen. John Adams Dix ; Adm. George H. Wadleigh ; Gen. John L. Thompson, New Hampshire Cavalry ; Gen. Gilman Marston, Second New Hampshire Regiment -- Korean expedition, 1871 : Quartermaster Frederick Franklin, medal of honor ; Landsman James Merton, medal of honor -- Indian (wars) campaigns, 1981-1894 : Gen. Leonard Wood, medal of honor ; Lt. George E. Albee, medal of honor -- Spanish-American War, 1898 : Pvt. Walter Scott West, medal of honor ; Col. Robert H. Rolfe, quartermaster -- Boxer Rebellion : Boatswains Mate William Holyoke, medal of honor -- World War I, 1917-1918 : PFC George Dilboy, medal of honor ; B. Gen. Charles A. Doyen, USMC -- Interim : Lt. Jean D. Grenier, U.S. Army mail service pilot 1934 ; USS Squalus, submarine rescue -- World War II, 1941-1945 : B.Gen Frank Merrill, Merrill's Marauders ; Adm. Richard O'Kane, medal of honor ; Capt. Harl Pease, medal of honor ; Cpl. Rene Gagnon, USMC Iwo Jima flag raiser ; Capt. Harry Parker, P-51 double ace -- Berlin airlift : Ltc. Norman Fortier, P-51-ace, airlift pilot 1948-1949 -- Korean War, 1950-1953 : Gen. Harrison Thyng, air ace in two wars ; Maj. Joseph McConnell Jr., jet triple ace ; Lt. Leon Jacques Jr., U.S. Army -- Space program, 1957- : Adm. Alan B. Shepard Jr., U.S. Army -- Vietnam, 1961-1975 : Gen. Melvin Zais, paratrooper, CG 101st division ; LTC William Hazen, paratroper, Green Beret ; Lt. Howard Kaiser, USAF FAC pilot -- Desert Storm-Iraq, 1991 : CW 4 Michael Durant, Blackhawk helicopted pilot.
9781931807654 1931807655
2007908777
Soldiers--New Hampshire.
Medal of Honor.
New Hampshire--Wars--Regimental histories.
New Hampshire--History, Military.