Honor deferred
2008
DVD
Traces the stories of seven African-American men who deserved the Medal of Honor, but only recently received it. Witness breathtaking reenactments of the men in action, as well as stirring footage of the awards ceremony in which President Clinton presented the medal to Vernon Baker, the last living awardee.
Item Details
ISBN: 1422932109
Description:
- 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally broadcast as a television special in 2006 on History.
- Host: Bernie Mac ; narrator: Samuel L. Jackson.
- DVD ; Dolby digital Stereo.
- Closed-captioned.
Contents:
- Honoring African-American soldiers in WWII
- First Lieutenant John R. Fox
- First Lieutenant Vernon J. Baker
- Private George Watson
- Staff Sergeant Edward A. Carter
- First Lieutenant Charles L. Thomas
- Private First Class Willy F. James
- Staff Sergeant Reuben Rivers.
Publisher or Distributor Number: 149080
Control Number: 792424
UPC: 733961149081
Publisher: [United States] : A&E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2008]Subjects:
- African American soldiers.
- Medal of Honor -- African Americans -- Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Al Roker Entertainment, Inc.
- Arts and Entertainment Network.
- Baker, Vernon Joseph, 1919-2010.
- Brigden, Nick.
- Carter, Edward A., 1916-1963.
- Fox, John R., 1915-1944.
- History (Television network)
- Jackson, Samuel L.
- James, Willy F., 1920-1945.
- Mac, Bernie.
- New Video Group.
- Rivers, Ruben, 1918-1944.
- Thomas, Charles L., 1920-1980.
- Watson, George, 1914-1943.