Today's Air Force Heroes (Acts of Courage: Inside America's Military)
By Miriam Aronin.
Description
In Today's Air Force Heroes, kids will meet real-life airmen and women who have displayed incredible courage in the face of danger as they served their country in Iraq and Afghanistan. Readers will meet heroes like Earl Covel, a Staff Sergeant who risked his own life during a battle in Iraq in order to protect his 19-man team. With his unit under attack and pinned down in a house, Sergeant Covel raced to an exposed rooftop to direct U.S. fighter jets sent to the scene to help. He remained on the roof under intense enemy fire for 36 hours. Thanks to his selfless act, his team remained s...
ISBN(s)
1617724475, 9781617724473
