AMERICAN LEGACY MEDIA - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/197134.xml AMERICAN LEGACY MEDIA - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 WWII Hero George E. Wahlen Honored With 2007 VFW Americanism Award http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb527974.htm George E. Wahlen, Iwo Jima combat veteran and Medal of Honor recipient has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Americanism Award. He will receive the honor August 21, 2007 at the general session of the VFW 108th National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. Previous recipients include Senators John McCain & Hubert Humphrey; FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover; actors John Wayne and Red Skelton; and The Reverend Theodore N. Hesburgh, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame. (PRWeb May 23, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb527974.htm First to Give the Enemy's Perspective on the Japanese Suicide Squadrons, "Kamikaze" Celebrates 50 years as a Literary Classic http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb512779.htm Kamikaze, (Yasuo Kuwahara & Gordon T. Allred, American Legacy Media, $16.95) was originally published in 1957 by Ballantine, and was the first book written in English to give the Japanese perspective of the famous suicide squadrons. Now Kamikaze has been re-crafted and expanded, and the much anticipated 7th edition will be released April 1 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of this literary classic. (PRWeb Mar 22, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/03/prweb512779.htm From One Hero to Another: Medal of Honor Recipient Supports Gift Project for America's Wounded Warriors http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb484728.htm George E. Wahlen, Medal of Honor recipient, and subject of the recent book "The Quiet Hero" is spearheading a project to give a signed copy of his book to all 680 patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. The project not only seeks to raise the spirits of these wounded warriors, but it will also give individuals an opportunity to express their gratitude to the combat veterans of the War on Terror. (PRWeb Nov 29, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/11/prweb484728.htm Veteran's Day Story: After 60 Years Of Silence, Iwo Jima Medal Of Honor Recipient Divulges His Heroic Story http://www.prweb.com/releases/veterans/iwo/prweb470376.htm Uber-Veteran and Medal of Honor recipient George E. Wahlen has spent a lifetime trying to forget about Iwo Jima. For over 60 years, the full scope of his heroics have never been divulged. Now, Bob Dole, James Bradley (author of Flags of our Fathers) and Sen. Orrin Hatch have joined forces to help tell Wahlen's story… still recognized as one of the greatest stories of heroism in U.S. military history. (PRWeb Nov 3, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/veterans/iwo/prweb470376.htm WWII Hero and Medal of Honor Recipient George E. Wahlen to Speak at the DC Public Library October 12, 2006 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb447354.htm Medal of Honor Recipient George E. Wahlen, and biographer Gary W. Toyn will make a rare East Coast appearance at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington DC. Wahlen is the subject of the book "The Quiet Hero: The Untold Medal of Honor Story of George E. Wahlen at the Battle for Iwo Jima." (PRWeb Oct 6, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb447354.htm Senator Robert Bennett and George Wahlen – Iwo Jima Medal of Honor Recipient - featured at Marine Corps Association Event in Quantico, Virginia http://www.prweb.com/releases/Senator_Bennett/marine_corps/prweb445665.htm In a rare national appearance, Medal of Honor Recipient George E. Wahlen will be recognized by Senator Robert Bennett at a special Marine Corps Association Event on October 11, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Quantico, Virginia. Wahlen earned the medal on Iwo Jima, but has avoided most public appearances since receiving the medal from President Truman in 1945. (PRWeb Oct 3, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/Senator_Bennett/marine_corps/prweb445665.htm “Flags Of Our Fathers” Author James Bradley, Bob Dole and Orrin Hatch Team Up to Help Iwo Jima Medal of Honor Recipient Tell His Heroic Story http://www.prweb.com/releases/iwojima/wahlen/prweb440045.htm George E. Wahlen earned the Medal of Honor for his bravery on Iwo Jima in 1945. For over 60 years, he has tried to hide from being a national war hero, never divulging the full scope of his story. With the help and encouragement from James Bradley (Flags of our Fathers), Bob Dole and Orrin Hatch, this story is finally told. (PRWeb Sep 25, 2006)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/iwojima/wahlen/prweb440045.htm The True Karate Kid: 7-year-old Utah Boy Earns Black Belt, Now World's Youngest http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb433931.htm Seven-year-old Tanner Gallego completes grueling examination to become world’s youngest karate black belt. (PRWeb Sep 8, 2006)

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