Since the Civil War more than 39 million men and women have answered the call to serve. Of those, 3,440 served with such uncommon valor and and extraordinary courage that they were presented with the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. Each of their heroic actions is as unique as the person who performed it, and here more than one hundred of America's living Medal of Honor recipients are honored and their bravery recounted by best-selling author Peter Collier and presented in duotone portraits by award-winning photographer Nick Del Calzo.

Published in collaboration with the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation.

Foreward - President George H. W. Bush -- Special category of hero - Tom Brokaw -- Ennobled by example - Senator John McCain -- Photographer's note -- Author's note -- Profiles of valor -- History of a unique mother -- Pyramid of honor -- Glossary of military terms -- Military ground unit sizes -- Military rank structure.