The Medal of Honor: The Evolution of America's Highest Military Decoration

The Medal of Honor: The Evolution of America’s Highest Military Decoration

by Dwight Mears JD ‘17

Dwight Mears JD ’17 expanded his capstone project for Lewis & Clark Law School’s Professors Tung Yin and William Funk into a thorough and meticulously documented history of the medal and its recipients. Now a retired U.S. Army major, Mears was a professor of history at West Point. 

  • Publisher: University Press of Kansas
  • Date of publication: 2018
  • Format: 328 pages
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