![]() ![]() While reading the book, one may want to visualize the person they are reading about. At the time of Izacs death he was the last living Medal of Honor. ![]() Izac was captured and held as a prisoner on board the U-90 until the return of the submarine to Germany, when he was confined in the prison camp. Edouard Victor Michael Izac, January 1936, was named Lieutenant Commander on the retired list. I would have given the review five stars if the book was illustrated as I believe that it would have assisted the reader to put a face with the name of the recipient. President Lincoln was attacked and sunk by the German submarine U-90, on, Lt. I have seen several of the deceased recipients' graves at Arlington National Cemetery that are covered in this book Edouard Izac's story is amazing in his continuous efforts to gain secrets of submarine warfare while as a prisoner of war in WWI, along with his escape attempts.The book manages to show that while these men (as well as the sole female receipeint, Mary Walker) were indeed brave in their actions, they are mere humans that have lived in wealth or poverty, and encountered success as well as failure. jouer comporte des risques : endettement, isolement, dÉpendance. Each chapter covered a person who earned (not "won") the medal the author did a very good job in tying in other stories of recipients pertaining to a campaign or battle to carry on the story.While some of the stories are well known, others were not, and this is what is needed. The most important aspect managed to show a human side of the recipient. Of the many weapons in the German arsenal during the First World War. Naval Academy and serve as a Naval officer. As a child, his dream was to attend the U.S. His father was an immigrant from the Alsatian region of Germany, now France his mother was daughter of immigrants of the Baden-Wurttemberg region of Germany. representative from California, died of congestive. (His father hailed from the German-speaking area of Alsace, France, while his mother’s parents had emigrated from an area of Germany whose dialect was similar to that spoken. There have been many books written on the Medal of Honor, and this effort was an enjoyable read. Read Prisoner Of The U-90 by Edouard Victor Michel Izac available from Rakuten Kobo. Izac Edouard Victor Izac was born in Cresco, Iowa in 1891. Izac, 100, who won the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for bravery, in World War I and later became a Democratic U.S. Edouard Izac was born in Iowa in 1891, but grew up speaking German at home.
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