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You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying

You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying

Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient

by Sammy Lee Davis and Caroline Lambert
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 03/05/2016

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On November 18th, 1967, Private First Class Davis's artillery unit was hit by a massive enemy offensive. At twenty-one years old, he resolved to face the onslaught and prepared to die. Soon he would have a perforated kidney, crushed ribs, a broken vertebra, his flesh ripped by beehive darts, a bullet in his thigh, and burns all over his body. Ignoring his injuries, he manned a two-ton Howitzer by himself, crossed a canal under heavy fire to rescue three wounded American soldiers, and kept fighting until the enemy retreated. His heroism that day earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor--the ceremony footage of which ended up being used in the movie Forrest Gump. You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying chronicles how Davis's childhood in the American Heartland prepared him for the worst night of his life, and how that night set off a lifetime battling against debilitating injuries. But he also battled for his fellow veterans, speaking on their behalf for forty years to help heal the wounds and memorialize the brotherhood that war could forge. Here, listeners will learn of Sammy Lee Davis's extraordinary life--the courage, the pain, and the triumph.
ISBN:
9781799990345
9781799990345
Category:
Autobiography: historical
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
03-05-2016
Publisher:
Tantor Audio
Sammy Lee Davis

Sammy Lee Davis received the Medal of Honor in 1968 for his actions during theVietnamese attack on Support Base Cudgel.

He also received the Silver Star and thePurple Heart, was named one of Newsweek s 100 Unsung Heroes, and receivedthe Joe Foss Institute s annual award, among many other distinctions.

He now travels throughout the U.S. and abroad to attend speaking engagements.

Caroline Lambert

Caroline Lambert is a freelance writer and award-winning former journalist. While a staff writer and then Johannesburg bureau chief for The Economist, shereported from Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe, among others.

She is the coauthor of Oil to Cash, holds an M.A. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University s School of Advanced International Studies, and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.

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