Men of Granite: True Stories of New Hampshire's Fighting Men

This paperback, non-fiction title contains the true stories of forty-nine of New Hampshire’s fighting men from the year’s 1755 to 1991. Bill McGee has profiled soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who made significant contributions in service to their country from the French and Indian War to Iraq. There are Medal of Honor recipients, an astronaut, and men who were the namesakes of Army forts, an Air Force base, Army airfields, and Navy destroyers. Discover the admirals, generals, privates, and corporals—submariners, parachutists, and fighter pilots from New Hampshire . . . Granite Staters . . . Men of Granite.

Dedicated to Robert G. LeBlanc, PhD

To Robert G. LeBlanc, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of New Hampshire whose knowledge, vitality and humanity touched so many lives. Whose own life was tragically cut short on 9-11-2001. All profits from the sale of this book go to the Robert G. LeBlanc Memorial Scholarship Fund administered by the University of New Hampshire Foundation, Durham, NH.