EPISODE FOUR: COMMON DEFENSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON THE WEB Learn more about the history of the 14th Volunteer Connecticut Regiment, including Joseph Pierce, by visiting http://www.14thconnecticut.org. Explore the history of Gettysburg, including the events of the attack on the Bliss farm and Pickett’s Charge, by logging onto the Gettysburg National Military Park website at http://www.nps.gov/gett. Take an online historical tour of Meriden, Connecticut, the hometown of Corporal Joseph Pierce, at http://www.cityofmeriden.org/tour/default.asp. Read the complete Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 online at http://www.ourdocuments. gov. Learn more about Chinese immigration by visiting the National Archives at http://www.archives.gov/locations/finding-aids/chinese-immigration.html. Explore the life of Alvin C. York in stories and pictures by visiting http://www. alvincyork.org. Visit the homestead and state historic park of Alvin York at http://www.state.tn.us/ environment/parks/SgtYork. See the recently uncovered archaeological evidence of York’s capture of 132 German soldiers by visiting http://www.sergeantyorkproject.com. Research the history of World War One at http://www.firstworldwar.com. See the National World War One Museum in Kansas City, Missouri by visiting http://www.libertymemorialmuseum.org. Learn more about the history of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by visiting his presidential library and museum at http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu and his memorial in Washington D.C. at http://www.nps.gov/fdrm. See the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana by visiting http://www.ddaymuseum.org.
Honor those who, like Rodger Young, gave their lives during the Second World War by visiting the National World War Two Memorial in Washington, D.C. at http://www. wwiimemorial.com. Visit Storyteller of the Heartland Rick Sowash’s website at www.sowash.com. Read about the history behind the war at http://www.vietnamwar.com. Remember the great sacrifice of those soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the Vietnam War by logging onto the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial at http://www.nps.gov/vive. Learn about the efforts to locate missing POWs and soldiers from the Vietnam War by visiting the Library of Congress website at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html. Learn more about the life of Humbert Roque Versace at the official Medal of Honor website at http://www.medalofhonor.com/HumbertVersaceStory.htm. Humbert Roque Versace and many other military heroes are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Visit their website at http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org. FOR Further Reading Connecticut Yankees at Gettysburg by Charles Hamblen, edited by Walter Powell. Adult. Published by Kent State University Press, 1993. Eyewitness Books: World War II by Simon Adams and Andy Crawford. Ages 12 and up. Published by DK Publishing, 2007. Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW by James Lowe. Adult. Published by Presidio Press, 1984. Franklin Delano Roosevelt for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities by Richard Panchyk. Ages 9 – 12. Published by Chicago Review Press, 2007. Heroes of Ohio by Rick Sowash. All ages. Available at www.sowash.com. Heroes of Ohio Coloring Book by Rick Sowash. Available at www.sowash.com. Heroes of World War II by Edward Murphy. Adult. Published by Presidio Press, 1991. Kids Learn America!: Bringing Geography to Life with People, Places, and History by Patricia Gordon, Reed Snow, and Loretta Trezzo Braren. Ages 9 – 12. Published by Williamson Publishing Company, 1999.
Medal of Honor: Profiles of America’s Military Heroes from the Civil War to the Present by Allen Mikaelian with commentary by Mike Wallace. Adult. Published by Hyperion, 2003. Ordinary Heroes: A Tribute to Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients: Reflection of Freedom, Faith, Duty, and the Heroic Possibilities of the Everyday Human Spirit by Tom Casalini and Timothy Wallis. High school to adult. Published by Sweet Pea Press, 2001. Sgt. York: His Life, Legend and Legacy: The Remarkable Untold Story of Sgt. Alvin C. York by John Perry. Adult. Published by B & H Publishing Group, 1997. Vietnam Medal of Honor Heroes by Edward Murphy. Adult. Published by Presidio Press, 2005.