
Ryan Pitts
Ages 8 to 11
Paperback
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Synopsis
Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts enlisted in the Army when he was seventeen, and was just twenty-two years old when he fought at the Battle of Wanat in Afghanistan, where his heroic actions earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. On July 13, 2008, Staff Sergeant Pitts was trapped and badly wounded at an elevated outpost, but helped turn back...
Details
112 pages
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)