Valor in Action

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The most comprehensive collection of Medal of Honor paintings ever created by a single artist!

At the age of 82, renowned illustrator and former United States Marine Corps artist-in-residence Col. Charles Waterhouse set out to paint US Marines and Navy corpsmen engaged in the acts for which they were awarded the Medal of Honor.

• At the time of his death, Waterhouse had completed over 332 paintings and portraits of recipients from the Civil War to Afghanistan.
• The most comprehensive collection of Medal of Honor paintings ever created by a single artist.

Valor in Actiontells the true story of some amazing American heroes who went above and beyond the call of duty, and the tenacious artist whoarmed only with a paintbrushsought to capture their heroic actions in the moment they occurred, to his dying breath.

[AuthorName]By Jane Waterhouse[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Jane Waterhouse is an award-winning playwright, a scriptwriter, and the author of several critically acclaimed novels, including Playing for Keeps, Graven Images, Shadow Walk, and Dead Letter. She lives in Fair Haven, New Jersey.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]430 color and b/w images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]The Medal of Honor Paintings of Col. Charles Waterhouse[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]430 color and b/w images[/ColorPattern]