Book excerpt: The Multi-Volume "United States Military Heroes" series is the largest collection of American heroes and award citations ever published. "United States Navy Heroes - Volume IV" contains the citations for awards of the Navy Cross to members of the U.S. Navy with last names "M" through "Z", as well as brief biographical information on the recipients, and in many cases, a photograph of the recipient. This volume also contains the citations for World War II Navy Cross awards to members of the U.S. Army, Army Air Forces, one American Civilian, and the foreign recipients of the Navy Cross. Several appendixes include analysis of WWII Navy Cross awards by Rank/Rating, by Unit, a table of recipients by home state and town, and more.