Editing Stephen E. Ambrose (section)

===Awards===
In 1997, Ambrose received the [[St. Louis Literary Award]] from the [[Saint Louis University]] Library Associates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|title=Saint Louis Literary Award - Saint Louis University|access-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823003924/http://www.slu.edu/libraries/associates/award.html|archive-date=August 23, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.slu.edu/about/associates/literary-award |title=Recipients of the Saint Louis Literary Award |author=Saint Louis University Library Associates |access-date=July 25, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731082313/http://lib.slu.edu/about/associates/literary-award |archive-date=July 31, 2016 }}</ref> In 1998, he received the [[National Humanities Medal]].<ref name="NYTObit"/> In 1998, he was awarded the [[Samuel Eliot Morison Prize]] for lifetime achievement given by the [[Society for Military History]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smh-hq.org/awards/morison.html |title=Samuel Eliot Morison Prize previous winners |publisher=[[Society for Military History]] |access-date=December 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108141323/http://www.smh-hq.org/awards/morison.html |archive-date=January 8, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1998, he received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref> In 2000, Ambrose received the [[Department of the Army Civilian Awards|Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service]], the highest honorary award the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] offers to civilians.<ref name="NGS"/> In 2001, he was awarded the [[Theodore Roosevelt]] Medal for Distinguished Service from the [[Theodore Roosevelt Association]].<ref>Theodore Roosevelt Association, [http://data.memberclicks.com/site/tra/Medal_Recipients_up_to_2006.pdf The Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal Recipients]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> Ambrose won an [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] as one of the producers for the mini-series ''[[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]''.<ref name="NGS"/> Ambrose also received the [[George Marshall]] Award, the [[Abraham Lincoln]] Literary Award, the [[Bob Hope]] Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, and the [[Will Rogers]] Memorial Award.<ref name="NGS"/>

Upon Ambrose's death, U.S. [[United States Senator|Sen]]. [[Mary Landrieu]] of Louisiana offered a resolution in the Senate, which received unanimous consent, saluting the "excellence of Stephen Ambrose at capturing the greatness of the American spirit in words."<ref>Tribute to Stephen E. Ambrose, capitolwords.org, October 16, 2002 [http://capitol words.org/date/2002/10/16/luker#ixzz2uTBVBwBF]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}. Retrieved February 25, 2014.</ref>