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  • One Square Mile of Hell

    The Battle for Tarawa

    de John Wukovits ...
    Series series American War Heroes
    The riveting true account of the Battle of Tarawa, an epic World War II clash in which the U.S. Marines fought the Japanese nearly to the last man.In November 1943, the men of the 2d Marine Division were instructed to clear out Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Betio, a speck at the end of the Tarawa Atoll. When the Marines landed, the Japanese poured out of their underground bunkers ... Leer más

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  • Lost at Sea

    Eddie Rickenbacker's Twenty-Four Days Adrift on the Pacific--A World War II Taleof Courage and Faith

    de John Wukovits ...
    The forgotten story of American war hero Eddie Rickenbacker's crash landing in the Pacific during World War II, and his incredible twenty-three-day crusade to keep his crew aliveIn the darkest days of World War II, an unlikely civilian was sent to deliver a letter from Washington to General MacArthur in New Guinea. Eddie Rickenbacker was a genuine icon, a pioneer of aviation, the greatest fighter ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • American Commando

    Evans Carlson, His WWII Marine Raiders and America's First Special Forces Mission

    de John Wukovits ...
    Before the Green Berets...Before the Navy SEALs...Before the Army Rangers...There was the Long Patrol.November 1942: in the hellish combat zone of Guadalcanal, one man would make history.Lt. Col. Evans Carlson was considered a maverick by many of his comrades-and an outright traitor by others. He spent years observing guerrilla tactics all over the world, and knew that those tactics could be used ... Leer más

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  • Chesty Puller

    A Marine Legend in World War II

    de John Wukovits ...
    Series series American War Heroes
    The dramatic battlefield story Chesty Puller, Marine hero of World War IIIn 1942, when Chesty Puller first stepped foot onto Guadalcanal in America’s first major land campaign against Japan, he had already served two remarkable decades as a US Marine. Yet it was on that Pacific island where the Puller legend would come to life. For months, Chesty and his Marines fought the Japanese in close-up ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • For Crew and Country

    The Inspirational True Story of Bravery and Sacrifice Aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts

    de John Wukovits ...
    The acclaimed WWII historian recounts the most dramatic naval battle of the Pacific War and the incredible sacrifice of the USS Samuel B. Roberts.On October 25, 1944, the Samuel B. Roberts, along with the other twelve vessels comprising its unit, stood between Japan's largest battleship force ever sent to sea and MacArthur's transports inside Leyte Gulf. Faced with the surprise appearance of more ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Admiral "Bull" Halsey

    The Life and Wars of America's Most Controversial Commander

    de John Wukovits ...
    The definitive biography of America's best-known naval officer, who commanded the legendary fast carrier force during WWII.From the tragic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, when he fashioned America's first response to the attack, to the war's final day in Tokyo Bay when he witnessed Japan's surrender, Admiral William F. Halsey stamped a mighty imprint on the Pacific during World War II. He led or ... Leer más

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  • Tin Can Titans

    The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron

    de John Wukovits ...
    An epic narrative of World War II naval action that brings to life the sailors and exploits of the war's most decorated destroyer squadron.Winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval LiteratureWhen Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron twenty-one (Desron twenty-one) to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US ... Leer más

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  • Pacific Alamo

    The Battle for Wake Island

    de John Wukovits ...
    It happened in the shadow of Pearl Harbor—mere hours after the first attack on the day that would “live in infamy.” But few know the full story of Wake Island.Now a prominent military historian, breaking new ground on the assault, relates the compelling events of that day and the heroic struggle that followed. Thanks to the brave Marines stationed there-and the civilian construction workers who ... Leer más

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  • Dogfight over Tokyo

    The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men to Die in World War II

    de John Wukovits ...
    From an expert in the Pacific theater of World War II comes the tragic story of the pilots who fought the last fight of the war during the first hour of peaceWhen Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown early on the morning of August 15, 1945, they had no idea they were about to carry out the final air mission of World ... Leer más

    Antes $14.99 USD Ahora $1.99 USD

  • Eisenhower

    A Biography

    de John Wukovits ...
    Series series Great Generals Series
    "A concise portrayal of the commander who served as the chief architect of D-Day." —Col. Cole C. Kingseed, New York Times–bestselling coauthor of Beyond Band of BrothersAmerican general and thirty-fourth US president Dwight D. Eisenhower was the principal architect of the successful Allied invasion of Europe during World War II, and the subsequent defeat of Nazi Germany. In this biography, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Hell from the Heavens

    The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack

    de John Wukovits ...
    Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force assembled directly above. Hell was about to be unleashed on them in the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II.On April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey were battle hardened and prepared. They had engaged in combat off the Normandy coast in June 1944. They had been involved in ... Leer más

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    Soldiers of a Different Cloth

    Notre Dame Chaplains in World War II

    de John Wukovits ...
    Narrado por Robertson Dean ...

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    13 hora 34 minutos

    In Soldiers of a Different Cloth, New York Times bestselling author and military historian John Wukovits tells the inspiring story of thirty-five chaplains and missionaries who, while garnering little acclaim, performed extraordinary feats of courage and persistence during World War II. Ranging in age from twenty-two to fifty-three, these University of Notre Dame priests and nuns were counselor, ... Leer más

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