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  • From Bunker Hill to Baghdad

    True Stories of America's Veterans

    de Patrick Mendoza ...
    These compelling, enlightening, and often highly personal experiences tell stories of average citizens as well as historical figures who made huge sacrifices by serving in the military, giving the reader new perspectives on war, and its real costs.Wars are generally started by those holding power—those whose names are recorded in history books—yet they are fought by the average citizen. In wartime ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

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  • Escape From Davao

    The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War

    de John D. Lukacs ...
    On April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts executed a daring escapefrom one of Japan’s most notorious prison camps. The prisoners were survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March and the Fall of Corregidor, and the prison from which they escaped was surrounded by an impenetrable swamp and reputedly escape-proof. Theirs was the only successful group escape from a ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Fighting for America

    Black Soldiers-the Unsung Heroes of World War II

    de Christopher Paul Moore ...
    The African-American contribution to winning World War II has never been celebrated as profoundly as in Fighting for America. In this inspirational and uniquely personal tribute, the essential part played by black servicemen and -women in that cataclysmic conflict is brought home.Here are letters, photographs, oral histories, and rare documents, collected by historian Christopher Moore, the son of ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Thunder on Bataan

    The First American Tank Battles of World War II

    de Donald L Caldwell ...
    "An incisive, readable account of a group of National Guard tankers who fought in the Philippines in the opening phase of America's war in the Pacific." —Robert S. Cameron, Ph.D., military historian and author of Mobility, Shock, and Firepower: The Emergence of the U.S. Army's Armor Branch, 1917-1945The American Provisional Tank Group had been in the Philippines only three weeks when the Japanese ... Leer más

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  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Salutes the Armed Forces

    de Bathroom Readers' Institute ...
    Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
    Army, Air Force, or Marine—read all about them in the latrine!Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and the Coast Guard—the patriotic folks at the Bathroom Readers Institute have stormed the proverbial beaches of Normandy and beyond to bring you this salute to the greatest force for good on planet Earth! Make your way through the ranks and read about the history, triumphs, trials, trivia, and humor of ... Leer más

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  • The Greatest Generation Speaks

    Letters and Reflections

    de Tom Brokaw ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A heartwarming gift for the holidays—a powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation.“When I wrote about the men and women who came out of the Depression, who won great victories and made lasting sacrifices in World War II and then returned home to begin building the world we have today—the people ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

  • US Army's First, Last, and Only All-Black Rangers

    The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950–1951

    de Edward L. Posey ...
    Finalist, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award: An account of this elite unit serving in the last days of a segregated military: "Riveting." — The Journal of African American HistoryThe 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit in the history of the United States Army. The company's life span covered ten months, from selection and training ... Leer más

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  • What Was the Battle of Gettysburg?

    de Jim O'Connor, Who HQ ...
    Ilustraciones de John Mantha ...
    Series series What Was?
    "Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The South had been winning up to this point. So how did Union troops stop General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North? With black-and-illustrations throughout and sixteen pages of photos, this turning point in history is brought vividly to life. ... Leer más

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  • A Military Miscellany

    From Bunker Hill to Baghdad: Important, Uncommon, and Sometimes Forgotten Facts,Lists, and Stories from America#s Military History

    de Thomas Ayres ...
    For armchair generals, history buffs, and military enthusiasts everywhere, A Military Miscellany is an essential and entertaining collection of fascinating and little-known facts, anecdotes, lists, and stories from America’s rich military legacy. Forgotten heroes, amazing blunders, surprising trivia, and strange-but-true stories overlooked by historians, it’s all here in a book that will enlighten ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Black Warriors: the Buffalo Soldiers of World War Ii

    Memories of the Only Negro Infantry Division to Fight in Europe During World War Ii

    de Gordon Cohn, Ivan J. Houston ...
    Numbering 4,000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of n Europe during World War II the 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro division to fight in Europe during World War II. In Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II, author Ivan J. Houston recounts his experiences, when, as a nineteen-year-old California college student, he entered the US Army and served with the ... Leer más

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  • The Marines of Montford Point

    America's First Black Marines

    de Melton A. McLaurin ...
    With an executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt in 1941, the United States Marine Corps--the last all-white branch of the U.S. military--was forced to begin recruiting and enlisting African Americans. The first black recruits received basic training at the segregated Camp Montford Point, adjacent to Camp Lejeune, near Jacksonville, North Carolina. Between 1942 and 1949 (when the base was ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Recollections

    World War Ii Memoirs of Twenty-Eight Who Served

    de Northern Neck Chapter-Military Officers Association of America ...
    Recollections is the result of many meetings with the twenty-eight veterans interviewed, and many hours of editing. The veterans’ names appear in the Contents section of the book. Their stories and their enthusiasm in telling them took me back to those years of uncomplicated patriotism, of courage, honor and glory, and, yes, of loss and suffering. We are proud of them still. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD