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Uncommon Valor from Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham presents a fascinating look at six of our bravest soldiers and the highest military decoration awarded in this country.
Since the Vietnam War ended in 1973, the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for valor, has been presented to only eight men for their actions "above and beyond the call of duty." Six of the eight were young men who had fought in the current war in Iraq, Afghanistan,...
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One of the last great memoirs of World War II, Into the Cold Blue is a riveting account of the air war over Europe, when hell was four miles above the earth.
A born daredevil, John Homan joined the Army Air Forces after the Pearl Harbor attack. By 1944, he was co-piloting a B-24 Liberator over Nazi Germany, raining death and destruction on the enemy. This first-person account of his harrowing missions-chronicling deadly flights through skies of...
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In this gripping memoir, a former marine returns to Vietnam to try to make sense of the war. Previously published as Brothers in Arms, this edition includes a new preface by the author. When William Broyles Jr. was drafted, he was a twenty-four-year-old student at Oxford University in England, hoping to avoid military service. During his physical exam, however, he realized that he couldn't let social class or education give him special privileges....
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“Chop that Sh*t Up!” is a collection of stories by a military veteran with deployments ranging from Bosnia-Herzegovina to tours in Iraq. Follow along his twenty-eight-year career from private to command sergeant major, and learn how a young, gullible private became a battle-hardened soldier to an emotionally broken leader on his journey back to civilian life. Whether you served, are thinking about serving, or know or care about someone who has...
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The author describes his Navy life beginning with growing up in the" Cradle of Naval Aviation" in Pensacola, Florida during the mid-1940's and 1950 time periods. He also writes about the social aspects of those times in Pensacola and the effects World War 11 naval officers and enlisted had on him. He writes about the deadly seriousness of combat flying and carrier aviation. He balances this seriousness and responsibilities to his country with more...
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Made public for the first time, this collection of more than 150 personal letters, telegrams, and V-mails sent to his parents in Atlanta, Georgia, from mid-1942 through December 1945, provides an eyewitness portal to the past that sheds light on a cast of characters from the greatest generation. A treasure trove of humor, anxiety, and hope, the letters reveal a young white Southerner thrust into a war that took him far from home, separated from family...
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Of the many human characteristics, few evoke greater admiration and respect than gallantry in the service of one's country. Here, Graham Pitchfork describes the outstanding bravery of twenty-one air men who served in the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. These accounts encompass most theaters of operation as well as a host of aircraft types and aircrew categories. Accounts of the gallantry of those who served on the...
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Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that
everyone is at most six steps away from, or
connected to, any other person on Earth.
While the Vietnam War was raging,
silver bracelets were created to raise
awareness of, and show support for,
American servicemen who were prisoners of
war (POW) or missing in action (MIA). After
the war, black bracelets were produced to
pay homage to any of our armed forces killed
in action (KIA). The orange bracelet...
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Palace Cobra picks up where Ed Rasimus's critically acclaimed When Thunder Rolled left off. Now he's flying the F-4 Phantom and the attitude is still there.
In the waning days of the Vietnam War, Rasimus and his fellow pilots were determined that they were not going be the last to die in a conflict their country had abandoned. They were young fighter pilots fresh from training and experienced aviators who came back to the war again and again, not...
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"A poignant and inspiring memoir. . . . Dole's odyssey of courage and determination can be a guideline to us all."- Philadelphia Inquirer
In his own words, Bob Dole tells his legendary World War II story-a personal odyssey of tremendous courage, sacrifice, and faith
In One Soldier's Story, Dole recites the moving, inspirational story of his harrowing experience in World War II, and how he overcame life-threatening injuries long before rising to...
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With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper social and cultural response to the wounded, swiftly returning injured combatants to their civilian lives. But this was not always the case, as Beth Linker reveals in her provocative new book, War's Waste. Linker...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
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2024.
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In 2007 Ukraine, after Yefim Shulman, beloved husband, grandfather and World War II veteran, passes away, his widow Nina finds a letter to the KGB in his briefcase that reveals his lifelong secret, which forces them to reassess the man they thought they knew and the country he defended.
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The war is over, and America has entered a golden age: The Age of Oil. It's 1953, and for Nick Taylor, WWII veteran turned company lawyer, oil is the key to the future. He takes the train into the city for work and returns to the peaceful streets of the suburbs and to his wife, Bet, former codebreaker now housewife, and their two children, Katherine and Harry. Nick comes from humble origins but thanks to his work for American Oil, he can provide every...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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2024
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Meet the Williamson sisters, Britain's most beloved World War II veterans. Now in their late nineties, Josephine and Penny are in huge demand, beloved of journalists and producers, popping up on red carpets and at fundraisers and festivals all over the country. Despite their age, they're still in great form--perfectly put together, sprightly and sparky, and always in search of their next "excitement." This time it's a trip to Paris to receive the...
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VA pamphlet volume 80-19-01
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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[2023]
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"Veterans of the United States (U.S.) Armed Forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These benefits are codified in Title 38 of the United States Code (U.S.C.). This booklet contains overviews of the most commonly sought information about Veterans' benefits and services"--
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Morse Institute Library (14 East Central St., Natick, MA 01760)
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2024
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English
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David Léasure joined the Navy in 2011, after he graduated from high school in Pennsylvania, for travel and adventure. He was trained as a cook, and spent his tour of duty in Japan
17) The judge
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Andy Roark mysteries volume 5
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Boston, 1985. With the late December cold comes a new job for ex-military operative turned private investigator Andy Roark. Boston judge Ambrose Messer is being blackmailed, and he needs Roark's help to stop the culprit. Messer is judging the bench trial of a chemical company accused of knowingly dumping chemical waste in an unsafe manner, causing birth defects and cancer. The evidence against them is overwhelming, but the message from the blackmailer...
18) No guns life
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VIZ Media, LLC
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2019-2022.
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"Ex-soldier Juzo Inui has one question--who turned him into a cyborg and erased his memories? After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life--or who replaced his head and why--Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended......
19) The covenant
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McCain chronicles volume 1
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"It was a time of uncertainty in the infancy of the growing nation. The Wild West was open and beckoning to displaced men and families, and many chose to travel to the unsettled frontier, dreaming of new homes, land, and even riches. But few reckoned on those that had lived in those lands for centuries, the native peoples: Blackfoot, Crow, Sioux, and more. Elijah McCain, fresh from the Union army -- where he had attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel...
20) Wild's end
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BOOM! Studios
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2024.
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"Lower Crowchurch is a small English community enjoying the peace of the 1930s, but when the town becomes the victim of an alien invasion, the residents' lives are upended by the harsh realities of life-and-death violence. Led by the town's outsider and retired war veteran, they will have to rally together to uncover the secret of their invaders and hope to fight back"--Publisher's website.
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