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22 produkter
At the Helm of USS America
The Aircraft Carrier and Its 23 Commanders, 1965-1996
Häftad, 2014
384 kr
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Only the best officers are given command of U.S. Navy ships, and only the elite of these are selected for aircraft carriers. The USS America was the third of four Kitty Hawk-class super-carriers. Commissioned in 1965, decommissioned in 1996, she served three times in Vietnam, and once each in …
Conduct Unbecoming
Fifteen Military Criminals, Rogues and Victims of Justice from the Revolutionary War to Vietnam
Av Scott Baron, James Wise, Jr.
Häftad, 2016
376 kr
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Men and women who serve in the armed forces are subject to a different legal code than those they protect. Throughout American history, some have--through action or failure to act or by circumstances--found themselves facing prosecution by the United States military. One measure of a nation's sense …
Valor of Many Stripes
Remarkable Americans in World War II
Av Scott Baron
Häftad, 2019
384 kr
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The award of a military decoration does not define valor--it only recognizes it. Many acts of notable courage and self-sacrifice occur on the battlefield but are often obscured in the fog of battle or lost to history, unrecognized and unheralded.The largely overlooked men and women in this volume …
Military Hall of Fame
Av Scott Baron
Häftad, 2004
258 kr
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Did you know that Alan Alda, Hawkeye of M*A*S*H, was an Army gunnery officer in the Korean War? Or that gourmet cook Julia Child served with the OSS -- the predecessor of the CIA-in World War II? Or that Yankee Hall of Famer Yogi Berra participated in the D-Day landing at Normandy? These, and …
Sole Survivors of the Sea
E-bok, 2008
276 kr
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The incredible stories of twenty-two lone survivors of maritime disasters are presented in this collection of war and peacetime incidents. The dramatic accounts--including those of a British sailor who survived 133 days at sea on an open raft and a German sailor who spent 28 hours in the ocean …
Women at War
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Conflicts
E-bok, 2013
313 kr
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Today, women in all U.S. military services are involved in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. They serve as pilots and crewmen of assault helicopters, bombers, fighters, and transport planes, and are frequently engaged in firefights with enemy insurgents while guarding convoys, traveling in hostile …
Dangerous Games
Faces, Incidents, and Casualties of the Cold War
E-bok, 2013
504 kr
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Reminding readers that the Cold War was actually a time of hot wars, spying, murders, defections, shoot downs of reconnaissance aircraft, and a space race, the authors uncover some unknown or long-forgotten incidents of the period. Among them, the murder of a U.S. naval attache on the Orient …
Best Laid Plans of Mice
An anthology of odd short stories
Av Scott Baron
Häftad, 2017
298 kr
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International Stars at War
Movie Actors in Service to Their Countries
Inbunden, 2002
331 kr
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The last in a popular series on movie stars in the military, this handsome book provides readers with a guide to film actors of many nations who served in various branches of their own military forces. Because they appeared in Hollywood movies, many of these figures will be familiar to Americans.A …
Silver Star
Navy and Marine Corps Gallantry in Iraq, Afghanistan and Other Conflicts
Av Jr. Wise, Scott Baron
Inbunden, 2008
375 kr
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The Silver Star is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States not justifying a higher award. It may be awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the U.S Armed Forces, distinguishes himself or herself by extraordinary heroism involving one of the …
