Memories of War – serie
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13 produkter
Hitler's Prisoners
Seven Cell Mates Tell Their Stories
Av Erich O. Friedrich, Renate G. Vanegas
Häftad, 1999
226 kr
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Coauthor Erich Friedrich won the Iron Cross fighting the Soviets. But when he refused to give the Nazi salute and criticized Hermann Göring, he was charged with subversion and thrown into a cell. With him were a suspected spy, two accused deserters, a Jehovah’s Witness, a draft dodger, and a …
Gulf Between Us
Love and Survival in Desert Storm
Av Cynthia B. Acree, Cliff Acree
Häftad, 2001
293 kr
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A Marine squadron commander prepares his men for combat and on the second day of the Gulf War, is shot down by a Surface to Air Missile and captured by the Iraqis. As a pilot, senior Marine and squadron Commanding Officer, Acree is a goldmine of the tactical information that the Iraqis so …
White Tigers
My Secret War in North Korea
Häftad, 2003
263 kr
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Operating from a clandestine camp on an island off western North Korea, Army Lt. Ben Malcom coordinated the intelligence activities of eleven partisan battalions, including the famous White Tigers. With Malcom's experiences as its focus, White Tigers examines all aspects of guerrilla activities in …
American Guerrilla
My War Behind Japanese Lines
Häftad, 2005
173 kr
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During World War II, Roger Hilsman fought in Burma with the legendary Merrill's Marauders until he was machine-gunned. Then, at age twenty-five, he led a battalion of indigenous troops behind Japanese lines. At the war's end, he headed a POW rescue mission to Manchuria, where the prisoners included …
Medal of Honor
One Man's Journey from Poverty and Prejudice
Av Roy P. Benavidez, John R. Craig
Häftad, 2005
233 kr
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Half-Hispanic, half-Yaqui Indian, and an orphan, Roy Benavidez fought his way out of poverty and bigotry to serve with the U.S. Army's elite—the Airborne and the Special Forces. Seriously wounded in Vietnam, he was told he would never walk again. Benavidez not only conquered his disability but …
War in the Boats
My WWII Submarine Battles
Häftad, 2005
233 kr
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Submarine duty in World War II took the lives of more than 20 percent of U.S. submariners. As a young ensign, William J. Ruhe kept a journal on eight action-filled patrols in the South Pacific. His colorful memoir has earned a place with the best naval fiction, among such books as Run Silent, Run …
Wake Island Pilot
A World War II Memoir
Av John F. Kinney, James M. McCaffrey
Häftad, 2005
173 kr
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Wake Island Pilot is the story of John F. Kinney - hero, POW escapee, and aviation pioneer. It contains the first full-length account of a successful escape by a Marine captured in one of the great battles of World War II. Within hours of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese struck the small U.S. …
Lieutenant Ramsey's War
From Horse Soldier to Guerrilla Commander
Av Edwin Price Ramsey, Stephen J. Rivele
Häftad, 2005
158 kr
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After the fall of the Philippines in 1942 - and after leading the last horse cavalry charge in U.S. history - Ed Ramsey refused to surrender. Instead, he joined the Filipino resistance and rose to command more than 40,000 guerrillas. The Japanese put the elusive American leader at the top of their …
From Pusan to Panmunjon
Av Paik Sun Yup
Häftad, 2007
203 kr
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This is the candid and revealing wartime memoir of the soldier who, at the age of just 32, became South Korea's first four-star general. The book brings an unprecedented perspective to the Korean War.
B-17s Over Berlin
Personal Stories from the 95th Bomb Group
Av Ian Hawkins, Ian L. Hawkins
Häftad, 2005
353 kr
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The 95th Bomb Group achieved fame as the first unit to strike Berlin in a daylight raid and as the only combat group in Europe to win three Presidential Distinguished Unit Citations for courage and daring. B-17sOver Berlin is a unique compilation of vivid personal tales of the legendary 95th, told …
Gulf Between Us
Love and Survival in Desert Storm
Av Cynthia B. Acree, Cliff Acree
E-bok, 2011
266 kr
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A Marine squadron commander prepares his men for combat and on the second day of the Gulf War, is shot down by a Surface to Air Missile and captured by the Iraqis. As a pilot, senior Marine and squadron Commanding Officer, Acree is a goldmine of the tactical information that the Iraqis so …
Hitler's Prisoners
Seven Cell Mates Tell Their Stories
Av Erich O. Friedrich, Renate G. Vanegas
E-bok, 2011
93 kr
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Coauthor Erich Friedrich won the Iron Cross fighting the Soviets. But when he refused to give the Nazi salute and criticized Hermann Göring, he was charged with subversion and thrown into a cell. With him were a suspected spy, two accused deserters, a Jehovah''s Witness, a draft dodger, and a …
My Hitch in Hell
The Bataan Death March, New Edition
Häftad, 2018
230 kr
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Captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Lester I. Tenney was one of the very few who would survive the legendary Death March and three and a half years in Japanese prison camps. With an understanding of human nature, a sense of humor, sharp thinking, and fierce determination, Tenney …
