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Rattler One-seven
A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story
Av Chuck Gross
Häftad, 2006
157 kr
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Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat, to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. At the age of twenty, Chuck Gross spent his 1970-71 tour with the 71st Assault Helicopter Company flying UH-1 Huey …
In Hostile Skies
An American B-24 Pilot in World War II
Av James M. Davis, David L. Snead
Häftad, 2007
167 kr
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James ""Jim"" Davis lived what he considered ""an impossible dream"" as he piloted a B-24, as part of the 8th Air Force, on nearly thirty missions in the European Theatre during World War II. He flew support missions for Operations Cobra and Market Garden and numerous bombing missions over occupied …
Life and Death in the Central Highlands
An American Sergeant in the Vietnam War, 1968-1970
Inbunden, 2010
323 kr
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In 1968 James T. Gillam was a poorly focused college student at Ohio University who was dismissed and then drafted into the Army. Unlike most African-Americans who entered the Army then, he became a Sergeant and an instructor at the Fort McClellan Alabama School of Infantry. In September 1968 he …
Ground Pounder
A Marine's Journey Through South Vietnam, 1968-1969
Inbunden, 2012
363 kr
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In early February of 1968, at the beginning of the Tet Offensive, Private First Class Gregory V. Short arrived in Vietnam as an eighteen-year-old U.S. Marine. Amid all of the confusion and destruction, he began his tour of duty as an 81mm mortarman with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which …
Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Pilots of World War II
Häftad, 2014
229 kr
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She flew the swift P-51 and the capricious P-38, but the heavy, four-engine B-17 bomber and C-54 transport were her forte. This is the story of Nancy Harkness Love who, early in World War II, recruited and led the first group of twenty-eight women to fly military aircraft for the U.S. Army.Love was …
Different Face of War
Memories of a Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam
Inbunden, 2015
409 kr
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A Different Face of War is a riveting account of one American officer in the Medical Service Corps during the early years of the Vietnam War.Assigned as the senior medical advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in I Corps, an area close to the DMZ, James G. Van Straten traveled extensively …
Donut Dolly
An American Red Cross Girl's War in Vietnam
Häftad, 2017
261 kr
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Donut Dolly puts you in the Vietnam War face down in the dirt under a sniper attack, inside a helicopter being struck by lightning, at dinner next to a commanding general, and slogging through the mud along a line of foxholes. You see the war through the eyes of one of the first women officially …
Phantom in the Sky
A Marine's Back Seat View of the Vietnam War
Inbunden, 2019
409 kr
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Phantom in the Sky is the story of a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in the back seat of the supersonic Phantom jet during the Vietnam War—a unique, tactical perspective of the ""guy in back,"" or GIB, absent from other published aviation accounts. During the time of Terry L. Thorsen's service from …
Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship
The Survival Story of U.S. Marine George Burlage, a WWII Prisoner-of-War of the Japanese
Inbunden, 2020
363 kr
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U.S. Marine George Burlage was part of the largest surrender in American history at Bataan and Corregidor in the spring of 1942, where the Japanese captured more than 85,000 troops. More than forty per cent would not survive World War II. His prisoner-of-war ordeal began at Cabanatuan near Manila, …
Dirty Eddie's War Volume 20
Based on the World War II Diary of Harry "Dirty Eddie" March, Jr., Pacific Fighter Ace
Av Lee Cook
Inbunden, 2021
352 kr
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Dirty Eddie’s War is the true account of the war-time experiences of Harry Andrew March, Jr., captured by way of diary entries addressed to his beloved wife, Elsa. Nicknamed “Dirty Eddie” by his comrades, he served as a member of four squadrons operating in the South Pacific, frequently under …
Duty to Serve, Duty to Conscience
The Story of Two Conscientious Objector Combat Medics During the Vietnam War
Av James C. Kearney, William H Clamurro
Inbunden, 2023
409 kr
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Despite all that has been written about Vietnam, the story of the 1-A-O conscientious objector, who agreed to put on a uni-form and serve in the field without weapons rather than accept alternative service outside the military, has received scarce atten-tion. This joint memoir by two 1-A-O combat …
Death and Life in the Big Red One
A Soldier's World War II Journey from North Africa to Germany
Av Joseph P Olexa, James R Smither
Inbunden, 2023
409 kr
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Joe Olexa enlisted in the US Army in December 1940, figuring that if he was going to be in a war, he might as well start training. Assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, nicknamed “The Big Red One,” he served in Company L of its 26th Infantry Regiment for the next four years. Along the way he …
My Darling Boys Volume 23
A Family at War, 1941-1947
Inbunden, 2024
409 kr
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My Darling Boys is the story of a New Mexico farm family whose three sons were sent to fight in World War II. All flew combat aircraft in the Army Air Forces. In 1973 one of the boys, Oscar Allison, a B-24 top turret gunner and flight engineer, wrote a memoir of his World War II experiences. On a …
Tubby Volume 24
Raymond O. Barton and the US Army, 1889-1963
Inbunden, 2024
422 kr
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Entering West Point from central Oklahoma, Raymond O. Barton’s prowess on the football field and wrestling team earned him the nickname “Tubby,” an appellation used by his friends and fellow officers for the rest of his life. Based on personal letters and documents, this biography explores Barton’s …
Life and Death in the Central Highlands Volume 5
An American Sergeant in the Vietnam War, 1968-1970
Häftad, 2024
229 kr
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Featured in The Vietnam War PBS series by Ken Burns & Lynn NovickIn 1968 James T. Gillam was a poorly focused college student at Ohio University who was dismissed and then drafted into the Army. Unlike most African-Americans who entered the Army then, he became a Sergeant and an instructor at the …
Phantom Vietnam War Volume 12
An F-4 Pilot's Combat Over Laos
Häftad, 2024
259 kr
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David R. “Buff” Honodel was a cocky young man with an inflated self-image when he arrived in 1969 at his base in Udorn, Thailand. His war was not in Vietnam; it was a secret one in the skies of a neighboring country almost unknown in America, attacking the Ho Chi Minh Trail that fed soldiers and …
I'm Alive Volume 25
A Young Fighter Pilot's Diary of the US Navy Air War in Vietnam, 1964–1965
Av Errol F Reilly, Kevin Callahan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
415 kr
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I'm Alive is the compelling diary of Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Errol F. Reilly, a 26-year-old Navy fighter pilot, written aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea during his first Vietnam combat cruise. In writing that is colorful, perceptive, and, at times, both humorous and heartbreaking, …
No Good War Volume 26
An Infantry Memoir of the Vietnam War
Inbunden, 2026
415 kr
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The war in Vietnam and the draft put a great black cloud over an entire generation of Americans during the 1960s and '70s. Many resisted the draft, many even fled the country, but most, when called, went into the military and served. This is the story of one man who was drafted, spent a full year …
Against the Grain
Colonel Henry M. Lazelle and the U.S. Army
Av James Carson
Inbunden, 2015
392 kr
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Henry Martyn Lazelle (1832–1917) was the only cadet in the history of the US Military Academy to be suspended and sent back a year (for poor grades and bad behavior) and eventually return as Commandant of the Corps of Cadets. After graduating from West Point in 1855, he scouted with Kit Carson, was …
We Were Going to Win, or Die There
With the Marines at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan
Av Roy H. Elrod, Fred H. Allison
Inbunden, 2017
363 kr
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In 1940, native West Texan Roy H. Elrod joined the Marine Corps. A few years later his unit, the 8th Marine Regiment, went into the fight at Guadalcanal, where he commanded a platoon of 37 mm gunners. They endured Japanese attacks, malarial tropical weather, and starvation rations. His combat …
Yesterday There Was Glory
With the 4th Division, a.E.F., in World War I
Av Gerald Andrew Howell, Jeffrey L Patrick
Inbunden, 2017
352 kr
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In 1946, World War I veteran Gerald Howell finished a memoir of the experiences of his squad from the 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, but never published it. Jeffrey Patrick discovered the memoir and edited it for publication, providing an introduction and annotations.Yesterday There Was …
Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force
A B-24 Pilot's Missions from Italy During World War II
Av Tom Faulkner, David L. Snead
Inbunden, 2018
352 kr
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In 1944 and 1945, Tom Faulkner was a B-24 pilot flying out of San Giovanni airfield in Italy as a member of the 15th Air Force of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Only 19 years old when he completed his 28th and last mission, Tom was one of the youngest bomber pilots to serve in the U.S. Army Air Forces …
Different Face of War
Memories of a Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam
Häftad, 2018
280 kr
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Selected by Major General Pat Sargent, Chief of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, for the Corps Chief's Reading List, May 2016.A Different Face of War is a riveting account of one American officer in the Medical Service Corps during the early years of the Vietnam War.Assigned as the senior …
Minding the Helm
A Unlikely Career in the U.S. Coast Guard
Inbunden, 2019
304 kr
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As a boy growing up in New York City, Kevin P. Gilheany had two dreams: to join the Coast Guard, and to play the bagpipes. But by the time he finished high school he was overweight, had a drinking problem, and couldn't swim. Undeterred by the doubts of the folks at home, he decided to enlist in the …
Machine-Gunner in France
The Memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 35th Division, 1917-1919
Av Ward Schranz, Jeffrey L. Patrick
Inbunden, 2019
409 kr
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This is the WWI memoir of Ward Schrantz, a National Guard officer and machine gun company commander in the Kansas-Missouri 35th Division. He extensively documents his experiences and those of his men, from training at Camp Doniphan to their voyage across the Atlantic, and to their time in the …
From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay
The Memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee Commander During the Pacific War, 1942-1945
Inbunden, 2019
294 kr
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This is the story of J. R. Ritter (1902-1994), a civil engineer from Texas who became a U.S. Navy Seabee officer during World War II. For his memoir he preserved personal papers, letters, photos, and other items, many of which are reproduced in this book. His narrative is edited and annotated by …
Scouting with the Buffalo Soldiers
Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke, Frederic Remington, and the Tenth U.S. Cavalry in the Southwest
Inbunden, 2020
409 kr
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On a hot summer's day in Montana, a daring frontier cavalry officer, Powhatan Henry Clarke, died at the height of his promising career. A member of the U.S. Military Academy's Class of 1884, Clarke graduated dead last, and while short on academic application, he was long on charm and bravado. …
