Author: Eckgren, Betty Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Ruskin Friton (the author's father) disappears from his loving family in St. Louis, and serves in the US Army under a different name during World War I. He marries an Army nurse, Margaret Kumpman, who...
Author: Gibson, William Rex Publisher: Original Writing Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: The author was born in a small mining village in Yorkshire in 1930. His earlier recollections of the aftermath of WW1 dominate the early chapters of the book. Educated at Leeds Boys Modern School (19...
Author: Garner, Harry Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Twenty thousand young American men were drafted into the Armed Forces during the final month of 1965. A Soldier's Saga tells the story of a newly-married young man who receives his draft notice on Dec...
Author: Tibbetts, Terry Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In November 1955, Colonel Earl "Red" Blaik, the head football coach at the United States Military Academy at West Point, told his team he did not relish the prospect of crossing the field the next day...
Author: Cash, LT Carey Carey Publisher: Thomas Nelson Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: On April 10th, 2003, the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, faced with the task of seizing the presidential palace in downtown Baghdad, ran headlong into what Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North called, ...
Author: Callihan, Joe Publisher: eBookIt.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Adventures of QM3 Joe Callihan, while serving in the Navy during the Vietnam Era. Working in an Op Center in Panama brought many adventures, as did my time in the Reserves. Brought up to believe res...
Author: Stoneman, Richard Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A concise introduction to the history of Alexander and the main themes of his reign. As well as tackling problems of interpretation, the book includes an examination of types of sources and a discussi...
Author: Gouin, Col John R. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: It all seemed so picture-perfect. It was a typical fall evening in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in 1965 when John Gouin, a twelve-year-old boy with big dreams came home from football practice and sat dow...
Author: Hoffman, Bruce Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Bruce Hoffman spent four years in the United States Marine Corps. Two of those years were spent in Vietnam and Okinawa. And My Mother Danced with Chesty Puller is the story of a young Marine's adventu...
Author: Farina, Anthony S. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: When the 4th Infantry Division from Fort Carson was deployed to Iraq in 2007, the men found themselves in a city known as a safe haven for criminals and terrorists. No other allied forces had dared en...
Author: Connors, Tracy Publisher: Belle Aire Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Baited Trap, The Ambush of Mission 1890 is the story of helicopter rescue Mission 1890, one of the most heroic-and costly-air rescues of the Korean War. This harrowing Air Force-Navy mission is expla...
Author: Matthews, Gary R. Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe PDF
Description: After practicing law for several years in St. Louis, Basil Wilson Duke (1838--1916) enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 and was elected first lieutenant of John Hunt Morgan's legendary cavalry un...
Author: Houston, Ivan J. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: 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 Bla...
Author: King, Steven Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Brazen, irreverent, and unforgiving, the unpredictable Navy SEALs deploy on classified missions worldwide. Theodis "Blue" Springer, decided as a young man that he wanted to join this elite military un...
Author: Tucker, Spencer C. Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: " John D. Imboden is an important but often overlooked figure in Civil War history. With only limited militia training, the Virginia lawyer and politician rose to the rank of brigadier general in the ...
Author: Katz, Yoram Publisher: Contento De Semrik Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Set against the drama of the unfolding events surrounding the 1982 Israel- Lebanon war, Bundles of Hope is a raw journey into the human suffering of infertility that crosses boundaries of culture and ...
Author: Noecker, Jeff Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Callsign: Spectre is the true story of a young man from a small town in Pennsylvania who grows up and enlists in the United States Air Force at nineteen. Nearly forty years after the fact, Jeff Noecke...
Author: Minnick, Fred Publisher: L&R Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Fred Minnick spent more than a year in Iraq as a U.S. Army public affairs photojournalist, covering the good, bad and ugly sides of the conflict. With a Nikon in one hand and an M-16 in the other, he ...
Author: Minnick, Fred Publisher: L&R Publishing Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Fred Minnick spent more than a year in Iraq as a U.S. Army public affairs photojournalist, covering the good, bad and ugly sides of the conflict. With a Nikon in one hand and an M-16 in the other, he ...
Author: Gruenfeld, Jay Publisher: Hellgate Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Jay Gruenfel's war ended on May 15, 1945 with his fifth and final wound. He left the remnants of his platoon on a rain-soaked hillside on Luzon in the Philippines. It was the ninth day of the Ipo Dam ...
Author: Blinco, Gary Publisher: eBookIt.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In the winter of 1948, a poorly educated jack-of-all-trades moved his ever- increasing family to a small vegetable crops' farm on the Darling Downs, in Queensland. They arrived in a horse and wagon to...
Author: Simmons, Thomas E. Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Format: Adobe PDF
Description: James T. Currie relates in this thought-provoking work that between July 4, 1863, and the end of the Civil War in May 1865, Vicksburg and the plantations around it were an enclave of Union territory i...
Author: Thompson, Robert Peter Publisher: Blue Moon Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "What were you doing when you were nineteen? Ride along on this breath stopping journey of the heart, mind and soul of a 19 year old Marine to 1969 Vietnam. It's a full ride." This story will gra...
Author: Wiss, Ray Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Military doctors serving in Afghanistan usually spend their entire tour in the relatively safe confines of the main base. FOB Doc is the story of one Canadian doctor who spent nearly his entire tour i...
Author: Foster, Elizabeth Carroll Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: On September 6, 1949, the author was a bride and clueless as to the twists and turns her life would take as the wife of a US Army officer. Her husband served sixteen months at the end of WWII and comp...
Author: Valin, Christopher J. Publisher: Fireship Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: When you think of the great heroes of the 18th Century Royal Navy, you would probably think of Horatio Nelson, possibly Sir Sidney Smith; but would the name Sir Charles Douglas spring to mind? If it ...
Description: Free Fall is a brutal but engrossing memoir of the Second Chechen War, told through the eyes of a young Russian soldier. Nicolai Lilin was conscripted and then trained as a sniper in an unorthodox Rus...
Author: Alter, James Publisher: Garrett County Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Jim Alter was a sophomore in college when Japan attacked the United States. He enlisted, and after an Army programme that condensed years of officer training into a few frantic months, was flying over...
Author: Schaer, Oscar (Mo) Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Oscar Schaer's family members were plain American folks who worked hard and contributed to the advancement of a great nation. In his memoir From Horse and Buggy to Space, Schaer shares his intriguing ...
Author: Hattaway, Herman Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This biographical portrait by a well known Civil War historian brings much deserved attention to an exceptional Confederate military figure who became one of the New South's most progressive leaders.H...
Author: Gole, Henry G. Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Considered one of most influential U. S. military officers of the twentieth century, William E. DePuy (1919--1992) developed the education and training program that regenerated the U.S. Army after the...
Author: Lewis, William R. Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Bill Lewis thought his troubles were over. As a child he had survived the Great Depression on the family farm and now had a new wife and the hope of an exciting life together. But World War II puts hi...
Description: ""One of the greatest war books ever written."" ""A vivid, unforgettable picture of mobile guerrilla warfare."" In 1899 a 17 year old boy by the name of Dennys Reitz volunteered to fight for his cou...
Author: Dugan II, Haynes W. "Buddy" Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Haynes W. "Buddy" Dugan II has had an adventurous life as a student, marine officer, social worker, military chaplain, and active sportsman. Having lived through many historical events, he offers insi...
Author: Canadian Aircrew of Second Tactical Air Publisher: Trafford Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A collection of factual WWII, RCAF aircrew stories by the men who experienced them, from frivolity, high jinx and mirth to hair-raising, knuckle-clenching experiences on a bombing run.
Author: Stann, Brian / Bruning, John R. Publisher: Zenith Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: This is the story of a kid from the wrong side of Scranton who made it to the Naval Academy, played linebacker for the Navy football team for four years, became a Marine officer, graduated first in hi...
Author: Stann, Brian / Bruning, John R. Publisher: Zenith Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This is the story of a kid from the wrong side of Scranton who made it to the Naval Academy, played linebacker for the Navy football team for four years, became a Marine officer, graduated first in hi...
Author: Rasmussen, Randall L. Publisher: Sunstone Press Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: It was December 3, 1943, and American warplanes were on assignment over Nazi Germany. Sergeant William Rasmussen was the ball turret gunner on the Hell's Belle, a B-17 heavy bomber. During one of its ...
Author: Brayer, Allen Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: There was commotion everywhere. People were getting dressed or looking for things. The atmosphere was unreal, unbelievable. I know they all felt the same as I. A rope was tightening around everyone's ...
Author: Peters, C.A. (Chuck) Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this engaging memoir, retired Pittsburgh public servant C.A. (Chuck) Peters tells the captivating story of his ardent, lifelong love of and "undistinguished" service in the United States Marine Cor...
Author: Garrett, Kyle Publisher: L&R Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: After the attack on Pearl Harbor, eighteen-year-old Robert Stuart had a decision to make: keep working at the steel mill in Warren, Ohio, or volunteer to serve his country. Anne Davis had a decision o...
Author: SUTHERLAND, STAN Publisher: iUniverse.com Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In This Man's Army is a book on Australian's at War in Vietnam as an Ally of the United States. The contents provides a great insight into their professionalism as soldiers and their renowned expertis...
Author: O'Brien, Jack Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Well, boy, how did you do it? "What are the prison camps like?" "Are the Germans as cruel as they are painted?" These are the questions that I have been asked thousands of times since coming home. I h...
Description: Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II -and they were legion -Jimmy Stewart was unique. On December 7th, when the attack on Pearl Harbor woke so many others to the reality...
Author: Kuwahara, Yasuo, / Allred, Gordon, T. Publisher: American Legacy Media Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Originally published in 1957, this enduring classic-the first-ever English publication cowritten by a Japanese suicide pilot-remains a touching and insightful look into the world of the kamikaze. This...
Author: Donna E., Elliott Publisher: L&R Publishing Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Forty years have passed since the so-called women's movement claimed to liberate women from preconceived notions of what it means to be female - and the results are in. The latest statistics show that...
