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• The Rifle

  Combat Stories From America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through An M1 Garand

  Biggio, Andrew,

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  For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America’s last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Higher Call

  An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-torn Skies of World War II

  Makos, Adam

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  This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Code Talker

  [the First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII]

  Nez, Chester, 1921-2014,

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  Discrimination didn't stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength--both physical and mental--to excel…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Hawk Down

  a Story of Modern War

  Bowden, Mark, 1951-

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  An account of the first sustained firefight involving American troops since the Vietnam War. Nearly one hundred elite U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia and found themselves pinned down through a long and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The British Are Coming

  the War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

  Atkinson, Rick,

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  Rick Atkinson tells the story of the first twenty months of the bloody struggle to shake free of King George's shackles. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, the ragtag…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love My Rifle More Than You

  Young and Female in the U.S. Army

  Williams, Kayla

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  With a passion that makes her memoir nearly impossible to put down Williams shares the powerful gamut of her experiences in Iraq, from caring for a wounded civilian to aiming a rifle at a child. Angry at the bureaucracy and the conflicting messages…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Valleys of Death

  a Memoir of the Korean War

  Richardson, Bill (William J.)

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  From the devastating counterattack at Unsan to the thirty-four months he spent in captivity-a period of years in which giving up surely meant dying-Col. Bill Richardson's instinct for leadership and stubborn will to survive saw him through one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Rumor of War

  Caputo, Philip

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  In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. A Rumor of War is more than one soldier's story. Upon its publication in 1977, it shattered America's indifference to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Helmet for My Pillow

  From Parris Island to the Pacific : a Young Marine's Stirring Account of Combat in World War II

  Leckie, Robert, 1920-2001

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  From the live-for-today rowdiness of marines on leave to the terrors of jungle warfare against an enemy determined to fight to the last man, Leckie describes what war is really like when victory can only be measured inch by bloody inch. Woven…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Coldest Winter

  America and the Korean War

  Halberstam, David

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  At the heart of the book are the individual stories of the soldiers on the front lines who were left to deal with the consequences of the dangerous misjudgments and competing agendas of powerful men. We meet them, follow them, and see some of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Fierce People

  the Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

  Crawford, Alan Pell,

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  Weaving throughout the stories of the men and women on both sides of the conflict--African Americans and whites, militiamen and irregulars, patriots and Tories, the French, the British, and the Hessians--Crawford reveals the misperceptions and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shoot Like a Girl

  One Woman's Dramatic Fight in Afghanistan and on the Home Front

  Hegar, Mary Jennings,

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  On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings "MJ" Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, she fought the enemy and saved the lives of her crew and their patients. After…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Civil War

  An Illustrated History

  Ward, Geoffrey C.,

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  The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series. This non-illustrated edition interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sea Stories

  My Life in Special Operations

  McRaven, William H. (William Harry), 1955-

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  Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Band of Brothers

  E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

  Ambrose, Stephen E.,

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  Stephen E. Ambrose's classic New York Times bestseller and inspiration for the acclaimed HBO series about Easy Company, the ordinary men who became the World War II's most extraordinary soldiers at the frontlines of the war's most critical moments. …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy, Airman, Gangster, Kill or Die

  How the Allies Won on D-Day

  Milton, Giles,

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  This bold new history narrates the events of June 6th, 1944 through the tales of survivors from all sides: the teenage Allied conscript, the crack German defender, the French resistance fighter. It also gives voice to those who have hitherto…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ghost Soldiers

  the Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission

  Sides, Hampton

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  On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American and British POWs who had spent three…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Call Me a Hero

  a Legendary American Dive-bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway

  Kleiss, N. Jack, 1916-2016

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  Hailed as "the single most effective pilot at Midway", Dusty Kleiss struck and sank three Japanese warships at the Battle of Midway, including two aircraft carriers, helping turn the tide of the Second World War. This is his extraordinary memoir.

• Against All Odds

  a True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

  Kershaw, Alex,

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  As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Tapping into personal interviews and a wealth of primary source material, Alex Kershaw has delivered his most gripping account…Read moreRead more of this annotation