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Bully Able Leader: The Story of a Fighter-Bomber Pilot in the Korean War
Action-packed memoir by an American pilot and squadron commander in the Korean War What it was like to fly the F-80 Shooting Star against MiGs and ground targets Author flew 112 combat missions in five major campaigns in 1950-51 “Bully Able Leader” was the author’s radio callSale Price: Read More
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The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao’s warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is to fight their way south through the Toktong Pass, a narrow gorge that will need to be held open at all costs. The mission is handed to Captain William Barber and the 234 Marines of [...]
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The Korean War: The Story and Photographs (America Goes to War)
This compelling photographic history examines the war in its entirety, from its causes and protagonists to the strategies, weapons and battles. Goldstein and Maihafer have collected more than 450 vivid photographs, many never before seen by the general public. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean conflict, The Korean War remembers the experience of the American fighting man in “the forgottenSale Price: Read More
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The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
Robert adams is a strong willed southern captain in the midst of the american civil war whose leadership & heart of fire rally his men to fight for their land. Filled with passion blood & tragedy this is the tumultuous true story of one mans love for country & his love for a girl from the north. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 06/26/2007 Starring: Mickey Rooney Julian Adams Run time: 96Sale Price: Read More
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The Story of World War II: Revised, expanded, and updated from the original text by Henry Steele Commanger
Drawing on previously unpublished eyewitness accounts, prizewinning historian Donald L. Miller has written what critics are calling one of the most powerful accounts of warfare ever published. Here are the horror and heroism of World War II in the words of the men who fought it, the journalists who covered it, and the civilians who were caught in its fury. Miller gives us an up-close, deeply personal view of a war that was more savagely fought — and whose outcome [...]
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The Story of the Great War, Volume 1 Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.Sale Price: Read More
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The Story of the Great War, Volume 1 Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.Sale Price: Read More
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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour
“This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”With these words, Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Copeland addressed the crew of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts on the morning of October 25, 1944, off the Philippine Island of Samar. On the horizon loomed the mightiest ships of the Japanese navy, a massive fleet that represented the last hope of a staggering empire. All that stood between it [...]
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Behind Hitler’s Lines: The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for both America and the Soviet Union in World War II
As the twentieth century closed, the veterans of its defining war passed away at a rate of a thousand per day. Fortunately, D-Day paratrooper Joseph Beyrle met author Thomas H. Taylor in time to record Behind Hitler’s Lines, the true story of the first American paratrooper to land in Normandy and the only soldier to fight for both the United States and the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. It is a story of battle, followed by a succession of captures, [...]
