Veterans category: 267 books
A Midshipman's War
A Young Man in the Mediterranean Naval War 1941-1943
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2005
"Frank Wade was born in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in October 1921. He was sent to England to train for the navy in the schoolship HMS Conway in Liverpool and the Dartmouth (Devon) Royal Navy College from 1936 to December 1940. Then in May 1941 he was appointed to the staff of the Commander-in...
To Fill the Skies with Pilots
The Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1939-1946
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Launched in 1939, the Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP) was one of the largest government-sponsored vocational education programs of its time. In To Fill the Skies with Pilots, Dominick A. Pisano explores the successes and failures of the program, from its conception as a hybrid civilian-military...
In Liberating Strife: A Memoir of the Vietnam Years
Volume 1, The Track of a Storm
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Vietnam: A word that few Americans had ever heard before the early 1960s, and a place that even fewer would have been able to point out on a map, slowly but inexorably becomes the primary focus of national attention as America’s intervention in the war ultimately emerges as the defining event of...
My Nuclear Family
A Coming-of-Age in America's Twenty-first Century Military
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
The unsentimental education of an idealistic, brilliant American naval officer.
It begins in 2001. Christopher Brownfield is a naïve young midshipman. His heroes at the time: Oliver North and John McCain.
In My Nuclear Family, Brownfield writes about how he loved the navy for its “rigidity...
Every Army Man Is with You
The Cadets Who Won the 1964 Army-Navy Game, Fought in Vietnam, and Came Home Forever Changed
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
The 1964 Army-Navy football game had no reason to be as memorable as it ultimately became. Navy looked poised to crush Army for the 6th consecutive year with future Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach at the helm, but a stunning upset victory by Army catapulted the Cadets players onto the national...
by Anthony Staunton
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Now updated to also include all our George Cross winners, VC has been considered a classic work of Australian military history ever since its first publication in 1963. Together with detailed descriptions of the battles they fought in, VC contains full biographies of all Australians who have won the...
by Jennifer L. Cerully, Mustafa Oguz, Heather Krull
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
In this report, the authors use the Wounded Warrior Project’s 2013 survey of its members (alumni) to understand the physical, mental, and economic challenges that Wounded Warriors face. The researchers find that at least half of alumni reported dealing with mental health conditions such as depression...
Military Spouse Journey
Discover the Possibilities & Live Your Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Military Spouse Journey helps readers craft their best life possible. The unique components of military life can make it challenging for military spouses to pursue careers and other personal dreams. This encouraging book, written by two experienced military spouses, shares lessons learned, success...
Ranger
A Soldier's Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
On November 25, 1950, during one of the toughest battles of the Korean War, the US Eighth Army Ranger Company seized and held the strategically important Hill 205 overlooking the Chongchon River. Separated by more than a mile from the nearest friendly unit, fifty-one soldiers fought several hundred...
by Anon E. Mouse
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
Even in the midst of the death and destruction of war there are strange and funny occurrences. Occurrences made hilarious and farcical because of the circumstance in which they occur. These hilarious occasions are more often than not recalled with greater ease and much mirth long after the war has...
by Donald J. MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
This vivid, bilingual account of the German POW camps of World War II was written by one of Gaeldom's most important bards.
Gentlemen from Hell: Men of the 487th Bomb Group
Leaders of the Largest Eighth Air Force Mission of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
This book is a touching compilation of personal accounts of the men who served in the 487th Bomb Group during World War II. These accounts exemplify the dedication and sacrifice these men made in the face of grave danger while serving their country during the largest 8th Air Force mission during the...
War in the South Pacific
Out in the Boondocks Marines in Action in the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
War in the South Pacific: U.S. Marines Tell Their Stories, first published in 1943, is the account of the combat experiences of 21 Marines—told in their own words—fighting in the bloody Solomon Islands campaigns of World War II.
The stories provide the reader with an intimate view of war...
by Katrina Parker Williams
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
A 2334-Word Short Story
War is hell...but so is the homefront. How can a man whose life is saved in the war not acknowledge the man who saved him? "Rock" is a 2334-word short story about a colored World War I veteran who saves a whole white infantry unit. Hezekiah Bennett--nicknamed...