Veterans category: 267 books
Forgotten Heroes of World War II
Personal Accounts of Ordinary Soldiers—Land, Sea, and Air
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century. For everyone it was a time of confusion, fear, destruction, and death on a scale never before seen. Much has been written of the generals, campaigns, and battles of the war, but it was young, ordinary American kids who held our freedom...
This Is What Hell Looks Like
Life as a Bomb Disposal Specialist During the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
From 1967-1971, Stuart Steinberg served in the U.S. Army as an explosive ordnance disposal specialist. In January 1968, he was sent to Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah, where chemical and biological weaponry was stockpiled, staying there until July 1968. Steinberg was involved in helping to clean up...
Really Bad Poetry from the 80s and 90s
Poets and Poems Series, #1
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
A collection of early poetry from American poet, publisher and Gulf War veteran James Landrith.
The Jack Ford Story
Newfoundland's POW in Nagasaki
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
The Jack Ford Story: Newfoundland's POW in Nagasaki is an amazing story of endurance, courage and survival. In 1940, Jack Ford was an employee of the Newfoundland Railway in a remote settlement of Newfoundland. Having volunteered for service in World War II at the age of twenty-one, Ford encountered...
by Anthony Genualdi
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
This is the true story of Tom Genualdi, who served as an engineman's mate during the early 1950's in the U.S. Navy on a Landing Ship, Utility (LSU). We follow his time in the service from 1951 to 1955.
He goes from basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, then to his vessel...
Freedom's Heroes
The Military Heritage of Rostraver
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
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Uncommon Valor
The Medal of Honor and the Warriors Who Earned It in Afghanistan and Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
A fascinating look at six of our bravest soldiers and the highest military decoration awarded in this country
Since the Vietnam War ended in 1973, the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for valor, has been presented to only eight men for their actions "above and beyond the call...
World War II: The Last War Heroes
From D-Day to Berlin with the men and machines that won the war
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
The companion volume to the groundbreaking TV series, this book tells the story of the physical, emotional and psychological journey of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Normandy to the ruins of Berlin. In their own words these brave men from Britain, the United States, Canada and Russia tell us...
Onslaught on Hitler's Rhine
Operations Plunder and Varsity, March 1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2017
Operation Plunder was Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s swan song. It is rarely mentioned in the Second World War history books, and when it is, both American and British military historians dismiss it as being ultra-cautious.
Monty was by nature a cautious commander with dwindling manpower...
Fear No Evil
True Stories of the Mighty Eighth
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
In the early 1940s, the 8th U.S. Army Air Corps was asked to fly daylight missions over Germany in non-pressurized, unheated aircraft that were built in the early 1930s (at the same time Model “A” Fords were being produced). They were to fl y missions against the largest, most modern air power...
Single Handed
The Inspiring True Story of Tibor "Teddy" Rubin--Holocaust Survivor, Korean War Hero, and Medal of Honor Recipient
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
From a World War II concentration camp to the Korean War to the White House, this is the incredible story of Tibor “Teddy” Rubin, the only Holocaust survivor ever to receive a Medal of Honor...
In 1944, a thirteen-year-old Hungarian boy named Tibor Rubin was captured by the Nazis and sent...
by Jim Morris
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
War Story author and ex-Green Beret Jim Morris attends a fiftieth anniversary party for the Green Berets. This special forces unit traces its history back to the dawn of World War II when the OSS ran American intelligence's field operations in conjunction with resistance and guerilla fighters...
Bravest
Australia's greatest war heroes and how they won their medals
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valour that can be won by an Australian; just 97 Australians have been awarded the VC in conflicts from the Boer War to the Afghanistan War. And only fourteen Australians have been awarded the George Cross, the ultimate medal for heroism away from active...
To Bataan and Back
The World War II Diary of Major Thomas Dooley
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The Aggie tradition of Muster stretches back to the earliest days of the college. But an extraordinary Muster took place during World War II that would change and further hallow the service thereafter. In the spring of 1942, with Japanese forces poised to overrun the Allies on the Philippine island...