Zenith Press imprint: 44 books
A Hundred Feet Over Hell: Flying With the Men of the 220th Recon Airplane Company Over I Corps and the DMZ, Vietnam 1968-1969
Flying With the Men of the 220th Recon Airplane Company Over I Corps and the DMZ, Vietnam 1968-1969
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
A Hundred Feet Over Hell is the story of a handful of young pilots taking extraordinary risks to support those on the ground. Flying over Vietnam in two-seater Cessnas, they often made the difference between a soldier returning alive to his family or having the lonely sound of "Taps" played...
Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs
A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
In 1945 Second Lieutenant Jack Broughton graduated from West Point with the silver pilot wings of a newly commissioned member of the Army Air Corps. Nearly thirty years later, he retired as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, an entity that didn't even exist when he first learned to fly....
Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot
Bomber Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2006
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 of war, Stewart was already in uniform - as a private on guard duty south of San Francisco at the...
Last Man Standing: The 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944
The 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
One of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, Operation Stalemate, as Peleliu was called, was overshadowed by the Normandy landings. It was also, in time, judged by most historians to have been unnecessary; though it had been conceived to protect MacArthur's flank in the Philippines, the U.S....
War Stories of D-Day: Operation Overlord: June 6, 1944
Operation Overlord: June 6, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
D-Day, June 6, 1944: it was the biggest amphibious operation in history. German Field Marshal Rommel, declared, "the enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield," the Allied Forces undertook a massive invasion of the German-occupied coast of Normandy, France. First,...
The Bloody Triangle: The Defeat of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine, June 1941
The Defeat of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine, June 1941
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2009
It was a tank battle exceeded in size and significance only by the famous defeat of Germany's Panzer force near Kursk in 1943. And yet, little is known about this weeklong clash of more than two thousand Soviet and German tanks in a stretch of northwestern Ukraine that came to be known as the "bloody...
by Hans Halberstadt
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012
The U.S. Navy SEALs—named for the three environments from which they operate (SEa, Air, Land)—was organized and created during World War II and over the past seventy years have taken the lead in many special operations missions that have protected the United States. In this quick read, Hans Halberstadt...
The Twins Platoon: An Epic Story of Young Marines at War in Vietnam
An Epic Story of Young Marines at War in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
In the evening of June 28, 1967, 150 young Americans were sworn into the Marine Corps as part of the pre-game ceremonies of a Minnesota Twins baseball game. Before the end of the fourth inning these volunteers were being hustled on to buses, on their way to boot camp. It was a journey that would take...
MARSOC: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command
U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
In 2006, the U.S. Marines officially became part of the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) with the creation of the Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC). Drawn from the ranks of the Force Recon companies, these highly skilled and combat-proven Leathernecks would take the war to al Qaeda...
Naked in Da Nang: A Forward Air Controller in Vietnam
A Forward Air Controller in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
FACs (forward air controllers) in Vietnam flew low and slow, searching for signs of an elusive enemy. Often they trolled themselves as bait for the NVA troops to try to shoot down. When a friendly unit made contact, having a FAC overhead made their day, because the FACs controlled the bomb-, rocket-,...
Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
For anyone who has ever wondered what its like to fly the SR-71 on a secret Mach 3 reconnaissance mission, this book has the answer. Flying the SR-71 Blackbird takes readers along on an operational mission that only a few Air Force pilots have ever experienced. The Lockheed SR-71, unofficially known...
Road of 10,000 Pains: The Destruction of the 2nd NVA Division by the U.S. Marines, 1967
The Destruction of the 2nd NVA Division by the U.S. Marines, 1967
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
"Oh, yes," a retired NVA officer matter-of-factly declared to former U.S. Marine Otto J. Lehrack. "In the Que Son Valley in 1967, we killed more Americans than at any time or place during the war." Road of 10,000 Pains, which takes its name from The Iliad, is an epic oral history...
Heart for the Fight: A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion
A Marine Hero's Journey from the Battlefields of Iraq to Mixed Martial Arts Champion
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
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 his infantry officer class, led his men in two intense combat tours in the Anbar Province, received...
Fortress Rabaul: The Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942-April 1943
The Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942-April 1943
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2010
For most of World War II, the mention of Japan's island stronghold sent shudders through thousands of Allied airmen. Some called it "Fortress Rabaul," an apt name for the headquarters of the Imperial Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific. Author Bruce Gamble chronicles Rabaul's crucial...