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Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series. Pictorial history of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in frontline service...

Ronald G. Goddard grew up seeing Hollywood movies that showed American troops boarding ships and going off to World War II with bands playing and well-wishers swarming docks to give soldiers rousing sendoffs. But when his troop transport ship left San Diego Harbor for Vietnam in March 1967, there...

Troop train wreck that occurred July 6, 1944 in the Jellico Narrows. One of the 25 worst train wrecks in the nation. Young soldiers were just going to war when the awful wreck killed 34 and injured over 100 of the new recruits

The letters included in this collection were written by people who were directly impacted by the American War in Vietnam -- combat veterans, nurses, loved ones of veterans, anti-war resistors, veterans' family members, and fellow soldiers. For the past two Memorial Days they were delivered to The...

Revolutionary reader; reminiscences and Indian legends by Foster, Sophie Lee, Mrs Published 1913 Topics Indians of North America, United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Anecdotes, Georgia -- History Revolution, 1775-1783

In celebration of our history’s rich oral tradition of storytelling, we invite you to bring your flashlight up to your chin and get ready to make your listeners want to sleep with a nightlight. Through the Flashlight’s Beam is a collection of the very best scary story classics including some of the...

If ghostly apparitions, frightening superstitions, strange phenomenon, mysterious unexplained happenings, dreams that wake you in the middle of the night in a cold sweat intrigue you, then this book is for you “Forgotten Ghosts and Legends of the Old West” has it all. If you are an adventurous...

The Indian Wars narrates three historic bloody wars between the Indians and U.S. Troops. These stories take history lovers and war buffs back to a time when wars were fought with handguns, hatchets, bows and arrows, and other primitive weapons. The stories are based on actual historic events, wars...

Recollections of a nonagenarian. Describes Liverpool as it was in the 1700s and early 1800s. Amazing eye witness accounts of events told with wit and humour. A delightful read and a must for all lovers of Liverpool and social historians.

Between December 22, 1864 and May 4, 1865, the Ironton Register in Lawrence County, Ohio, published a service history in fourteen installments of the Fifth West Virginia Infantry. The writer, who appears to have been a member of the regiment, chose to remain anonymous. Each chapter is enhanced by footnotes...

When you think about the holocaust, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Are your thoughts about the millions of innocent Jewish people who died needlessly because of a narrow minded political party? Maybe your first thoughts are of an extremely short many with a wicked heart, named Adolf Hitler....

A compilation of the results of the plebiscites held in Puerto Rico in 1967, 1993, 1998 & 2012.

Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series. First eBook Edition 2017. Pictorial with concise history of one of the most versatile aircraft of World War II. The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before...

This publication aims to served as a valuable resource for your genealogical research of your Knox County ancestors. Many biographical and genealogical sketches, as well as a history of Knox County, Kentucky, has been collected and presented here.