Veterans 17

Daniels største ønske er at være normal. At være som andre familiefædre, der kan sidde i sofaen fredag aften og hygge sig med tv-underholdning. Men sådan er hans virkelighed ikke. Nyhederne vækker m……続きを見る

Djævlens døtre er fjerde bind i Thomas Rathsacks hæsblæsende thrillerserie om jægersoldaten Michael Plessner. Fans af serien elsker det høje spændingsniveau, og anmelderne har rost Rathsack til skye……続きを見る

20/20 - The Iraq and Afghanistan Narratives is a retrospective of America's most recent wars told through twenty oral histories from a cross section of veterans who served on the front lines of Oper……続きを見る

Educated at Valley Forge Military Academy, Dorgan is well prepared for life in the US Navy when he is forward deployed halfway around the world to the USS Midway. But he soon learns life aboard an a……続きを見る

An undercover CIA officer has seven days to save her country from the world's most dangerous double-agent. The CIA's highly classified Special Activities Division is in the business of tracking peop……続きを見る

'I had seen dozens of people die horrible deaths ... This time was different. This time it was a friend of mine dying in the dirt in front of me, and it was my job to save him.' Dr Dan Pronk served ……続きを見る

Three brothers. One Great Depression. One dreadful yet righteous war. Their lives shifted from a rural northern Minnesota upbringing to going their separate ways: to California, the skies over Germa……続きを見る

The moving story of how a small group of peopleーincluding two Vietnam veteransーforced the U.S. government to take responsibility for the ongoing horrorsーagent orange and unexploded munitionsーinf……続きを見る

Tao Te Ching (Dao de Jing or Tao-te King) - Lao Tzu is a Chinese classic text written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi. The text's authorship, date of composition and date ……続きを見る

Fate brought them together, now it's up to them to make it work Having left the army to recover from a traumatic experience, Captain Jane Reed is on her way to Venice to assist Lady Veronica Cooper,……続きを見る

Over one hundred years have now passed since the ending of the Great War of 1914-18, yet still, the grief of ordinary families is carried down through generations. People are still searching for the……続きを見る

War? No soldier enlisting in the Army expects to go to war. But on August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. It launched a massive deployment of the military to the Persian Gulf for Operation D……続きを見る

齐齐哈尔市龙沙公园。寿山祠。日。一片苍郁的古树掩映着一座青砖建筑的小院。门楣上刻着"寿山祠"三个大字。门外。等待参观的人络绎不绝。祠内。解说员引领着观众讲解寿山将军的生平事迹。观众细心地听着，有的点头……続きを見る

In this engaging memoir, Gerard Teachman, PhD, shares his coming-of-age experience as a young soldier in the U.S. Army from 1957 until his honorable discharge in 1960. With each spirited vignette, G……続きを見る

The sound of helicopter blades chopping through the air as they swiftly fly away into the distance, the eerie quietness before the buzzing of bullets zipping past the protective helmets, and the bla……続きを見る

Sergeant Bill Bee is the Marine in one of the defining images from the War on Terror. He responded to gunfire without protective gear when a Taliban sniper shot hit a sandbank just a few inches from……続きを見る

Anthony Price is a disabled US Navy veteran who now spends his time as the executive director of the Gold Star Ride Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps families left behind when we lose ……続きを見る

An inspiring memoir of promises kept, overcoming obstacles, and what it means to sacrifice for others, written by a Special Warfare Operator with the US Air Force. When Israel “DT” Del Toro, Jr.'s H……続きを見る

William Meffert is a surgeon. His father was a surgeon. And now, so is his son. Three generations familiar with incisions, blood, and loss. From World War II and Vietnam to modern operating rooms, t……続きを見る

Would you choose to leave the comforts of home and three meals a day to go to a faraway unknown destination, sleeping in tents or on the ground, eating food that was crawling with bugs, being lifted……続きを見る

Eight American military veterans of the Vietnam/Cold War era describe their service and its influence on their lives. Their service is shaped by the history of America’s raising of its military forc……続きを見る

"Is Frank Finkel of Dayton, the Only Living Survivor of the Custer Massacre in 1876?" is the question William Hail Banfill asks in his March 20, 1921, article published in the Walla Walla Bulletin. ……続きを見る

"It is safe to say that the experiences of Major Frederick Russell Burnham, the American scout, would make one of the most fascinating books that could be wished for by those who love tales of adven……続きを見る

"Many noted scouts served with General Custer during his Indian campaigns, but his favorite of them all was Charles Reynolds, known as 'Lonesome Charley.'" -Mill Valley Record, December 31, 1921 Kno……続きを見る

D. Alexis Hart and Roger Thompson offer rich academic inquiry into the idea of “the veteran” as well as into ways that veteran culture has been fostered or challenged in writing classrooms, in writi……続きを見る

All veterans and their families deserve the maximum benefits they earned by bravely serving their country! Veterans of the United States armed forces are entitled to a broad range of benefits and se……続きを見る

"One of the graphic incidents related in Gen. Nelson A. Miles' new book 'Serving the Republic' is his rescue of the German girls from the Indians." -News Tribune (Tacoma), Feb. 1, 1912 "In 'Serving ……続きを見る

"Dick Parr, scout, Indian interpreter, guide, wagon master, and famous as an old overland stage coach driver, is a character worthy of considerably more than passing attention." - The Brooklyn Daily……続きを見る

Read the true story behind the movie Breaker Morant, written by George Witton the only surviving soldier of those sentenced to death for war atrocities. During the Boer War in South Africa, Australi……続きを見る

"A series of letters supposedly written by the angel of a young man who had been killed in battle." -Star Tribune, Feb. 1, 2002 "Thy Son Liveth...dealt with a personal experience of a mother whose s……続きを見る