Veterans 2

“It was the [allied armies’] valor, their endurance, and their ability to adapt that won the battle of Normandy and launched the liberation of Western Europe.” ーfrom Normandy: The Real Story For de……続きを見る

Patrick Bishop looks at the lives and the extraordinary risks that the painfully young pilots of Bomber Command took during the air-offensive against Germany from 1940-1945. As featured on the BBC 1……続きを見る

Featured in the NY Emmy-nominated documentary New York City's Vietnam Veterans (CUNY-TV) A collection of heartrending oral histories that topples assumptions about the people who served in Vietnam T……続きを見る

The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon. Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn’s career was set from an early age – along with her father, w……続きを見る

A classic, must-read Vietnam war memoir The classic Vietnam war memoir, ...and a hard rain fell is the unforgettable story of a veteran's rage and the unflinching portrait of a young soldier's odyss……続きを見る

In this riveting narrative, Jack R. Myers recounts his experiences as a B-17 bombardier during World War II. Commissioned a second lieutenant in 1944 at age twenty, Myers began flying missions with ……続きを見る

The U.S. Armed Forces started integrating its services in 1948, and with that push, more African Americans started rising through the ranks to become officers, although the number of black officers ……続きを見る

In Air Combat, veteran and military author Robert F. Dorr has collected dozens of interviews from combat veterans who have experienced what it’s like to face the enemy in the skies above, from the f……続きを見る

A compelling look into the world of reservists--more than just the "spare parts" of our nation's military--as seen through one manís transformation from weekend warrior to combat marine In 1989, Buz……続きを見る

"thoroughly researched and compelling . . . a chilling account' The Sun-Herald An eye-opening account of Australian combat history, untold . . . until now. In 1969 a ragtag unit of 39 men were throw……続きを見る

At the age of seventeen, Marco Martinez was a thugーa gun-toting, car-stealing gang member. At the age of twenty-two, he was a heroーthe recipient of the Navy Cross, the second-highest honor a U.S. ……続きを見る

"Required reading for anyone seeking a valid perspective on America's military over the past three decades." Kirkus Reviews Fifty-six combat veterans, from senior sergeants to generals, reveal in th……続きを見る

"The crux of the fighting was the place I headed for." -General J. Lawton Collins Known as "the GI's general" and "Lightning Joe," General J. Lawton Collins played no less than a global part in the ……続きを見る

Le bombardement de Paris n’a été précédé d’aucune sommation, d’aucun avertissement, comme il est d’usage entre peuples civilisés. Si la guerre n’est qu’un d……続きを見る

Officially the war in Laos did not exist – both North Vietnam and the USA denied they had troops there. In fact, thousands of North Vietnamese were invading the country and pouring down the Ho Chi M……続きを見る

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 M……続きを見る

On rare occasions in American history, Congress enacts a measure so astute, so far-reaching, so revolutionary, it enters the language as a metaphor. The Marshall Plan comes to mind, as does the Civi……続きを見る

'Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation' Dan Snow In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut fictionalised his time as a prisoner of war in Dresden in 1945. Vonnegut was imp……続きを見る

An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery. A stub-tailed Bull Terrier, Sergeant Stubby was recognised many times over for his bravery in the trenches of Flanders. His……続きを見る

Ed Macy is an elite pilot, one of the few men qualified to fly Apache helicopters, the world’s deadliest fighting machines. This is his account of a fearless mission behind enemy lines in Afghanista……続きを見る

How do combat veterans and their loved ones bridge the divide that war, by its very nature, creates between them? How does someone who has fought in a war come home, especially after a tour of duty ……続きを見る

A Duffel Bag of Army Stories is easy to read and was written for an audience that is not intimately familiar with day to day military life. The author reveals the fun and confusion for new soldiers ……続きを見る

Samuel R. Watkins enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, joining a company of 120 men. When the American Civil War ended four years later, he was one of only seven survivors from Company H. They ……続きを見る

Written by 43 Squadron's intelligence officer, Hector Bolitho, Finest of the Few revolves around Bolitho's friend, fighter ace John W.C. Simpson, who shot down 13 German aircraft during the Battle o……続きを見る

Pulitzer Prize finalist David Philipps brings to life the chilling story of how today's American heroes are slipping through the fingers of societyーwith multiple tours of duty and inadequate mental……続きを見る

The VA is not your loving Uncle Sam who opens his wallet and says, Here you are, nephewa 1,000 check per month for the rest of your life. That should take the pain out of your service injuries, wri……続きを見る

“A classic first-person account of heroism, resolve, and ultimate triumph that will touch every American.”ーStephen Coonts Retrieved from a safe-deposit box, this stunning first-hand account of a cr……続きを見る

An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery. Smoky, a baseball-size mass of brown fur, was found in a foxhole in the depths of the New Guinea jungle in the middle of th……続きを見る

Although Nicholas Mosley has written two volumes of family biography and a volume of memoirs, he has, until now, avoided writing about his World War Two experiences. The son of Sir Oswald Mosley who……続きを見る

During the Second World War Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred and unable to form n……続きを見る