In this book, nine U.S. Army combat medics share their experiences during the Vietnam War, in their own words. Their accounts relate why they joined the Army during wartime and why they became medics, alongside minute-by-minute, gut-wrenching reco...Lasīt vairāk
In this book, nine U.S. Army combat medics share their experiences during the Vietnam War, in their own words. Their accounts relate why they joined the Army during wartime and why they became medics, alongside minute-by-minute, gut-wrenching reco...Lasīt vairāk
The captivating individual stories of 17 U.S. Navy corpsmen who served in Vietnam, told in their own words. Their accounts relate why they joined the Navy in wartime, why they became corpsmen--the enlisted medical specialists of the Navy and Marin...Lasīt vairāk
The captivating individual stories of 17 U.S. Navy corpsmen who served in Vietnam, told in their own words. Their accounts relate why they joined the Navy in wartime, why they became corpsmen--the enlisted medical specialists of the Navy and Marin...Lasīt vairāk
The 16-man Black Hawk Counter Narcotics Infantry Team served as an advisory and training unit for the Afghanistan National Army during a poppy eradication operation in Helmand province in 2008 and 2009. For 75 days, they fought extreme heat, sand...Lasīt vairāk
The 16-man Black Hawk Counter Narcotics Infantry Team served as an advisory and training unit for the Afghanistan National Army during a poppy eradication operation in Helmand province in 2008 and 2009. For 75 days, they fought extreme heat, sand...Lasīt vairāk
The author enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17, with dreams of becoming a hero. Two years later, a disillusioned young sergeant returned from a tour of Vietnam, his new assignment, recruiting: finding a "e;few good men"e; for the Corps--and...Lasīt vairāk
A Marine Corps recruiter returns to his old stamping grounds to speak with some of the men he enlisted, their families, and the families of others who were killed in action. Some remember their experience with a sense of patriotism; others are bit...Lasīt vairāk
On December 7, 1941, Japan waged a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. It was a major victory for the Japanese Navy, which in less than two hours destroyed 188 American planes, damaged another 159, and sunk or seriousl...Lasīt vairāk
On December 7, 1941, Japan waged a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. It was a major victory for the Japanese Navy, which in less than two hours destroyed 188 American planes, damaged another 159, and sunk or seriousl...Lasīt vairāk
The Nazis called them Kriegsgefangen, a term that the prisoners of war shortened to "e;Kriegie."e; The nickname hid the reality for the nearly seven million POWs who were placed in the German camps during World War II. These men consistent...Lasīt vairāk
These accounts describe the battle and POW experiences of twelve American military men captured by either Germany or Japan during World War II. Brutality, frostbite, disease, hunger, strenuous working conditions, and the jubilation of release are...Lasīt vairāk
The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world; in 2008, for every 100,000 citizens, 764 were in jails or prisons. With nearly half of ex-convicts committing crimes after their release, numerous support programs exist...Lasīt vairāk
This collection of accounts of American men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan reveals their personal experiences as military combat personnel. Their stories are told through interviews, information from questionnaires and official milit...Lasīt vairāk
This collection of accounts of American men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan reveals their personal experiences as military combat personnel. Their stories are told through interviews, information from questionnaires and official milit...Lasīt vairāk
In a place where murder isnt supposed to happenSouthern Illinoisdeputy sheriff and investigator Harry Spiller learned the hard reality: murder is all around us. It doesnt matter whether you live in a big city or small county with farms and churchesmu...Lasīt vairāk
In a place where murder isnt supposed to happenrural Missouri and Southern Illinoisdeputy sheriff and investigator Harry Spiller learned the hard reality: murder is all around us. It doesnt matter whether you live in a big city or small county with f...Lasīt vairāk
In a place where murder isnt supposed to happenrural Missouri and Southern Illinoisdeputy sheriff and investigator Harry Spiller learned the hard reality: murder is all around us. It doesnt matter whether you live in a big city or small county with f...Lasīt vairāk
This 160 page book serves as a memoir of a lawman (Harry Spiller) from Williamson County, Illinois and tells of his stories and ventures as a sheriff....Lasīt vairāk
Stories and pictures from ex WWII POWs. (From Introduction) The stories in this book are real, they are compelling, and they give a true picture of POW life from soldiers who walked in those shoes as American prisoners of war in WWII....Lasīt vairāk
Over 7,000 Americans were captured during the three years of the Korean War. They wound up in 20 camps throughout North Korea with nearly 40 percent of them dying there. Some were murdered or starved, others died from poor medical treatment or from t...Lasīt vairāk
