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An unforgettable new firsthand account of D-Day. Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of our time, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of D-Day.
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Not everyone has pulled shards of another man's skull from the palm of their hand. Not everyone has stood over the bodies of friends whose lives were lost in an instant. Not everyone has struggled to face their own reflection for years on end. But anyone who has experienced trauma or adversity will resonate with Legion Rising, the unflinchingly honest account of an army officer's journey through combat in the Iraq War and rising beyond the scars that...
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Bob Kunkel grew up in a large, Catholic family on a dairy farm in central Minnesota. Although he was older than some draftees, at 22, he was still young and relatively innocent. But, not for long.
Kunkel recounts his experiences with so much detail that the reader can feel and smell the steamy jungle. He brings you right along with him. His story is much more than a collection of details, however. His military experience was largely mundane routine,...
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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, Gerry invites you to experience the humor, the humiliation, and the life lessons that laid the foundation for his future as an educator and humanitarian.
‘A Different Drummer: My Life as a Peacetime Soldier” begins with his working-class roots in Detroit,...
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MESS, PAIN, WOUNDS, and TRIALS.
We as people go through all these things.
Life is already hard enough. Now you've been living in military life for 2 to 30 years, now you've been seriously rocked to the core.
You are not alone!!!
Leave No Veteran Behind shares the stories of 12 veterans that have gone through the mess, the pain, the wounds and the trials.
We share so you experience a message.
We share so that you experience a purpose.
We share so you...
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When E.M. Liddick, a legal advisor to a special operations task force, returns from another tour in Afghanistan, he finds his formerly idyllic life in shambles. He's haunted by the decisions he made overseas, he's just told his wife of eleven years he's no longer in love with her, and his father--the person whom he would have turned to for advice-is ten-years deep into a battle with younger-onset Alzheimer's. Broken and lost, Liddick wonders, How...
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In this piercingly honest memoir, Bruce Weigl, who has established himself as one of our finest American poets, explores the central experience of his life as a writer and a man: The Vietnam War, which tore his life apart and in return gave him his poetic voice. Weigl knew nothing about Vietnam before enlisting in 1967, but he saw a free ride out of a difficult childhood among volatile people. The war completely changed his life; there was a before...
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After twelve months of military service in Iraq, Michael Anthony stepped off a plane, seemingly happy to be home-or at least back on US soil. He was twenty-one years old, a bit of a nerd, and carrying a pack of cigarettes that he thought would be his last. Two months later, Michael was stoned on Vicodin, drinking way too much, and picking a fight with a very large Hell's Angel. At his wit's end, he came to an agreement with himself: If things didn't...
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The Cold War started in 1945 and continued to cast gloom over the world until 1991. There are many books written about that time, but few describe the great sacrifices made by the millions of military personnel who served during that era. In the Cold War era over 3500 of those warriors paid the ultimate price of life or liberty, and 124 U.S. soldiers are still listed as missing in action, from Cold War covert operations.
Over the past three-decades,...
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, hundreds of thousands of men joined the war effort to defend the United States in World War II. The story of Joe W. King is not unlike those of other men. He enlisted in the Army, trained stateside, and was deployed. However, Joe's profession as a medical doctor led to his role as an Army Air Corps Flight Surgeon, an emerging medical specialty charged with overseeing the health of flight crews. He was stationed...
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Marine Sgt. John Peck survived an IED during the War on Terror that left him with a traumatic brain injury, amnesia, and cost him his marriage. He survived another three years later, one that left him with three and a half limbs missing. He's one of only two living people to survive the flesh-eating fungus he contracted in recovery at Walter Reed, one that left him as a quadruple amputee. And that's only the beginning of his story.
What followed...
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A veteran RAF fighter pilot reflects on his service in the sky during the Cold War, the Gulf War, and more in this exciting memoir.
Rick Peacock-Edwards has led different lives at different times, but through it all, he has consistently enjoyed himself. One of three sons of outstanding South African Battle of Britain pilot F/O S R "Teddy" Peacock-Edwards, Rick has a compassionate regard for a generation of wartime aircrew: "As the proud son of one...
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A collection of eyewitness accounts of the struggle that raged in the skies over occupied Europe after the Battle of Britain during World War II.
Expertly selected and interwoven by Stephen Darlow, Victory Fighters centers on the stories of six pilots and one navigator, the telling of which covers every aspect of this battle over land and sea. The author describes and analyzes the relevant command decisions from the highest level down, and against...
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Wearing the remnants of a WWI uniform and pulling a water-cooled 30-caliber machine-gun, Spencer Wurst marched through his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1940 as a member of the National Guard. He was 15 years old. Five years later he was a hardened platoon sergeant leading his troopers through the frozen killing fields of "Death Valley" in Germany's Heurtgen Forest. A squad leader in Company F, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne, for...
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"Combining memoir, history, social commentary, and true crime, Diane Cameron unravels the secrets of her stepfather--a former Marine who served in China from 1937-39 and was later convicted of murder. The stark examination of her relationship with her stepfather and mother will stir public debate, as she investigates how the far reach of mental illness can consume a family"--
"In March of 1953, Donald Watkins, a former Marine who served in China...
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