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Author : gary mcgrew
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1300526823
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Tribute to the Troops written by gary mcgrew and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Reid Geddie
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1438989024
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (389 download)
Download or read book America's Soldiers written by Reid Geddie and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an inspiring and poignant collection of teen essays, depicting individual stories of the courage and humanitarianism demonstrated by soldiers who served from World War II through the conflicts in the Middle East. These engaging stories illustrate how American soldiers, driven by perseverance and a spirit of patriotism, have provided our country with over 200 years of freedom and prosperity. Experience the tragedy of WWII pilot Lt. Norman J. Rogers, whose B-24 and crew went down over Germany and the massacre that unfolded. Observe how the victorious Tuskegee Airmen and one of their fighter pilots, Lt. William M. Wheeler proved their superior aerial abilities while faced with discrimination and segregation in the military. Find out about flying the Hump in the 'Forgotten Theater' of WWII. Learn what it was like for Marine Sergeant, Leroy Caughey to survive a rocket attack on his barracks in Vietnam. Read the stirring memorial to Captain Benjamin Sklaver, U.S. Army reserve officer killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. These are some of the remarkable stories featured and the history about those who lived it. Interwoven in the essays, are the younger generation's (the young writers') introspective reasons why they chose to honor these heroes.
Author : William Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781432739874
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (398 download)
Download or read book Some of the Best written by William Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal diary and history from the parade fields of West Point to the 101st Airborne Division and the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. This book is not only a very personal story it is also a unit history and a selective history of the Vietnam War from the first deployment of U.S. troops to the end. The author's own experiences are presented in context with other historical battles and events that shaped the war, with most of those battles and events involving West Point classmates and friends. It's all here: a time-capsule history, the battles, the tactics, the emotions, the pride, the pain, the comradeship, the songs, the letters, the girl back home. I've been told, one of the things every man should do in life is write a book. This book is dedicated to those who didn't survive to write their own. AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY The author graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1964. The author served with the 101st Airborne Division initially at Fort Campbell in 1965, and later in Vietnam in 1968. Between those tours he served with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Special Action Force Asia. He resigned from the Army as a captain after serving 6 years. Work on the manuscript began in 1986. The "first edition" of the manuscript was completed in 1988 and has been shared with other members of the 2/17th Cavalry and friends since then. SOME OF THE BEST COMMENTARY -Lt. Gen. (Ret) Julius Becton (Commander 2/17th Cav): "Thoroughly enjoyed it. Right on." -Joe Mastriani (West Point '64): "It was terrific. I can picture it." -Ed Sims (West Point '64): "Truthful and honest. I had trouble getting through parts of it - the part about Claire Thurston." -Dr. Dave Vockell (Surgeon 2/17th Cav): "I kept picturing you. It was like you were telling me the story." -Lionel Ingram (West Point '63; A Troop, 2/17th Cav): "Important from both a personal and historical standpoint. Thank you." -Joe Rozelle (B Troop 2/17th Cav): "I enjoyed it very much. I read it in one sitting. It hit me very strongly - brought back memories I was afraid to deal with. For me it was a lot like therapy." -Loyal Nixon (2/17th Cav Maint. Officer): "Excellent. Right on target. Brought back vivid, vivid memories. Had me laughing and crying. I think it's terrific." TABLE OF CONTENTS The Lieutenant Years 1964-1966 Fort Campbell, Ky to Bien Hoa RVN Oct - Dec 1967 Song Be and the Tet Offensive Jan - Feb 1968 The Tet Counteroffensive in Hue and Thua Thien Province Epilogues The End of the Tunnel West Point Reunion 10/20/84 The Vietnam Memorial 6/27/87
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Military Resale and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Overview written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Military Personnel and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tracey West
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101569050
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Ringside Seat: John Cena written by Tracey West and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Author : Christopher McEnroe
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059534769X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book It's Only the Enemy Screaming written by Christopher McEnroe and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Only the Enemy Screaming tells of one man's struggle with faith in the American experiment as the country's first made-for-media war unfolds. Perhaps I would be called upon to fight, I thought. I did not want to go. I did not want to sacrifice my life. I felt remorse for the boys who had already. What would be my family's reaction if I were to go and die? But these are not things to consider if you are in the desert with sand slipping away under your feet, cleaning your gun, smelling the oil, staring in the face of your enemy. The preparations of a warrior do not include doubt. They do not include consideration of the life left behind. The preparations of a warrior consist of absolute commitment, undaunted determination, and complete sobriety. All other considerations are made before the decision to go to war. If they are not, the warrior is doomed. "It's Only the Enemy Screaming is the emotionally intense story of one man's descent into the psychological underbelly of American culture during the Persian Gulf War. Given our current political climate, McEnroe's edgy narrative of a spectator's view during the first Iraq conflict couldn't be timelier-but his ultimate focus transcends the political moment. It is a riveting, occasionally hallucinogenic, and always intelligent portrait of America's love affair with violence."-Michael Lynch, author of True to Life
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1852 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Soldiers written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eugene Weems
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781426902949
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)
Download or read book United We Stand written by Eugene Weems and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "United We Stand" is a beautiful collection of inspirational artwork and passion-filled poetry created as a living tribute to the American troops who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country in the war against terrorism. It is also written to provide hope, support, and healing to the families these heroes have left behind. United We Stand is a non-profit project. 100% of the proceeds generated from this book will be contributed to provide college scholarship trust funds for the children of our American fallen heroes, also desperately needed care packages for the active duty troops who remain overseas engaged in the war against terrorism. Let us make history together. Let the world know that America is on united nation. Show your support for our American troops and their families. Purchase your copy of "United we Stand" today. Stand up and be counted, because United we Stand, but divided we fall. Don't let the memory of our troops be forgotten!
Author : Mary Tillman
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1605299243
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Boots on the Ground by Dusk written by Mary Tillman and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 22, 2004, Lieutenant David Uthlaut received orders from Khost, Afghanistan, that his platoon was to leave the town of Magarah and "have boots on the ground before dark" in Manah, a small village on the border of Pakistan. It was an order the young lieutenant protested vehemently, but the commanders at the Tactical Command Center disregarded his objections. Uthlaut split his platoon into two serials, with serial one traveling northwest to Manah and serial two towing a broken Humvee north toward the Khost highway. By nightfall, Uthlaut and his radio operator were seriously wounded, and an Afghan militia soldier and a U.S. soldier were dead. The American soldier was Pat Tillman. The Tillman family was originally informed that Pat, who had given up a professional football career to serve his country, had been shot in the head while getting out of a vehicle. At his memorial service twelve days later, they were told that he was killed while running up a hill in pursuit of the enemy. He was awarded a Silver Star for his courageous actions. A month and two days after his death, the family learned that Pat had been shot three times in the head by his own troops in a "friendly fire" incident. Seven months after Pat's death, the Tillmans requested an investigation. Boots on the Ground by Dusk is a chronicle of their efforts to ascertain the true circumstances of Pat's death and the reasons why the Army gave the family and the public a false story. Woven into the account are valuable and respectful memories of Pat Tillman as a son, brother, husband, friend, and teammate, in the hope that the reader will better comprehend what is really lost when our sons and daughters are killed or maimed in war. In the course of three and a half years, there have been six investigations, several inquiries, and two Congressional hearings. The Tillmans are still awaiting an outcome.
Author : Peter M. Beattie
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822381109
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book The Tribute of Blood written by Peter M. Beattie and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Tribute of Blood Peter M. Beattie analyzes the transformation of army recruitment and service in Brazil between 1864 and 1945, using this history of common soldiers to examine nation building and the social history of Latin America’s largest nation. Tracing the army’s reliance on coercive recruitment to fill its lower ranks, Beattie shows how enlisted service became associated with criminality, perversion, and dishonor, as nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Brazilian officials rounded up the “dishonorable” poor—including petty criminals, vagrants, and “sodomites”—and forced them to serve as soldiers. Beattie looks through sociological, anthropological, and historical lenses to analyze archival sources such as court-martial cases, parliamentary debates, published reports, and the memoirs and correspondence of soldiers and officers. Combining these materials with a colorful array of less traditional sources—such as song lyrics, slang, grammatical evidence, and tattoo analysis—he reveals how the need to reform military recruitment with a conscription lottery became increasingly apparent in the wake of the Paraguayan War of 1865–1870 and again during World War I. Because this crucial reform required more than changing the army’s institutional roles and the conditions of service, The Tribute of Blood is ultimately the story of how entrenched conceptions of manhood, honor, race, citizenship, and nation were transformed throughout Brazil. Those interested in social, military, and South American history, state building and national identity, and the sociology of the poor will be enriched by this pathbreaking study.
Author : Andrew Carroll
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588365719
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Operation Homecoming written by Andrew Carroll and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Here is what you will not find in the news–the personal cost of war written as clear and beautiful as literature worthy of the name is. These stories are the real thing, passionate, imaginative, searing.” –Richard Bausch, author of Wives & Lovers The first book of its kind, Operation Homecoming is the result of a major initiative launched by the National Endowment for the Arts to bring distinguished writers to military bases and inspire U.S. Marines, soldiers, sailors, and airmen and their families to record their wartime experiences. Encouraged by such authors as Tom Clancy, Mark Bowden, Bobbie Ann Mason, Tobias Wolff, Jeff Shaara, and Marilyn Nelson, American military personnel and their loved ones wrote candidly about what they saw, heard, and felt while in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as on the home front. Taken together, these almost one hundred never-before-published eyewitness accounts, private journals, short stories, letters, and other personal writings become a dramatic narrative that shows the human side of warfare. • the fear and exhilaration of heading into battle; • the interactions between U.S. forces and Afghans and Iraqis, both as enemies and friends; • the boredom, gripes, and humorous incidents of day-to-day life on the front lines; • the anxiety and heartache of worried spouses, parents, and other loved ones on the home front; • the sheer brutality of warfare and the physical and emotional toll it takes on those who fight; • the tearful homecomings for those who returned to the States alive– and the somber ceremonies for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. From riveting combat accounts to profound reflections on warfare and the pride these troops feel for one another, Operation Homecoming offers an unflinching and intensely revealing look into the lives of extraordinary men and women. What they have written is without question some of the greatest wartime literature ever published. “Andrew Carroll has given America a priceless treasure.” –Tom Brokaw, on War Letters Proceeds from this book will be used to provide arts and cultural programming to U.S. military communities. For more information, please go to www.OperationHomecoming.gov.
Author : Jr. Koch
Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161777555X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Casualties of War written by Jr. Koch and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps you have a loved one fighting for America's freedom. Perhaps you have lost a loved one to that war. Perhaps you are simply an avid supporter of the troops. Or perhaps you haven't paid that much attention to the troops or their families left behind. No matter who you are, the words in Casualties of War will speak to your heart. William Koch Jr. lost two precious children to the war. His poems pay tribute to these souls and reveal to all the pain experienced by the families left to cope. William's words also bring into the light the fight for America and will inspire readers to stand up in support of their country and the men and women battling for them.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Air Reserve Personnel Update written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Schedler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847686766
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (867 download)
Download or read book Racist Symbols and Reparations written by George Schedler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book, George Schedler offers fresh moral and legal perspectives on two legacies of the Civil War: the adoption of the Confederate battle flag by Southern states and the question of African American reparations. Schedler demonstrates that constitutional objections to Southern states' display of the battle flag are without merit, arguing that either the flag is not a racist symbol or there is a similar case for attaching racist significance to the stars and stripes. Drawing on scholarship of the Civil War and its aftermath, the author concludes that the Confederate battle flag can actually be seen as a multicultural symbol. Schedler's analysis of reparations focuses on the principle that whatever the enslaved would have earned and enjoyed had they not been enslaved should determine compensation. Highly original and thought-provoking, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of the Civil War, moral philosophy, and constitutional law.
Author : Eric M. Hammel
Publisher : Zenith Imprint
ISBN 13 : 0760320977
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Pacific Warriors written by Eric M. Hammel and published by Zenith Imprint. This book was released on 2005 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, and more recently from the jungles of Vietnam to the killing fields of Iraq, America's "soldiers of the sea" have fought their country's battles with famed valor, skill, and perseverance in the face of long odds. But where did the U.S. Marines earn their reputation as being the "first to fight?" It was on the South Pacific Island of Guadalcanal. There, on August 7, 1942, the 1st Marine Division stormed ashore to begin one of the most difficult and brutal campaigns of military history, and an unbroken string of victories staged across the Pacific.
Author : Jason Wilson
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1554588820
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (545 download)
Download or read book Soldiers of Song written by Jason Wilson and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of Wayne and Shuster and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells—concert parties made up of fighting soldiers—were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a “lady,” were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences. The intent was to bolster morale and thereby help soldiers survive the war. The Dumbells’ popularity was not limited to troop shows along the trenches. The group also managed a run in London’s West End and became the first ever Canadian production to score a hit on Broadway. Touring Canada for some twelve years after the war, the Dumbells became a household name and made more than twenty-five audio recordings. If nationhood was won on the crest of Vimy Ridge, it was the Dumbells who provided the country with its earliest soundtrack. Pioneers of sketch comedy, the Dumbells are as important to the history of Canadian theatre as they are to the cultural history of early-twentieth-century Canada.
Author : Robert A. Fletcher
Publisher : Iron Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780972296106
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (961 download)
Download or read book Remembrance written by Robert A. Fletcher and published by Iron Mountain Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remembrance: A Tribute to America's Veterans is a 152-page hardcover book of beautifully-detailed paintings of veterans and military funerals from all of America's armed conflicts. Each of the 44 precisely detailed watercolor paintings and 19 pencil drawings are accompanied by historical text as well as inspirational quotes and poems. Remembrance provides a new perspective on every war in our nation's history, and a view of veterans' lives that has never been seen before. The artist, Robert A. Fletcher, is a Korean War veteran; the text was written by his son Rob.
