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"In one volume, three unforgettable memoirs that capture the brutality, fear, and heroism of the American land, air, and sea war in the Pacific. "Every generation is a secret society," former Marine pilot Samuel Hynes wrote. "The secret that my generation--the one that came of age during the Second World War--shared was simply the war itself." This volume brings together the powerful memoirs of three Americans who came of age fighting in the Pacific...
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"This work is Lloyd M. Wells's firsthand account of World War II based on a journal he kept during the war, letters he sent home, and personal records, as well as recollections of people and events." "In June 1941, the twenty-one-year-old Wells was drafted into the army. He was commissioned second lieutenant after he attended OCS and was later promoted to first lieutenant with the First Armored Division. He saw action in North Africa, Italy, and Germany...
3368) The Black Panthers: a story of race, war, and courage : the 761st Tank Battalion in World War II
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3369) Genius: Volume 2,Cartel
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Seventeen-year-old Destiny Ajaye took on the LAPD in her South Central Siege and paid for it--not with her life, but with her freedom. Now, Destiny is sequestered in the Madrasa Institute, a government school for prodigies. But will she use her gifts to wage war at the military's behest--or is she already planning another revolution?
3371) War! what is it good for?: black freedom struggles and the U.S. military from World War II to Iraq
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"African Americans' long campaign for 'the right to fight' forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. In War! What Is It Good For?, Kimberley Phillips examines how blacks' participation in the nation's wars after Truman's order and their protracted struggles for equal citizenship galvanized a vibrant antiwar activism that reshaped their struggles for freedom. Using an...
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"[This book] is ... [an] account of life as a combat soldier in the Vietnam War. Set mostly in the sprawling woods and rubber plantations northwest of Saigon, the author explains what his unit was asked to do and what obstacles they faced, including an elusive but deadly enemy, multiple kinds of booby traps, and antitank mines... The author and his fellow soldiers saw their idealism quickly vaporize in the face of the grim realities of war... [This...
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In 1861, too young and too small to enlist, Alman Beneway left home and followed Indiana infantry regiments for almost a year before he found a company that would enlist him as a drummer boy. This history, based on his memoirs and other primary sources, follows Al and his regiment through the south to Chickamauga, where he is captured while helping wounded soldiers, and his 14 months as a prisoner of war, until he rejoins his regiment in 1865.
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"Ada, jak tysiące innych dziewcząt wywiezionych podczas II wojny światowej na Syberię, żeby wrócić do domu, zgłosiła się do tworzonej od 1943 roku w ZSRR armii Berlinga. Kobiety w tym „ludowym” Wojsku Polskim nosiły moździerze, obsługiwały cekaemy, dowodziły męskimi oddziałami liniowymi, były spadochroniarkami, snajperkami i zwiadowczyniami. Po wojnie, zapomniane i uciszane, miały „kupić sobie fartuszek” i „rodzić wspaniałych...
3379) Pamięć dla Heleny
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Jest rok 1941. Niespełna szesnastoletnia Helena wraz z dwójką przyrodniego rodzeństwa zostaje zabrana z domu rodzinnego, rzekomo na badania. Rzeczywistość okazuje się jednak bardziej brutalna, ponieważ cała trójka trafia do ośrodka Lebensborn mieszczącego się na terenie zachodniej Polski. W ośrodku Helena zostaje pomocą kucharki, a jej młodsze rodzeństwo trafia do niemieckich rodzin. Młoda dziewczyna szybko wpada w oko pewnemu wysokiemu...
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