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Language
English
Description
Shares firsthand wartime accounts describing the courageous battlefield sacrifices of men and women from every branch and operational specialty of the U.S. military, from the Vietnam War through the present.
These are the brutally honest stories usually only shared amongst comrades in arms. Here, in the voices of the men and women whove fought overseas from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, is a rare eye-opening look into what wearing the uniform,...
Author
Publisher
Krause Publications
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The Civil War love letter quilt is a history book, quilting guide, and touching tale of the love shared by Civil War soldiers, their friends, sweethearts and families. Each quilt block is accompanied by a Civil War era letter.
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Publisher
Silver Star Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"They were the fathers we never knew, the uncles we never met, the friends who never returned, the heroes we can never repay. They gave us our world. And those simple sounds of freedom we hear today are their voices speaking to us across the years." Bill Clinton Such a man was 1st Lt Dean Harold Sherman, B-29 Airplane Commander. They Called Him Marvin is a history. A history of war and of family. A history of the collision of the raging politics of...
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Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"As expansive as it is personal, this chronicle of World War II is a firsthand account by a journalist and the woman he would marry of the dramatic events that engulfed the world in the middle of the twentieth century. The correspondence between Charles Kiley and Billee Gray also tells the poignant tale of two young people in love but forced apart by the circumstances of war. Edited by Charles and Billee's daughter, son, and son-in-law, this never-before-published...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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First Sgt. Charles Monroe King keeps a journal for his newborn son while stationed overseas. His wife, the senior editor for the New York Times, relates the story of their relationship to their son as he grows up.