Patterson, James
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts--from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan--share true stories of the actions that earned them some of America's most distinguished military medals, up to and including the Medal of Honor. They never acted alone, but always in the spirit of camaraderie, patriotism, and for the good of our beloved country. There has never been a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company
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Summary: "U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts--from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan--share true stories of the actions that earned them some of America's most distinguished military medals, up to and including the Medal of Honor. They never acted alone, but always in the spirit of camaraderie, patriotism, and for the good of our beloved country. There has never been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 355.0092 PATPatterson, James
Summary: Crafted from hundreds of original interviews, these are brutally hones stories usually only shared among comrades in arms. In the voices of the men and women who have fought overseas, this is an eye-opening look into what wearing the uniform, fighting in combat, losing friends, and coming home is really like. -- adapted from jacket
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio PattersonPoole, Eric.
Summary: There are many broad studies of the Vietnam War, but this work offers an insight into the incredible and harrowing experiences of just a small number of men from a single unit, deep in the jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia. It is the remarkable account of a Medal of Honor recipient whose brave actions were forgotten for over three decades: Leslie Sabo Jr. Sabo and other replacement soldiers in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 959.7 POOBrinkley, Douglas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLargePrint 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 959.7043 BRISheehan, Neil.
Summary: Chronicles the military career of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, profiling his military and civilian roles in the Vietnam War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 SHEAngers, Trent.
Summary: The story of the U.S. Army helicopter pilot who risked his life to rescue South Vietnamese civilians and to put a stop to the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War in 1968. Revised Edition shows President Nixon and some of his political allies in the House of Representatives interfered in the judicial process to try to prevent any U.S. soldier from being convicted of war crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acadian House Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMPSON, HUGH ANGBush, George W. (George Walker)
Summary: A collection of military oil paintings and profiles presents the stories of post-9/11 veterans, their experiences on the battlefield, road to recovery, and continuing contributions as civilians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 757 BUSLagoze, Miles
Summary: "For readers of Jarhead and Phil Klay, a Marine Combat Cameraman offers a character-rich, unfiltered look at military life in Afghanistan, from a Millennial perspective of soldiers raised with modern media and graphic video games"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: One Signal Publishers/Atria 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAGOZE, MILES LAGSledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant)
Summary: As a society, America needs from time to time to question the conduct of its foreign relations. WITH THE OLD BREED, by Eugene B. Sledge, provides the ultimate "reality check" by serving as a graphic reminder of the horrors America has periodically required its young men to endure for the higher cause of defending freedom. The battles of Peleliu (1944) and Okinawa (1945) were particularly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 SLEMills, Travis
Summary: "Retired U.S. Army staff sergeant Travis Mills, one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation, shares the story of his remarkable recovery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 MILLS, TRAVIS MILLarimore, Walt
Summary: What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore's story special is what happened in World War II's closing days and the people, and horses, he interacted with in this Forrest Gump-like tale that is emotional, heartbreaking, and inspiring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Permuted Press, LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LARIMORE, PHILIP B. LARChandler, Owen R.
Summary: "Experience the battlefields of Iraq through the eyes of an army chaplain. Army chaplain Owen Chandler tells the stories of the men and women serving our country in combat zones around the world -- a life few of us know, but thousands of Americans experience every day. As an "embedded presence of hope" Chandler candidly describes the struggle to hold onto faith and hope amid the brutalities of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chalice Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHANDLER, OWEN CHAPerry, James M. (James Moorhead)
Summary: Examines the lives and careers of five presidents who served in the military during the Civil War, and the affect the war had on their presidency.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 PERWhipps, Ray
Summary: Ray and Betty Whipps both served in Europe during WWII: Ray as an infantryman under General Patton in the trenches of Normandy, Paris, and Belgium, and Betty as a field nurse in Cherbourg, France. The two met when Betty tended to Ray after he was injured in a mortar blast. Both strong Christians, the two bonded over their shared faith, and as Betty nursed Ray back to health, they fell in love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHIPPS, RAY WHISummary: On the 80th anniversary of the war's end, 5 classic memoirs capture firsthand the shock, terror, and courage of the American fight against the Axis powers in Europe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2024
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Summary: "In over a decade of working with veterans, Johnny Joey Jones has discovered the power of battle-forged friendships. Suffering a life-changing injury while deployed in Afghanistan, he faced a daunting recovery. But coming home would have been much harder without the support of his brothers and sisters in arms. In Unbroken Bonds of Battle, Joey tells the stories of those very warriors, who for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox News Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.0092 JONIsenberg, Nancy.
Summary: Generations have been told that Aaron Burr was a betrayer--of Alexander Hamilton, of his country, and of those who had nobler ideas. But that version has been shaped by historians and writers from the eighteenth century who were blinded by tabloid reporters and propaganda created by Burr's political enemies during his lifetime. It is time to discover the real Aaron Burr.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2007
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Summary: The phenomenal story of a remarkable young lieutenant during World War II, following him from the gruelling training at Toccoa right through the eventual collapse of the Third Reich. Gaining a reputation as a stubborn and outspoken soldier who insisted on the highest of standards, Shames didn't always win friends, but that was never his intention--he was more concerned about winning each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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Summary: "Narrative account of how twelve immigrant soldiers became Americans through fighting in World War I"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.48173 LASZuckoff, Mitchell.
Summary: "The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi. 13 HOURS presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby CIA station called the Annex in Benghazi, Libya. A team of six American security operators fought to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve, Hachette Book Group 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 363 ZUCGuarnere, William.
Summary: Guarnere gives a gripping account of D-day from the partrooper's perspective. In vivid detail, Guarnere and Heffron re-create dropping into Holland to capture the roads and bridges between Eindhoven and Arnhem, known as Hell's Highway. Through much of 1944 the friends fought side by side--until Guarnere lost his right leg in the Battle of the Bulge and was sent home. Heffron went on to liberate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 GUAKander, Jason
Summary: From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about politics, PTSD, impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022