army

When her brother is sent to fight in Vietnam, twelve-year-old Jamie begins to reconsider the army world that she has grown up in.

Follows the lives of three women over the course of twelve years, exploring their service in the military, experiences in overseas combat, challenges with maintaining connections with their families, and difficulties with resuming life as civilians.

Led by Major Charity Adams, the black women of the 6888th Postal Battalion played a crucial role in integrating the US armed forces. They overcame racial discrimination to "be remembered among America's Greatest Generation.".

When her brother is sent to fight in Vietnam, twelve-year-old Jamie begins to reconsider the army world in which she has grown up.

Introduces the United States Army, its jobs, its history, and more.

"A biography of Edward Lansdale, the CIA operative. Boot chronicles his rise and fall as a proponent of a visionary 'hearts and minds' diplomacy in Vietnam who was ultimately overruled by the American military bureaucracy, which favored bombs and troop build-ups over winning the people's trust."--OCLC.

The personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant in which he discusses his life and military career.

Documenting his twenty-year journey as a gay man in the army as well as his confusing childhood in rural Ohio, Captain Stephen Snyder-Hill's coming out captivated the media and put to rest the culture of secrecy surrounding homosexuality and soldiers.