personal narratives, american

The captain of a World War II submarine recounts the eventful war patrols of his ship, whose sinkings of enemy vessels ranked second among American ships.

Army pilot William E. Dyess describes his time in and escape from a prisoner of war camp on the Bataan peninsula during World War II.

Autobiography of Vietnam vetern Lewis B. Puller, Jr., including his childhood, his marine unit in Vietnam, the loss of his legs, and the return home to his family.

Contains letters and poems written to families and friends by soldiers expressing their homesickness and the horrors of war.

A collection of thirty-three tours of duty presented in chronological order from 1962 through 1975.

Account of women's experience in the military during World War II.

Reporter Morley Safer returns to Vietnam to explore the battleground, and provides an account of the Vietnam conflict and its lingering effects.

On t.p.: Vivid personal recollections of the Vietnam War from the women who served there.

Contains letters and poems written to families and friends by soldiers expressing their homesickness and the horrors of war.