personal narratives, american

First-hand accounts of U.S. Veterans' experiences during the Vietnam War matched with in-country archival film footage, audio recordings and personal photos. Using innovative tactics like helicopter warfare, U.S. soldiers fought bloody battles at Ia Drang River Valley, Dak To and the Iron Triangle and undertook large-scale operations such as Cedar Falls and Junction City.

Describes the author's experiences after landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 with the Marines.

The true story of four unlikely heroes. Complete opposites thrown together, cut-off and outnumbered. For three days straight they answered the call in a race against time, not to take lives... but to save them. Chief Warrant Officer Erik Sabiston tells the story of his four-man flight crew's experiences evacuating wounded soldiers from the mountains of Afghanistan in their unarmed medevac helicopter, known as Dustoff 7-3.

Ride along with John T. Carter, a World War II paratrooper who dropped into southern France in a glider plane in 1944, to discover the realities, humor, and day-to-day experiences of Army life through his eyes.

Tells the story of World War II as planned and lived by Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

A memoir in which journalist Andy Rooney shares the memories of his experiences in World War II.

An eyewitness chronicle of the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942, that describes the crew's difficult escape from China afterwards and includes the War Department's official communiqu?, details on the crew one year later, and letters from the period the men were in China.

Presents Staff sergeant Bellavia's account of the fierce 2004 fighting in Fallujah, the heroic feats of the men in his unit, and the sacrifices made by them.