personal narratives, american

Presents collected accounts and memoirs of the members of Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, United States First Division during World War I. Describes the effect that the battles of Cantigny, Soissons, and Meuse-Argonne had on the servicemen an includes chapter notes, newspaper accounts, and an index.

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.

A 1947 memoir in which American General George S. Patton, Jr., recounts his experiences of battle, and shares excerpts from his diaries, in which he recorded details of the U.S. armed forces campaign across Western Europe during World War II.

Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL, recounts his life and military experiences, discusses his record for the most career sniperkills in United States military history and the bounty placed on his head by Iraqi insurgents, provides an eye-witness account of war in Iraq, shares the strains of war on his marriage and family, and honors his fellow soldiers. Includes a section of remembrances by those whose lives he touched personally.

During the Great Depression, Eleanor's family moves from America to Germany, but the war breaks out as her family is crossing the Atlantic, and for years Eleanor struggles to keep her American identity despite the turbulence and upheaval around her.