soldiers

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Purple Heart

2011
While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain injury sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen-year-old soldier Matt Duffy struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to his ten-year-old friend, Ali.

The trumpet-major

John Loveday, a soldier in the war with Buonaparte, and Robert his brother, first mate in the merchant service : a tale
1975

Fading echoes

a true story of rivalry and brotherhood from the football field to the fields of honor
2009
Tells the story of Bryan Buckley and Colby Umbrell, captains of rival high school football teams in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, who enlisted in the military after graduation and were sent to fight in the Middle East--Colby as an Army Ranger and Bryan as a Marine, and discusses how their families and the entire town were affected when only one of them survived.

China marine

2002
Eugene Sledge chronicles the experiences he had while serving as a young marine in the First Division during the battle of the Pacific.

Unfit for command

swift boat veterans speak out against John Kerry
2004
Veterans who served with Joh Kerry discuss the times spent with him in Vietnam and the reasons they believe he is unfit to lead the country.

The Battle of the Alamo

2009
A simple introduction to the Battle of the Alamo that discusses causes of the conflict and significant individuals and events; and includes a time line, a glossary, and illustrations.

The last of the doughboys

the forgotten generation and their forgotten world war
2013
Collected over ten years, presents interviews with the last remaining World War I veterans, aged 101 to 113, to paint a picture of a time and a generation that, despite memorials and history lessons, is quickly fading away.

The sojourn

2011
Follows young Jozef Vinich as he struggles to survive the brutal conditions on the Southern Front of World War I.

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