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Letters from Vietnam

2003
Contains reprints of hundreds of letters written by soldiers in Vietnam to their loved ones, covering the course of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1972-73.

Arrowsmith

so smart in their fine uniforms
2004
In 1915, Fletcher Arrowsmith joins the army and trains to become an airman, a flying wizard that fights about the trenches; however, once on the battlefield, he discovers that there are horrors far removed from his dreams of glory and adventure.

Before their time

a memoir
1999
A memoir in which the author recounts his experiences as a teenage infantryman in the Second World War beginning with the day he was drafted, recalling the rigors of basic training, telling stories of his buddies, and reliving the horror of the massacre of his platoon.

For our beloved country

American war diaries from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf
1994
A collection of diaries by ordinary soldiers who fought in seven of America's wars. In the accounts, farmers and lawyers, buglers and nurses, foot troops and bomber pilots reveal war as ordinary Americans experienced it.

Working-class war

American combat soldiers and Vietnam
1993
Interviews with Vietnam veterans explore their experiences and attitudes as enlisted soldiers in Vietnam.

Heroes of the US Army

2013
Describes the history of the United States Army, military decorations, the Rangers, the US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan, living a life of service, and more.

G.I. Joe Sigma 6

2008
Spirit tracks down Zartan who has stolen an ancient artifact from Spirit's village.

Kit Carson

a life of adventure
2000
Chronicles the life of Kit Carson, a frontiersman who survived the hardships of the Wild West.

Dying, we live

the personal chronicle of a young freedom fighter in Warsaw, 1939-1945
1979
The author's journal records his experiences as a young member of the Polish resistance forces and as a prisoner of the Germans during World War II.

Once a warrior king

memories of an officer in Vietnam
1985
Portrays the Vietnam experience of a soldier and describes the precarious mental and physical balance he maintained through the horrors of war.

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