soldiers

Sensei Ki-yaga leads the disabled samurai-in-training of the Cockroach Ryu across the Sea of Japan to China, where they study the ways of the Shaolin monks before facing Qing-Shen, a skilled soldier seeking revenge against his former teacher, the Sensei.

Examines the daily struggles of soldiers in the Texas Revolution focusing on the Battle of the Alamo. Includes black-and-white photographs, first-person accounts of battles, maps, and a chronology.

Six months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, three eighth-grade girls living on an American military base with their families in Berlin try to save a Russian soldier, who has been beaten and left for dead, by smuggling him to Paris, where they are going to perform in a music competition.

Uses letters and diaries to profile various men and women of the Civil War who demonstrated bravery in life and death situations.

Four best friends serving in the Vietnam War make a pledge to one another that they will do all they can to return home safely together.

Presents a biographical tribute to Pat Tillman, a U.S. soldier who was killed in Afghanistan, describing his childhood and upbringing, the lies told by the U.S. Army about the nature of his sacrifice, and the inquiries, investigations, and congressional hearings undertaken by his family to discover the truth about the cover-up.

Young Everett Hackermeyer joins the squad of other young U.S. infantrymen in the final weeks of World War Two and tries to come to terms with his own fears in the face of enemy fire.

Draws on letters and diary entries written by both Union and Confederate soldiers pays tribute to their extraordinary courage.