military life

Contains letters and poems written to families and friends by soldiers in Vietnam, expressing their homesickness and the horrors of war.

This book gently guides readers through the struggles and joys of family life in the military and provides lots of concrete coping strategies, insightful advice, and compassionate reassurance.

A youngster describes her feeling when her mother who is a soldier in the Army is called to duty and she must stay with her grandmother.

Three children discover that their father will leave on deployment and learn ways to deal with separation anxiety and show that they care while he is away.

Children express their feelings about saying goodbye to their mothers, who must leave to fulfill their military obligations.

Children express their feelings about saying goodbye to their fathers, who must leave to fulfill their military obligations.

Text and illustrations provide information about the Roman Army, discussing organization, requirments to join, army pay, armor and weapons, auxiliary units, forts, battle plans, the care of wounded soldiers, and other topics.

This book describes Baghdad pups that soldiers have spotted in Iraq and the program called Operation Baghdad Pups that finds ways to send the dogs to the soldiers' homes in America.

Tells the story of the origins of the Roman legions, a professional fighting force organized by Gaius Marius around 100 B.C., and looks at the influence of the soldiers on life in Rome. Includes primary source quotations.