personal narratives

Author Dan Hampton, a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, describes his time flying F-16 fighter jets, "Vipers," in over 150 combat missions. Discusses his training, missions, fellow pilots, and time in the Iraq War, Kosovo conflict, and first Gulf War.

American soldier Jay Kopelman tells his story about saving an abandoned dog named Lava in Iraq that he had shipped back to America after his discharge. Chronicles the difficulties he experienced in life after combat and depicts his and Lava's recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder. Includes black and white photos, information and statistics about dealing with PTSD, and resources for veterans and their families.

Gertrud Schakat Tammen, 10 years old in 1941, recounts her memories of World War II as a German national living near Russia when the fighting between Germany and Russia began.

Profiles short stories, poems, plays, films, and works of music about the Holocaust, providing information on their authors, composers, or directors; their content; and their relationship to real events; and also includes a bibliography.

A biography of Jack Mandelbaum, who survived Nazi concentration camps when he was a teenager.

Presents a true account of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.

Collection of photographs taken at the sites of the ten American detention camps to which 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were sent during World War II, accompanied by text that tells the story of the camps from the perspective of former internees.

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

Tells the story, in their own words, of two survivors of World War II concentration camps, and two American soldiers who helped liberate the camps.