personal narratives

Details the experiences of twenty-three members of the Army's 101st Airborne Division--also known as Easy Company--and describes training, combat, victories and losses, and more.

Chronicles the events of an April 2004 surprise attack on American troops in Sadr City, Iraq; and provides personal accounts of soldiers in battle and their families and friends waiting for news at home.

An American Army lieutenant presents his memoirs of the guerrilla activities of the White Tigers special operations force in the Korean War.

Konrad Charmatz provides a personal account of his experiences in Poland during the Holocaust, discussing the Warsaw ghetto, the death camps, and liberation, and describing how the Holocaust was carried out not only by governments, but by individuals.

The author recalls her experiences as a WAVE in the Navy during World War Two, her training as a gunners mate at Great Lakes Naval Station, and gunnery instructor at Treasure Island in California.

Presents a collection of over 180 eyewitness accounts of the battles and events of World War I, featuring selections from all combatant nations.

A wartime memoir based upon the journals and letters of Amos Wilder, in which he recalls his experiences as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service during World War I, and as a corporal in the Army's 17th Field Artillery in Europe.

Presents Captain Keith Rosenkranz's experiences as an F-16 pilot during Operation Desert Storm, where he piloted more than thirty missions, bombed the Iraqi nuclear research facility, and attacked on the "Highway of Death.".

Traces the experiences of three young Polish Jewish women attempting to resurrect their lives in the aftermath of World War II.

Pays tribute to the generation of Americans who fought in World War II, telling the stories of individual men and women who, united by common purpose and values, served their country overseas and returned to create modern America.