veterans

World War I veteran Henry Bright grieves over the death of his young wife while he struggles to care for their new infant and travels a fire-stricken landscape accompanied by a guardian angel and a cantankerous goat.

When a chance encounter with a Muslim fugitive drops her down a rabbit hole of conspiracies, Ellie must decide whom to trust among the artists, dealers, collectors, and operatives claiming to be on her side.

Collects stories of American war heroes from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, offering over two hundred and fifty full-color images illustrating their lives, families, and in some cases heroic sacrifices of limb and life in service to their country.

This work is a powerful account of war and homecoming. The author served three tours of duty in the Middle East, two of them as the commander of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in Iraq. Days and nights he and his team, his brothers, would venture forth in heavily armed convoys from their Forward Operating Base to engage in the nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating work of either disarming the deadly improvised explosive devices that had been discovered, or picking up the pieces when the alert came too late. They relied on an army of remote-controlled cameras and robots, but if that technology failed, a technician would have to don the eighty-pound Kevlar suit, take the long walk up to the bomb, and disarm it by hand. This lethal game of cat and mouse was, and continues to be, the real war within America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But this book is not just about battle itself. It is also an unflinching portrayal of the toll war exacts on the men and women who are fighting it. When the author returned home to his wife and family, he began a struggle with a no less insidious foe, an unshakable feeling of fear and confusion and survivor's guilt that he terms The Crazy. His book immerses the reader in two harrowing and simultaneous realities: the terror and excitement and camaraderie of combat, and the lonely battle against the enemy within, the haunting memories that will not fade, the survival instincts that will not switch off. After enduring what he has endured, can there ever again be such a thing as "normal"?.

"A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--.

Through true stories, honors acts of uncommon valor in Iraq and Afghanistan, and tells of how veterans make vital contributions once they return home.

SPC Kayla Williams and SGT Brian McGough met in 2003. They were instantly attracted to each other and no one could have predicted that Brian, on his way back to base after a leave, would be affected by a roadside bomb that would send shrapnel through his brain. With courage and commitment, Williams and McGough have worked through the myriad devastating effects of traumatic brain injust and PTSD.

"Brings to life the realities of the modern day home front: how to get through the daily challenges of motherhood and holding down a job while bearing the stress and uncertainty of war, when everything can change in an instant. It tells the story of Ellen, a Midwestern literature professor, who is drawn into the war when her legal ward Michael enlists as a Marine; and of Lacey, a proud Army wife who struggles to pay the bills and keep things going for her son while her husband is deployed. Ellen and Lacey cope with the fear and stress of a loved one at war while trying to get by in a society that often ignores or misunderstands what war means to women today. When Michael and Eddie are injured in Iraq, Ellen and Lacey's lives become intertwined in Walter Reed Army Hospital, where each woman must live while caring for her wounded soldier. They form an alliance, and an unlikely friendship, while helping each other survive the dislocated world of the army hospital"--Provided by publisher.

It is 1968, and thirteen-year-old Riley is feeling lost when her brother Mick goes missing in Vietnam. The boy from a nearby reservation she fell in love with is on his way to Vietnam, too, and she is carrying his child. Not knowing what else to do, Riley travels across the country and somehow gets overseas to Saigon, meeting a colorful cast of characters along the way, all scarred one way or another by the war.

Charts the experiences of various members of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion after they returned home from active duty. Details the struggles they go through as they reintegrate into civilian life and recover from any psychological disorders they may be facing. Includes black-and-white photographs.