A Petty Officer and a Swabbie
A Petty Officer and a Swabbie by Charles W Paige concerns his decision to go into the armed forces at a time when most young men were wondering when it was going to be their time to be called up by Uncle Sam to join...
A Petty Officer and a Swabbie by Charles W Paige concerns his decision to go into the armed forces at a time when most young men were wondering when it was going to be their time to be called up by Uncle Sam to join...
Chasing the Daylight: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a US Army Intelligence Officer by JoAnna Rakowski is an up-close, in-your-face memoir of the struggles of a young Polish immigrant trying to find her place in America, after moving there when she married an American. JoAnna...
Some stories can only be understood if you see the images of the people who lived them. This is the case of the 65th Infantry Regiment, whose story is told in The Borinqueneers by Noemí Figueroa Soulet. Through the hundreds of illustrations of this magnificent...
Living Through the War in Burma: Boyhood Trials Shape the Chindit is a powerful memoir by Trophy D'Souza. It documents the life of Charles Stephenson during his early years and his experiences during World War II. As a young boy, he grows up in Burma,...
Cong Catchers: A Soldier's Memories of Vietnam is a memoir by Lee Halverson, a former U.S. Army infantryman who served in the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1970. The book provides a personal account of Halverson's experiences during his almost year-long tour of duty in...
The Other Side of Nam introduces the author Ike Travis, who grew up in the small town of Live Oak, California, consisting of about 2,000 people in the 1950s and 60s. His childhood was a simple one of outdoor adventure, camping, fishing, hunting, and playing...
A Bloodied Tapestry: The American War in Vietnam from a Civilian War Veteran's Perspective by JanStephen James Cavanaugh, Ph.D. is a moving autobiographical account of a civilian volunteer during the Vietnam War. His story was reconstructed from personal journals written during his time in South...
The Apprentice of Buchenwald is a true World War II story of a Jewish family trying to navigate life under the Nazi regime. Oren Schneider lost his father at an early age and grew up listening to the stories of his grandfather's life during the...
How Easy Company Became a Band of Brothers is written by Chris Langlois, a Doc Roe grandson, and illustrated by Anneke Helleman. This is a collection of historical events in the life of a band of paratroopers during WWII. These men went from peacetime citizens...
Tales From the Cold War: The U.S. Army in West Germany, 1960 to 1975 chronicles the experiences of Michael D. Mahler. He recounts his sojourns in Germany not too long after World War II ended and the Allies occupied the western regions of Germany, but...