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The Lions of Iwo Jima

The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps History

by Fred Haynes, James A. Warren ...

A WWII veteran presents an "intense, moving account" of the battle for Iwo Jima: "the harsh face of war . . . has rarely bee portrayed so effectively" ( Booklist ).Combat Team twenty-eight, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February nineteen, 1945. The unit, four, 500 men strong, plunged immediately into ferocious combat, ... Read more

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A WWII veteran presents an "intense, moving account" of the battle for Iwo Jima: "the harsh face of war . . . has rarely bee portrayed so effectively" ( Booklist ).Combat Team twenty-eight, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February nineteen, 1945. The unit, four, 500 men strong, plunged immediately into ferocious combat,
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The Lions of Iwo Jima

The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps History

by James A. Warren, Major General Fred Haynes (USMC-Ret.) ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

9 hours 8 min

It was the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, claiming a third of all marines killed in World War II. The relentless fighting on Iwo Jima lasted for thirty-six days, but most of us only know the iconic photo of five soldiers raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi. For Fred Haynes, a young captain in Combat Team 28, Surabachi was one marker in a ferocious blood-letting against an enemy ... Read more

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It was the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history, claiming a third of all marines killed in World War II. The relentless fighting on Iwo Jima lasted for thirty-six days, but most of us only know the iconic photo of five soldiers raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi. For Fred Haynes, a young captain in Combat Team 28, Surabachi was one marker in a ferocious blood-letting against an enemy
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The Ultimate Battle

Okinawa 1945—The Last Epic Struggle of World War II

by Bill Sloan ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

14 hours 8 min

Respected historian Bill Sloan tells the full story of the Battle of Okinawa as it has never been told before, through the eyes of the men in battle.Using the same grunt’s-eye-view narrative style of Sloan’s acclaimed Brotherhood of Heroes, The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the largest land-sea-air battle ever waged by the United States, a battle whose staggering casualties and take-no ... Read more

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Respected historian Bill Sloan tells the full story of the Battle of Okinawa as it has never been told before, through the eyes of the men in battle.Using the same grunt’s-eye-view narrative style of Sloan’s acclaimed Brotherhood of Heroes, The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the largest land-sea-air battle ever waged by the United States, a battle whose staggering casualties and take-no
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The Ghost Mountain Boys

Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea---the Forgotten War of the South Pacific

by James Campbell ...

Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

Unabridged

10 hours 46 min

Lying due north of Australia, New Guinea is among the world's largest islands. In 1942, when World War II exploded onto its shores, it was an inhospitable, cursorily mapped, disease-ridden land of dense jungle, towering mountain peaks, deep valleys, and fetid swamps. Coveted by the Japanese for its strategic position, New Guinea became the site of one of the South Pacific's most savage campaigns. ... Read more

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Lying due north of Australia, New Guinea is among the world's largest islands. In 1942, when World War II exploded onto its shores, it was an inhospitable, cursorily mapped, disease-ridden land of dense jungle, towering mountain peaks, deep valleys, and fetid swamps. Coveted by the Japanese for its strategic position, New Guinea became the site of one of the South Pacific's most savage campaigns.
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The Last Stand of Fox Company

A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat

by Tom Clavin, Bob Drury ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

11 hours 43 min

November 1950, the Korean Peninsula. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is to fight their way south through the Toktong Pass, a narrow gorge in the Nangnim Mountains. ... Read more

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November 1950, the Korean Peninsula. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is to fight their way south through the Toktong Pass, a narrow gorge in the Nangnim Mountains.
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Undefeated

America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor

by Bill Sloan ...

Narrated by Michael Prichard ...

Unabridged

13 hours 38 min

Called "a master of the combat narrative" (The Dallas Morning News), author BillSloan captures the valor, fortitude, and suffering of the Americandefenders of the Philippines as no other author has. Abandoned by theirgovernment, the men and women of the American garrison struggled againstimpossible military odds, rampant disease, and slow starvation to delayinevitable surrender by the largest ... Read more

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Called "a master of the combat narrative" (The Dallas Morning News), author BillSloan captures the valor, fortitude, and suffering of the Americandefenders of the Philippines as no other author has. Abandoned by theirgovernment, the men and women of the American garrison struggled againstimpossible military odds, rampant disease, and slow starvation to delayinevitable surrender by the largest
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The Rogue Republic

How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History

by William C. Davis ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

13 hours 46 min

The story of how American settlers led a rebellion in 1810 against Spanish rule and created the Republic of West Florida, which was shortly annexed by the United States just 78 days laterWhen Britain ceded the territory of West Florida—what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida—to Spain in 1783, America was still too young to confidently fight in one of Europe’s endless territorial ... Read more

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The story of how American settlers led a rebellion in 1810 against Spanish rule and created the Republic of West Florida, which was shortly annexed by the United States just 78 days laterWhen Britain ceded the territory of West Florida—what is now Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida—to Spain in 1783, America was still too young to confidently fight in one of Europe’s endless territorial
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Three Roads to Gettysburg

Meade, Lee, Lincoln, and the Battle That Changed the War, the Speech That Changed the Nation

by Tim McGrath ...

Narrated by Vas Eli ...

Unabridged

16 hours 21 min

An epic, revelatory account of the Battle of Gettysburg, where George Meade, Lincoln's unexpected choice to lead the Union army, defeated Robert E. Lee and changed the course of the Civil War, from the award-winning author of James Monroe: A LifeBy mid-1863, the Civil War, with Northern victories in the West and Southern triumphs in the East, seemed unwinnable for Abraham Lincoln. Robert E. Lee’s ... Read more

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An epic, revelatory account of the Battle of Gettysburg, where George Meade, Lincoln's unexpected choice to lead the Union army, defeated Robert E. Lee and changed the course of the Civil War, from the award-winning author of James Monroe: A LifeBy mid-1863, the Civil War, with Northern victories in the West and Southern triumphs in the East, seemed unwinnable for Abraham Lincoln. Robert E. Lee’s
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Left for Dead

Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

by Eric Jay Dolin ...

Narrated by L.J. Ganser ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

In Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin—“one of today’s finest writers about ships and thesea” (American Heritage)—tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounterbetween an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a Britishwarship in the Falkland archipelago during the War of 1812.Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailorsand two Americans, ... Read more

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In Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin—“one of today’s finest writers about ships and thesea” (American Heritage)—tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounterbetween an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a Britishwarship in the Falkland archipelago during the War of 1812.Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailorsand two Americans,
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The Idea of America

Reflections on the Birth of the United States

by Gordon S. Wood ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

12 hours 57 min

The preeminent historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history.More than almost any other nation in the world, the United States began as an idea. For this reason, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood believes that the American Revolution is the most important event in our history, bar none. Since American identity is so fluid and ... Read more

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The preeminent historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history.More than almost any other nation in the world, the United States began as an idea. For this reason, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood believes that the American Revolution is the most important event in our history, bar none. Since American identity is so fluid and
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Before Their Time

A Memoir

by Robert Kotlowitz ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

6 hours 7 min

In this memoir of his experiences as a teenage infantryman in the US Third Army during World War II, Kotlowitz brings to life the harrowing story of the massacre of his platoon in northeastern France, in which he—by playing dead—was the only one to survive. ... Read more

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In this memoir of his experiences as a teenage infantryman in the US Third Army during World War II, Kotlowitz brings to life the harrowing story of the massacre of his platoon in northeastern France, in which he—by playing dead—was the only one to survive.
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Indianapolis

The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man

by Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic ...

Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd ...

Unabridged

18 hours 39 min

NEW YORK TIMES **BESTSELLER * “GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL.” —**USA TODAY *** “A WONDERFUL BOOK.” —**The Christian Science Monitor *** “ENTHRALLING.” —**Kirkus Reviews **(starred review) * “A MUST-READ.” —**Booklist (starred review)A human drama unlike any other: the riveting and definitive full story of the USS <s... ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES **BESTSELLER * “GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL.” —**USA TODAY *** “A WONDERFUL BOOK.” —**The Christian Science Monitor *** “ENTHRALLING.” —**Kirkus Reviews **(starred review) * “A MUST-READ.” —**Booklist (starred review)A human drama unlike any other: the riveting and definitive full story of the USS <s...
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