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  • The Bridge at Remagen

    A Story of World War II

    by Ken Hechler ...
    It was a stunning strategic victory of World War II–and one of the most fantastic breaks for the Allies. On March 7, 1945, a small group of American infantrymen, engineers, and tank crews secured the Ludendorff Bridge that crossed the Rhine. The successful mission saved thousands of American lives and spearheaded the invasion of Nazi Germany.The Bridge at Remagen is the detailed narrative of this ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • I Always Wanted to Fly

    America’s Cold War Airmen

    by Colonel Wolfgang W. E. Samuel ...
    Until now, no book has covered all of Cold War air combat in the words of the men who waged it. In I Always Wanted to Fly, retired United States Air Force Colonel Wolfgang W. E. Samuel has gathered first-person memories from heroes of the cockpits and airstrips.Battling in dogfights when jets were novelties, saving lives in grueling airlifts, or flying dangerous reconnaissance missions deep into ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Roads to Congress 2008

    by Sunil Ahuja, Margaret E. Banyan, Peter Bergerson, William Binning, Robert J. Duffy, Sean Foreman, Richard Gelm, Marcia Godwin, Andrew Kear, Jeffrey Kraus, Tom Lansford0, Amy Lauren Lovecraft1, Gerald McBeath2, John David Rausch Jr3, Bob N. Roberts4, Justin Sinner5, Dan Smith6, Joshua Stockley7, Jeffrey S. Ashley8, Robert P. Watson9, Kyle L. Saunders3 ...
    The Roads to Congress 2008 offers readers straightfoward and detailed case studies of the campaigns, candidates, key issues, and outcomes of over one dozen of the most important and interesting races of 2008. This includes both House and Senate campaigns, contests from all regions of the country, and seats held by Democrats and Republicans, as well as open seats. Every two years the pageantry of ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

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    by Dwayne T. Burns, Leland Burns ...
    A paratrooper's memoir of survival and close-quarters combat in WWII: "Well worth reading" ( Flight Journal).When Dwayne Burns turned eighteen, he decided he wanted to fight alongside America's best. He joined the paratroopers and was assigned to the 508th Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. Little did he suspect that a year later he'd be soaring in a flak-riddled C-47 over Normandy, part of ... Read more

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  • If You Survive

    From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story

    by George Wilson ...
    "If you survive your first day, I'll promote you."So promised George Wilson's World War II commanding officer in the hedgerows of Normandy -- and it was to be a promise dramatically fulfilled. From July, 1944, to the closing days of the war, from the first penetration of the Siegfried Line to the Nazis' last desperate charge in the Battle of the Bulge, Wilson fought in the thickest of the action, ... Read more

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  • Combat Officer

    A Memoir of War in the South Pacific

    by Charles Walker ...
    TO HELL AND BACKFor the U.S., Guadalcanal was a bloody seven-month struggle under brutal conditions against crack Japanese troops deeply entrenched and determined to fight to the death. For Charles Walker, this horrific jungle battle–one that claimed the lives of 1,600 Americans and more than 23,000 Japanese–was just the beginning. On the eve of battle, 2nd Lt. Walker was ordered back to the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Sixty Days in Combat

    An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe

    by Dean Joy ...
    “The infantryman’s war is . . . without the slightest doubt the dirtiest, roughest job of them all.”He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts of history. His name is Dean Joy, and this was his war.For two months in 1945, Joy endured and survived the everyday ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Fighting with the Screaming Eagles

    With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne

    by Robert Bowen ...
    A member of the 101st Airborne's Glider Infantry recalls WWII, from the horror of D-Day to the despair of Nazi captivity, in this compelling memoir.As World War II broke out, Robert Bowen was drafted into Company C, 401st Glider Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. Soon afterwards, he found himself storming Utah Beach amid the chaos of D-Day, through unfamiliar terrain littered with minefields and ... Read more

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  • Visions From a Foxhole

    A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps

    by William Foley ...
    An absolutely harrowing first-person account of the 94th Infantry Division’s bold campaign to break through Hitler’s “impregnable” Siegfried line at the end of World War IIEighteen-year-old William Foley was afraid the war would be over before he got there, but the rifleman was sent straight to the front lines, arriving January 25, 1945–just in time to join the 94th Infantry Division poised at ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • All the Way to Berlin

    A Paratrooper at War in Europe

    by James Megellas ...
    In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains outside Naples.In October 1943, when most of the 82d departed Italy to prepare for the D-Day invasion of France, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, the Fifth Army commander, requested that the division’s 504th Parachute ... Read more

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  • Given Up for Dead

    America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island

    by Bill Sloan ...
    A gripping narrative of unprecedented valor and personal courage, here is the story of the first American battle of World War II: the battle for Wake Island. Based on firsthand accounts from long-lost survivors who have emerged to tell about it, this stirring tale of the “Alamo of the Pacific” will reverberate for generations to come.On December 8, 1941, just five hours after the bombing of Pearl ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Behind Hitler's Lines

    The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for both America and the Soviet Union in World War II

    by Thomas H. Taylor ...
    As the twentieth century closed, the veterans of its defining war passed away at a rate of a thousand per day. Fortunately, D-Day paratrooper Joseph Beyrle met author Thomas H. Taylor in time to record Behind Hitler's Lines, the true story of the first American paratrooper to land in Normandy and the only soldier to fight for both the United States and the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. It is ... Read more

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