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George Mason by William G. Hyland
epub |eng | | Author:William G. Hyland

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Virginia Ratifying Convention * * * I believe there are few men in whom [Washington] placed greater confidence; but it is possible my opposition to the new ...
( Category: American Revolution May 14,2019 )
The Note Through the Wire by Doug Gold
epub |eng | 2019-02-26 | Author:Doug Gold

Chapter Fifteen Bruce, Stalag XVIIID, April 1942 to April 1943 Not only did Bruce swiftly acquire a reputation as a serial escaper, but he also became known as a recalcitrant. ...
( Category: World War II May 12,2019 )
Prisoner of the Samurai by James Gee
epub |eng | 2018-05-10 | Author:James Gee

CHAPTER 11 Moulmein Jail Toward the end of October we were jammed into an even dirtier, hotter cargo ship for the trip to Burma. Chuck Satterlee was fortunate in finding ...
( Category: World War II May 11,2019 )
The Wizard of Sun City: The Strange True Story of Charles Hatfield, the Rainmaker Who Drowned a City's Dreams by Garry Jenkins
epub |eng | 2005-06-27 | Author:Garry Jenkins [Jenkins, Garry]

Hatfield’s name was on almost every tongue in San Diego yesterday. Many were inclined to jest when his operations were mentioned, but all agreed that things were coming his way. ...
( Category: American Revolution May 9,2019 )
Hearts Touched by Fire: The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by Harold Holzer
epub |eng | 2011-04-05 | Author:Harold Holzer [Holzer, Harold]

THE 29TH PENNSYLVANIA FORMING LINE OF BATTLE ON CULP’S HILL AT 10 A.M., JULY 3. Most of the enemy’s projectiles passed overhead, the effect being to sweep all the open ...
( Category: American Civil War May 8,2019 )
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers by Brion McClanahan
mobi |eng | 2009-04-15 | Author:Brion McClanahan

Indivisible Liberty “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” —Benjamin Franklin, 1775. He took another job in a printing ...
( Category: American Revolution May 8,2019 )
Murphy's Law by Jack Murphy
epub |eng | 2019-04-23 | Author:Jack Murphy

PART II CHAPTER 10 Anything You Do Can Get You Killed, Including Doing Nothing I DIDN’T SEE ANY future for me in the army. We stood tall on the parade ...
( Category: Afghan & Iraq Wars May 7,2019 )
Second Most Powerful Man in the World : The Life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's Chief of Staff (9780399584817) by O'Brien Phillips Payson
epub |eng | 2019-05-07 | Author:O'Brien, Phillips Payson

CHAPTER 22 Atomic Bombs and Elections When the presidential train finally pulled into the siding by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on August 17, Washington, DC, was bathed in ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents May 7,2019 )
Escaping the Khmer Rouge by Chileng Pa
epub |eng | 2017-02-08 | Author:Chileng Pa

8 A Poem for Grandmother This is dedicated to my beloved grandmother who made my life complete. Damned guerrilla Did you ever Have mercy on The Khmer people, Or did ...
( Category: Vietnam War May 6,2019 )
Unbecoming by Anuradha Bhagwati
epub |eng | | Author:Anuradha Bhagwati

CHAPTER 10 Unraveling In 2007, three years out of the Marines, I was in the mental health wing at the Manhattan VA Medical Center, crying in an empty room on ...
( Category: Military May 6,2019 )
Caesar by Adrian Goldsworthy
epub |eng | 2006-05-06 | Author:Adrian Goldsworthy [Goldsworthy, Adrian]

XIV REBELLION, DISASTER AND VENGEANCE ‘And then, since he had not anticipated anything, Sabinus panicked, and rushed here and there deploying the cohorts, but even this he did timidly and ...
( Category: Rome May 6,2019 )
Asylum by Moriz Scheyer
azw3 |eng | 2016-09-27 | Author:Moriz Scheyer [Scheyer, Moriz]

25 Blessed are the poor in spirit OUR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT HERE consists of two elements. On the one hand, the inmates of the hospital–the enfants, about eighty in number. ‘Enfants’, ...
( Category: World War II May 2,2019 )
Freedom's Detective by Charles Lane
epub |eng | 2019-01-22 | Author:Charles Lane

* * * The Secret Service’s Klan hunt forced Hiram C. Whitley to split his time between the long-distance supervision of that mission and direct management of his undercover operations ...
( Category: American Civil War April 29,2019 )
SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by John L. Plaster
epub |eng | 2019-01-01 | Author:John L. Plaster [Plaster, John L.]

* * * Then three days after that, RT Idaho inserted not 5 miles from there. That afternoon One-Zero Glen Lane and One-One Robert Owen had a brief conversation with ...
( Category: Vietnam War April 29,2019 )
Topgun: An American Story by Dan Pedersen
epub |eng | 2019-03-05 | Author:Dan Pedersen

CHAPTER ELEVEN PROOF OF CONCEPT Miramar 1969 Topgun’s students became crisp, smart, quick, deadly, and confident. They knew the performance envelopes of their airplanes and missiles, maneuvered quickly to exploit ...
( Category: Vietnam War April 29,2019 )

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