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Hill 488 by Ray Hildreth Charles W. Sasser
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Ray Hildreth Charles W. Sasser [Ray Hildreth Charles W. Sasser]

Even though we on the hill hadn’t access to the “Big Picture” or maps with colored pins or colored markers, it seemed obvious these guys were heading east toward Chu ...
( Category: Vietnam War January 10,2016 )
Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington's Farewell Address and the American Character by Matthew Spalding & Patrick J. Garrity & Daniel J. Boorstin
epub, mobi |eng | 1996-01-01 | Author:Matthew Spalding & Patrick J. Garrity & Daniel J. Boorstin [Spalding, Matthew & Garrity, Patrick J. & Boorstin, Daniel J.]

Mather’s work became a survey of diseases. One of the proposals for its printing called it “An Essay upon the Common Maladies of Mankind: offering, first, The Sentiments of Piety, ...
( Category: Leadership January 9,2016 )
Hitler's Heroine by Jackson Sophie
epub |eng | 2014-04-14 | Author:Jackson, Sophie

8 LIVING WITH DISILLUSIONMENT Himmler’s headquarters in East Prussia were neatly arranged as Hanna paid her long-postponed visit in July 1943. It was early evening and Hanna was worried about ...
( Category: World War II January 7,2016 )
Tanks in Hell: A Marine Corps Tank Company on Tarawa by Oscar Gilbert
epub |eng | | Author:Oscar Gilbert [Oscar Gilbert]

RED BEACH THREE: THE MASSACRE OF THE THIRD PLATOON All four tanks of the third Platoon landed without mishap, and by noon the platoon was functioning as one of the ...
( Category: Conventional January 7,2016 )
Nancy Wake by Russell Braddon
epub |eng | | Author:Russell Braddon [Russell Braddon]

CHAPTER XIII OLD ENEMIES AND NEW FRIENDS DENIS had had terrible difficulty catching up with Nancy and Hubert. ‘My dear, swarms of Germans chasing me everywhere,’ he vowed. Now that ...
( Category: World War II January 7,2016 )
The Trident by Jason Redman John Bruning
epub |eng | | Author:Jason Redman John Bruning [Jason Redman John Bruning]

TOWARD THE END OF the month, as I grew nearer to the end of my time in Ranger Jail, I circled back to that day in the valley. It was ...
( Category: Afghan & Iraq Wars January 7,2016 )
Hans Sturm: A Soldier's Odyssey on the Eastern Front by Gordon Williamson
epub |eng | 2015-03-18 | Author:Gordon Williamson [Williamson, Gordon]

Relaxing at home with family and friends. ‘Then come tomorrow for lunch,’ was the old man’s reply. Because Sturm was reluctant, saying he had to get permission from the senior ...
( Category: World War II January 6,2016 )
Ho Chi Minh by William J. Duiker
mobi, epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:William J. Duiker

Even after signing the September 14 agreement, to the exasperation of his hosts Ho Chi Minh still seemed reluctant to return to Vietnam (in an extended biographical essay on Ho, ...
( Category: Vietnam War January 1,2016 )
Flying Through Midnight: A Pilot's Dramatic Story of His Secret Missions Over Laos During the Vietnam War by John T. Halliday
epub |eng | 2005-10-31 | Author:John T. Halliday [Halliday, John T.]

As I rolled into a left turn to swing back around for a damage assessment flyby, I glanced over at Squeaky. The kid looked flabbergasted. I thought his eyebrows might ...
( Category: Vietnam War December 27,2015 )
A Lonely Kind of War by Marshall Harrison
epub |eng | 2010-12-14 | Author:Marshall Harrison [Harrison, Marshall]

PART 5 Over the Fence THEY FOUND ME A BUNK FOR THE NIGHT IN the squadron quarters in Bien Hoa. The air-conditioning and tile floors felt as if I were ...
( Category: Vietnam War December 26,2015 )
Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One by Hugh Mills
mobi |eng | 2009-01-15 | Author:Hugh Mills

After that action, it took several days for the troop to get back to normal. We had wounds to lick. The ARPs needed replacements. I needed four new ships in ...
( Category: Vietnam War December 26,2015 )
Goering and Goering: Hitler's Henchman and his anti-Nazi Brother by Wyllie James
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Wyllie, James [Wyllie, James]

The run in to the Anschluss began in February 1938 with a meeting between Hitler and Schuschnigg, during which the Führer, flanked by his generals, subjected the Austrian chancellor to ...
( Category: Fascism December 23,2015 )
The Auschwitz Kommandant by Barbara Cherish
epub |eng | 2010-12-17 | Author:Barbara Cherish [Barbara U. Cherish]

Childhood fantasies and Stories told Were of Angels and Cherubs to behold, These Angelic forms with extended wings Forever back to my childhood brings, These words still echo, so few ...
( Category: Fascism December 18,2015 )
The Western Front 1915 by Peter F Batchelor
epub |eng | 2012-06-15 | Author:Peter F Batchelor

Battle of Festubert After sixty hours – the longest artillery bombardment of the war to date – the battalion, having moved up to its assembly positions during the night, prepared ...
( Category: Veterans December 17,2015 )
Somme 1916 by Gerald Gliddon
epub |eng | 2012-06-11 | Author:Gerald Gliddon

On 8 August Coury was made a full lieutenant, but he had decided to transfer to the RFC and on 28 August joined No. 13 Squadron at Savy Aubigny, north-west ...
( Category: General December 17,2015 )

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