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My Hitch in Hell is an inspiring survivor's epic about the triumph of human will despite unimaginable human suffering.
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In this remarkable oral history collection, thirty-three participants in the turbulent epic that began with the day of infamy at Pearl Harbor and ended with the signing of the surrender documents in Tokyo Harbor tell their stories. Their remembrances of heartbreak, frustration, heroism, hope, and triumph were collected over a period of twenty-five years by John T. Mason. Their recollections reveal perspectives and facts not included in traditional works of history. Each selection, introduced with a preface that places it in the context of the Pacific War, takes the reader behind the scenes to
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With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows Hall's experiences from a junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana to his quirky and rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland. Quick to pick up on the skills necessary for behind-the-lines intelligence work, he became an expert instruc
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An enlisted radioman recalls his years of action in the Pacific with candor and humor.
Mason, Theodore C., 1921-. --- Pawnee (Ship). --- Sailors -- United States -- Biography. --- Tugboats -- Pacific Area -- History -- 20th century. --- United States. Navy -- Biography. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Tugboats --- Sailors --- Personal narratives, American --- Naval operations, American --- Campaigns --- History --- Biography --- Mason, Theodore C., --- Pawnee (Ship) --- United States. --- Biography.
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As chronicled in Silent Victory, Clay Blair's monumental history of United States submarine operations in World War II, the submarine war against Japan was a relatively little known war-within-a-war. It was waged by an initially small but expanding force of boats that eventually made more than 1,400 war patrols and sank almost 1,400 Japanese merchant ships and naval vessels. Many American submarines carved out enviable records, including USS Guardfish, the subject of Claude Conner's remarkable memoir of service aboard a US fleet boat as an enlisted man.Conner, who served as a Radar Technician,
Conner, Claude C., -- 1925. --- United States. -- Navy -- Biography. --- World war, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine. --- World war, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. --- World war, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- World War, 1939-1945 --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Radar operators --- Naval operations, American --- Submarine --- Naval operations
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More than eight hundred sailors served aboard the Sterett during her hazardous and demanding duties in World War II. This is the story of those men and their beloved ship, recorded by a junior officer who served on the famous destroyer from her commissioning in 1939 to April 1943, when he was wounded at the Battle of Tulagi. Peppered with the kind of vivid, authentic details that could only be provided by a participant, the book is the saga of a gallant fighting ship that earned a Presidential Unit Citation for her part in the Third Battle of Savo Island, where she took on a battleship, c
Calhoun, C. Raymond, 1913-. --- Sailors -- United States -- Biography. --- Sterett (Destroyer). --- United States. Navy -- Biography. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Sailors --- Naval operations, American --- Campaigns --- Calhoun, C. Raymond, --- Sterett (Destroyer) --- United States.
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The memoir of an immigrant combat pilot
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography. --- Greek Americans -- Biography. --- Pisanos, Steve N., 1919-. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Fighter pilots --- Greek Americans --- Aerial operations, American --- Aerial operations, British --- Campaigns --- Underground movements --- Pisanos, Steve N.,
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When friends become enemies
Operation Torch, 1942. --- Seiler, E. N. (Edwin Norton), 1918-1945. --- United States. Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945. --- Wordell, M. T. (Malcolm Taber), 1911-1996. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Operation Torch, 1942 --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- Aerial operations, American --- Gymnast, Operation, 1942 --- Operation Gymnast, 1942 --- Operation Torch --- Torch, Operation, 1942 --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Campaigns --- Aerial operations, American.
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