"The Secretary of War Shares Your Grief-- "

Author: Warren C. Sheldon

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780738847764

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A young man of promise is cut down in his prime. He enters the Army before WW II begins and dies in a POW camp in Japan. His father applies for the War Risk Life Insurance benefits and is told he doesn't qualify. In honor of his dead son, he pursues the insurance claim and prevails after ten years of red tape and the involvement of senators, congressmen and even President Truman. This true story will give you an understanding of what average citizens went through before, during and after WW II.

Dying for Another Day

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Author: Pete Edris

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2010-06

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1452023018

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"On January 1, 1943, First Lieutenant Pete Edris was transferred to the 306th Bomb Group, 369th Bomb Squad, and served under Col. Armstrong (who was portrayed by Gregory Peck in the movie, 'Twelve O'clock High'). This is Pete's story. It's a story of a twenty-two year old boy whose B-17 bomber was blown out of the sky over Rennes, France, on March 8, 1943. It's a story about the people who befriended him. And it's a testimonial to his irrepressible desire to survive one of Nazi Germany's most notorious prison camps, Stalag Luft III, from where 'The Great Escape' was based. It's a story about living to see another day...and reuniting with Doris Cooke, his soul mate...and the love of his life. It's a truly remarkable story about a rare World War II statistic: An infinitesimal twenty-three American soldiers were declared dead in World War II...and lived to tell about it. Pete Edris was one of those soldiers. And this is his unforgettable story." --Raymond Reid, Introduction, page v.

Stanton

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Author: Walter Stahr

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-08-08

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 1476739307

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"Of the crucial men close to President Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (1814-1869) was the most powerful and controversial. Stanton raised, armed, and supervised the army of a million men who won the Civil War. He organized the war effort. He directed military movements from his telegraph office, where Lincoln literally hung out with him ... Now with this worthy complement to the enduring library of biographical accounts of those who helped Lincoln preserve the Union, Stanton honors the indispensable partner of the sixteenth president"--

Letters from Billy

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Author: William B. Keller

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-12-05

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1503523438

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William Billy R. Lamphier was a young father who was drafted and sent to Germany during World War II. Before he entered the army, Billy made a terrible mistake and was unfaithful to Margaret (Marge), the love of his life. Instead of allowing this to destroy them, Marge forgave her husband before he went to war. Billy sent many letters to Marge and their daughter, Bobbi, and it is these beautiful expressions of love that the book is based upon. Billy did not return from the field of battle, but his memory lives on through his letters.

Yellow Cat

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Author: George Simone

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000-07

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0595010385

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Yellow Cat explores the conflicts that led to the near extinction of the Apaches, the Indians who called themselves The People, during the 1870s. The story is driven by three protagonists: Yellow Cat, visionary warrior, who leads The People against encroaching White Eyes; General Crowe, Christian soldier, whose efforts toward peace meet political doom; and Indian Agent Osprey, who seeks to perpetuate a personally lucrative conflict. Sometimes aiding, and sometimes thwarting the aims of the protagonists, are: The G’an, animistic guardians of The People; Two Foxes, Yellow Cat’s sister, who becomes the Bride of the Sun; Chaco, traitor to The People; and Red Grass Rising, shamaness, leader of The People, and friend of the G’an; and enforcement officerWalter, who may be related to The Prince of Fire. Yellow Cat is the cymbal clash of a war between cultures whose reverberations continue to ring. [Author bio]George Simone lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from which base he frequently extends his years of study and travel in the Southwest.

An American on the Western Front

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Author: Patrick Gregory

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2016-07-07

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 0750969105

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This is the remarkable story of the American First World War serviceman Arthur Clifford Kimber. When his country entered the Great War in 1917, Kimber left Stanford University to carry the first official American flag to the Western Front. Fired by idealism for the French cause, the young student initially acted as a volunteer ambulance driver, before training as a pilot and taking part in dogfights against 'the Boche'. His letters home give a vivid picture of what Kimber witnessed on his journey from Palo Alto, California to the front in France: keen-eyed descriptions of New York as it prepared for the forthcoming conflict, the privations of wartime Britain and France, and encounters with former president Theodore Roosevelt and Hollywood actress Lillian Gish. Kimber details his exhilaration, his everyday concerns and his horror as he adapts to an active wartime role. Arthur Clifford Kimber was one of the first Americans on the front line after the entry of the US into the war and, tragically, also one of the last to be buried there – killed in action just a few weeks before the end of the war. Here, his frank letters to his mother and brothers, compiled, edited and put in context by Patrick Gregory and Elizabeth Nurser, are published for the first time.

Delayed Legacy

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Author: Conrad John Netting IV

Publisher: Trinity University Press

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1595347313

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This book is part love story, part wartime thriller, part coming-of-age struggle, a compelling reminder that the human story is not over when a war ends.

A Company of Heroes

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Author: Marcus Brotherton

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-05-04

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1101187239

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After the Band of Brothers went home, they never forgot the lessons of war... After chronicling the personal stories of the Band of Brothers in We Who Are Alive and Remain, author Marcus Brotherton presents a collection of remembrances from the families of the soldiers of Easy Company-and how their wartime experiences shaped their lives off the battlefield. A Company of Heroes is an intimate, revealing portrait of the lives of the men who fought for our freedom during some of the darkest days the world has ever known-men who returned home with a newfound wisdom and honor that they passed onto their families, and that continue to inspire new generations of Americans.

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