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By coercion and bribery of high ranking government officials, both civilian and military, John Butler "Bull" Jackson and The United States People's Constitutional Militia infiltrates thousands of recently discharged veterans back into strategic active military positions. The plan, isolate the nation's Capitol under the guise of martial law, then bring down the President's administration. However, six political assassinations, several violent bombings and the escape of two petty convicts from an Arkansas prison, unwittingly cause a chain of events that disrupts Bull Jackson's takeover timetable. Secret Service agents along with Sheriff Sam Walker of Johnson County, Arkansas, try to track down the elusive Bull Jackson and his radical followers, but they always seem to remain a step behind.
In this heartwarming and inspiring novel,a woman finds strength in God after two aneuryms, having her eyesight restored, healed from a stroke, and survived a less-than-perfect marriage that ended in tragedy when she made a decision to serve the Lord. Because of her faith and courage, the author has allowed the reader to feel the pain of her suffering. She displayed her strength and weakness, but overcame her weakness through her determination to trust God.
Recounting experiences as a Naval landing craft officer during WWI. Bob Thomas, noted Hollywood historian and biographer has this to say... "Leon Cooper's '90 Day Wonder' vividly captures the drama of what has been called The Greatest Generation. The combat scenes are especially gripping, and Cooper's portrait of his wretched commander Boda ranks with Captains Bligh and Queeg. The book is an intensely human story intensely told."
Frank Nappi is a high school teacher on Long Island who, over the last several years, befriended aging World War II veterans in his community. As he heard their reminiscences, he became absorbed in their stories of simple heroism -- and trying to recapture what they'd left behind when they returned home. They are stories of men who never asked for recognition or adulation, only a place in the free and prosperous society they'd built with their own blood, sweat and tears -- men who could never entirely leave behind the horrors of the battlefield, or explain them to their own children. Now, Nappi has synthesized those reminiscences and crafted them into a heartwarming and at times harrowing novel: ECHOES FROM THE INFANTRY. It is the fictionalized tale of one Long Island veteran, the misery of combat, and the powerful emotional bond that connected him to his fiance back home and that allowed him to survive the war with his soul battered but intact. It is about a father and son, and their ultimately redeeming struggle to understand the worlds that shaped each one -- one a world at war, the other a world shaped by its veterans
Steven Brandt, a disabled anthropologist, is out on a routine hunting trip where he finds himself in a precariously dangerous situation when he is the victim of sudden geological event. This geological event will transport him deep within the earth, through a sink hole, to another world a lost world far under the earth's surface. The electrifying ride down is not without its bumps, twists and turns as Steven is injured on the way down. Given up all hope of survival, Brandt assumes
Written as a therapeutic expulsion of lingering memories, "Sgt. Kahl's" stories are anecdotes of the good, gritty, or grim sides of life in the 40's Army. The reader is educated in Army life for a young volunteer from Iowa and his transformation from an Army grunt --as he endures training and eventual transfer to the front lines in the Pacific arena. The follow-up stories of people and events that came into his life years later because of his Army connections bring the stories to the present.
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Thunder in the Night, A Sailor's Perspective on Vietnam
A personal account of one sailor's experiences in the last days of America's most unpopular war. Thunder in the Night will change perceptions about aspects of the Vietnam War that remained "below the radar" of the historical record. Some will find this story difficult to believe, but its validity is backed up by now declassified documents and Internet links that verify these actions took place.
They fought for 326 straight days and were in almost every major battle in France, Belgium, and Germany. Their mortars placed devastating fire on the enemy from the beaches of Normandy to the Cherbourg Peninsula, and from Aachen and the Hurtgen Forest to the Battle of the Bulge. In this 292 page book you'll read their story presented as if it comes from today's headlines. You'll hear from the men who were there and see the pictures they took, many of which have never been published before. You'll also hear from some German soldiers who faced the 87th in battle.
Like all Military units during WWII, the men of 490th Bomb Sdn, The "Skull & Wings" came from all over the US. By chance thrust into the obscure China-Burma India theater, their story begins with the deployment and gaining experience until developing "Glip" bombing from low level which led to their sucessful attacks on Japanese bridges earning them the name Bridge Busters by the Commanding General of the 10th AAF. Many veterans share their experiences. Their stories are worth telling, reading and remembering.
It is May 24th 1945 and you are part of a mission that will see nine million pounds of firebombs drop on Tokyo. You are flying at 20,000 feet, sitting on enough jellied gasoline (napalm) to level several city blocks and the enemy is shooting at you. Fire From The Sky - A Diary Over Japan puts you right into the heart of a B-29 as you re-live the experiences of S/Sgt Herbert L. Greer. Hunched over his radio and writing with a penlight, Herb kept a diary of each of his twenty-eight bombing missions over Japan.
In war-torn Germany, John and Esther meet and fall in love in the turmoil of history. From the Oval Office, to Stalin's study, through plane crashes in Soviet territory we follow the events of the Berlin Airlift. Soviet spies and secret negotiations lead to the lifting of the blockade, but the victory tragically separates John and Esther. By a twist of destiny, they will meet again forty years later, in 1989. When the Berlin Wall comes down, they will understand the purpose of their life. 2
It began at sunrise on a clear Sunday morning when American soldiers were ambushed after becoming lost on their trek into Iraq. 11 soldiers were killed and 6 taken prisoner, including Jessica Lynch. By nightfall, 18 Marines had given their lives in the battle. For the next week the city was rocked with gunfire, as the Marines fought to wrest control of the city from Saddam's fanatical followers. This is the story of the battle for "The Nas," as seen through the eyes of the men who were there.
Winner of the Military Writer's Society of America Distinguished Honor Award for 2005. This powerful trip from a man who spent four years in Vietnam, left his daughter behind, and began searching for answers. Jim takes you through an early tragedy in his childhood, a light hearted romp through basic training and off to Vietnam where he was a military policeman and a civilian worker from 1966-1970. Often humorous, definitely self deprecating, the book takes a serious turn when he begins his search. Filled with emotions and sadness the book leads you to a spiritual uplifting in the end.
M.P. is a work of fiction based in part on the author's personal experiences as a Military Policeman in Vietnam in 1970. It is a hard-hitting and gritty story of a young M.P. caught up in the quagmire that was Vietnam, and gives the reader a realistic view into what it was like to be an M.P. during the war. It is the story of how he survived that year, of the friendships he found, and the sorrow of lives lost.
