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Century's Child is the saga of the Richards family, whose protagonist describes the interaction of his family, typical of tens of thousands like it, with the military and political history of this country, from 1900 to 1998, with a single flashback to November, 1864 (Sherman's March to the Sea), and a flash-over to the Somme, July 1, 1916. The setting is principally a Midwestern city, but over half the action takes place at multiple scattered Army posts, in South Vietnam, and in Arabia. The first-person protagonist is determined to break out of the blue-collar world, to break the mold of generations of skilled labor, and feels driven to see just how far he can rise. He wants to do something to make the world better, and perhaps to make a difference in its history. And it is not in him to say "die."
My Dad, Everyone's Soldier is the true story of one family's experience in having a family member called up from the U. S. Army Reserves to active duty in today's uncertain times. Told through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy, the story explores topics including love, loss, and longing in a simple yet powerful way. The little boy expresses in his own descriptive way what over 250,000 families in America are coping with today.
At twenty four, Sisene Segler is a single mother who realizes true love may not be found during her lifetime. Sisene begins transforming her life on her own terms. After graduating from nursing school she joins the Army where she meets Enrique Carerras, Mr. Right. The only problem is that Mr. Right is still a teenager. A month after reporting to her duty station at Fort Hood Texas, she leaves on a humanitarian mission to Somalia with a 'Rapid Deployment' unit. Soon she is promoted to Sergeant and quickly realizes that without any formal training she will have to master the leadership skills necessary for survival. When she returns to Fort Hood, Enrique has since celebrated his twentieth birthday. Sisene tries to terminate their relationship, however, the deadly virus she returns from Somalia with may end their love and their future together before she does.
Twelve years ago CW2 Tom Haigler was attached to the unit that would spearhead the 7th Corps into Iraq. As a Physician Assistant his mission was to ready not only his medics, but himself, to care for the more than 200 casualties the ground war promised. 131 Days was created from his daily journal and gives a first hand account of what the medics in a frontline aid station face. There were many aspects to the war fought in Iraq. One was witnessed daily on CNN; precision guided missiles, spectacular explosions, the burning skies of Baghdad. Another is the battle of the mind; the emotions, the fear, the anger, the relief, the guilt. This is the aspect of the war he describes. 131 Days is an important reminder of what soldiers face on a personal level when combat is inevitable.
Many stories have been told about the tumultuous era of the sixties as we reach for a better understanding of the dynamics of the incredible social changes that took place. "In Black and White" chronicles the Vietnam experience of two American soldiers; one black and one white. Though the novel includes some graphic scenes of war it is intended to be a backdrop and not the focus of the book. The emphasis is on the personal development of these men as they work through issues of friendship, love, war, racism and loss. "In Black And White" is far more than a Vietnam War story. It is about coping with forced separation and loss of innocence. All of us can relate to overcoming overwhelming circumstances in our lives. There are no heroes or heroines in, In Black And White. There are only survivors who have learned to love and to discover themselves through incredible odds.
A story about a boy who was born to fly by Capt. William Jackson Barnard
Bill Barnard lived many of the great events of the 20th century. At 17, he joined the Depression navy. He sailed to Japanese-occupied China and saw, heard, smelled, tasted, and felt more than many do in a lifetime. Later, he was under the Hindenburg when it exploded. He flew 11,000 hours in every kind of plane, in combat and foul weather, and never bent a wingtip. A "mustang", Bill was one of only 15 enlisted pilots to ever earn a Captain's eagle wings. He met Presidents, aviation pioneers, astronauts, and movie stars in his 40-year aviation career.
Prize winning playwright and award winning author, Tony Lazzarini, has written more than your average war story. Highest Traditions takes you along on his tour in Vietnam as a helicopter door gunner where the average life span under fire was 20 seconds. This is not a glorification of war documentation. The author puts his readers beside him in the infamous UH-1D (Huey) helicopter and whisks them off to the battlefield to perform a mix of hazardous missions. His thoughts will become yours as he deals with the anguish of seeing death and his narrow escapes from it. This is an educational as well as harrowing account of how helicopter missions were done and why. Discover the "A" Company "Little Bears", one of the most decorated helicopter units of the Vietnam War.
Our heroine, FBI agent Erin Windom is investigating a case involving a mathematician, turned serial killer, in the Washington DC area. The Pi symbol, in geometry, strangely appears etched on the victims. Simultaneously, First Lady Hilda Holt, becomes missing following a threat by terrorists to the U.S. President Harrison Holt. A bizzare turn of events leads Agent Windom, President Holt and a select few in the new Administration to realize a devestating situation. Concurrently, the United States Senate is threatening the President with impeachment for covertly sending ransom to the terrorists. All roads mysteriously turn to an unexpected and terrible reality.
The 7 Levels of Change by Colonel Rolf Smith, USAF(Ret)
Out as a 2nd edition. The book has its roots in the first military Office of Innovation (1986), created at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio (USAF Electronic Security Command, now Air Froce Intelligence Agency).
In 1965, in the chilliest part of the Cold War, Anders Desruisseaux is nearing the end of his career in Army Intelligence. He has been working as an agent handler in northern Germany, where he runs "agents" in and out of East Bloc countries. This novel is fiction-based-on-fact. Many of the techniques and places described in the novel are real. The job was at times exciting, rarely glamorous, and sometimes just a rotten way to make a living.
A Marine Private's Personal Account of the Battle for Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942. This story is about history. World War II and The Battle for Guadalcanal was a historical moment in this country back in the summer of 1942. It was after all, the first land battle that our country had won since the war started. We lost and suffered great losses at Pearl Harbor and shortly after, we lost Wake Island. We needed a victory. The Marines who fought on Guadalcanal knew this. It was one of the most horrific battles ever faced by our young men. This story is about a young man's journey into the darkness of war and combat.
The Snoopers came into being because on May 30, 1942, commanding General Army Air Forces, Hap Arnold, ordered the Director of Technical Services to establish the Sea Search Attack Development Unit, with headquarters at Langley Field, Virginia. This group was originally formed to develop tactics and techniques of anti-submarine warfare, but the development of the SCR-717B Long Range Radar Search Radar and the super-secret SCR-729 Low Altitude (LAB) Radar Bombsight mounted in the ASV Radar Equipped B-24 airplane gave birth to the Snoopers: Low Altitude Night Bombers. Hundreds of combat missions are described by the crew members-most of them were in their twenties, but some were teenagers. Sixty years later it is hard to believe, but three Snooper crews came into the Pacific Combat Theater with 19 year-old Plane Commanders.
The Pucker Factor is a phrase familiar to the military. Fear, surprise, and the unknown are its major components. Jointly or one at a time, these components can scare you to death, or you are certain you will die, and then you are afraid you will not die. He moves from the "Jungle Eaters" as they clear back the jungle with Rome plows in the Hobo Woods, to fly with the Commanders of the 13th Assault Helicopter Battalion and the 164th Combat Aviation Group on missions in the Delta to rout out and destroy the VC in the U-Mihn Forest, then to prepare operational maps for the 336th Assault Helicopter Company mission
YES, DRILL SERGEANT! is a humorous memoir that describes Jeff Circle's U.S. Army basic training experience at Ft. Dix, New Jersey, in 1987. Each phase of the eight-week period is retraced and brought to life through clever, frank, and sometimes cynical vignettes that reveal a process full of fear, shock, and trepidation. �I strongly recommend this book to anyone who thinks basic training might be fun.
This compellation of work consists of five novels, a video documentary and a music CD: The Will He Make It Saga: Permission to Kill, Back in the World, Permission to Live, and the video documentary Thunderhawks. Plus Shindara, a dolphin's tale, and Heaven On Earth, a spiritual satire, a CD of original Brian Wizard tunes and a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Only 500 First Edition Anthologies available.
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