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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.
The experience chronicles memories of my time in Fort Ord, Monterey CA after revisiting it 35+ years later. It was a ghostown. At turns amusing, humorous and heartbreaking the narritive is enhanced by color portraits of soldiers and the fort in its final days of disrepair.
My novel concerns the before, during the Vietnam War, and after life of Rob Thomas. Rob served as a US Navy Hospital Corpsman with a squad of Marines, during an attempt to rescue two POWs from a camp in Quang-Tri Province, Vietnam in 1970.
An authoritative overview of the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit 'Aid and Attendance.' A 'must read' for veterans, spouses, widows, and family who have family members on the way to, or in Assisted Living Facility.
A wonderful book about the Cajun culture and growing up in the 1930's while not able to speak English. Her travels to Europe to join my husband Bruce H. Rivers who was on US Air Force active duty. The book is about the shock to find out our third son was born deaf and the problems we had to find the right schools.
The Forgotten Veterans A personal account of a recreation therapist. Anthology of human interest stories focusing on the hope, comedy, personal courage and sometimes tragedy of returning veterans who for many reasons, some physical and some psychological, cannot assimilate into society. The stories in the book are true. The actual names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.
If you are a Vet, a friend or relative, a medic, nurse, shrink, or on active duty fighting the lastest crud-balls, drop your rucksack,grab a drink, and hang onto your humping tackle. You're in for a ride. Reading Digger, Dogface, Brownjob, Grunt is an industrial-grade cure for combat mania, circa. 1967 Vietnam. You will find yourself in this book, slogging in and out of the vines, laughing, then crying. Combat humor... black and irreverent. Twelve-month men lying and joking even when the truth made a better story.
This is an exciting story about events that occur during a Vietnam service member's assignment to a physical security unit. People and places along his route remind him of these events, including the Tet Offensive. As his evening watch progresses, the enemy fires a salvo of rockets at the Air Base. Some of them miss their target and land in a nearby village. He escorts a Navy ambulance to the scene and helps bring out the dead and wounded. Firing at Shadows is a story of a young man's emerging character in the turmoil of a war torn country.
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(A Story of Love and Misunderstanding in) A Perilous Place
A serviceman in Vietnam struggles with indecision to remain near the woman he loves. He surprises her with a proposal during a visit to her village home. It places her in a quandary and he leaves distraught. A military police raid causes him to take flight. When the coast clears, he tries to find his way out of the maze of alleys. With freedom in sight, a band of thieves accost him intent on stealing his possessions and a fray ensues. This is an exciting story of love and misunderstanding--and the consequences one faces in A Perilous Place.
Entrusted with the well being of his late best friend's daughter, Laura, former C.I.A. operative Jim Marshall had kept his promise well beyond what was expected of him. Now an accomplished young woman, Lt. Laura Armitage is an unlikely candidate to an elite US Navy unit. A tragedy shadowing her days, she fights her way through discrimination and the cover-ups of the Iran-contras scandal. Struggling to assess her allegiance to the flag, she stands her ground through every mission aware her tenacity may not be enough to earn her respect, including that of her jaded commanding officer, Lt. T.J. Wilkins. Beyond Those Hills: an Officer and a Lady depicts three lives intertwined by love, death, lust and a sense of duty that rises above politicians' corruption. It is a compelling tale of redemption woven into the private battles of a female warrior.
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