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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa: E.B. Sledge ...
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I have another book you won't be able to put down... Ghost Soldiers. Unbelievable story.
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Since Aug. of ‘17, I switched theaters....again.
Read Operation Sea Lion: the proposed invasion of England by Peter Fleming. Written in 1957 by and from the English perspective and for an English audience. Fascinating look at the English culture and mindset during war. Filled with detailed items about wartime England you’ll never find in other books.
Battle for Moscow, 5? books on music topics, and am working on Battle for the Heurtgen Forest upstairs and The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket down stairs.
Read Operation Sea Lion: the proposed invasion of England by Peter Fleming. Written in 1957 by and from the English perspective and for an English audience. Fascinating look at the English culture and mindset during war. Filled with detailed items about wartime England you’ll never find in other books.
Battle for Moscow, 5? books on music topics, and am working on Battle for the Heurtgen Forest upstairs and The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket down stairs.
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I read and have read many, many books on military history. I only read non fiction, but covering all wars. I enjoyed Sledge's book. It was a good read.
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Looks like a good read....
Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fellow American and Filipino prisoners set out on the infamous Bataan Death March--a forced six-day, sixty-mile trek under a broiling tropical sun during which approximately eleven thousand men died or were bayoneted, clubbed, or shot to death by the Japanese. Yet terrible as the Death March was, for Manny Lawton and his comrades it was only the beginning. When the war ended in August 1945, it is estimated that some 57 percent of the American troops who had surrendered on Bataan had perished.
Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old Army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders came to surrender to the Japanese forces invading the Philippine Islands. The next day, he and his fellow American and Filipino prisoners set out on the infamous Bataan Death March--a forced six-day, sixty-mile trek under a broiling tropical sun during which approximately eleven thousand men died or were bayoneted, clubbed, or shot to death by the Japanese. Yet terrible as the Death March was, for Manny Lawton and his comrades it was only the beginning. When the war ended in August 1945, it is estimated that some 57 percent of the American troops who had surrendered on Bataan had perished.
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Thanks for resurrecting the thread. I'm back in the Pacific theater again.
After finishing Hell is Upon Us- Chronicling the invasion of Guam, Saipan and Tinian from June to August 1944, I started All the Gallant Men- a memoir from a survivor of the USS Arizona. Stratton was a Nebraskan that grew during the Depression and Dust bowl of the 30's. As with many men of his generation, the best path to any improvement in life and three meals a day was military service. Stratten joined the Navy in 1940 and found himself stationed on the Arizona.
After finishing Hell is Upon Us- Chronicling the invasion of Guam, Saipan and Tinian from June to August 1944, I started All the Gallant Men- a memoir from a survivor of the USS Arizona. Stratton was a Nebraskan that grew during the Depression and Dust bowl of the 30's. As with many men of his generation, the best path to any improvement in life and three meals a day was military service. Stratten joined the Navy in 1940 and found himself stationed on the Arizona.
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This documentary short is based on the awarding-winning book SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth written by Steve Snyder.
B-17 pilot’s son tells his tales - Sedona Red Rock News
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Reading the book on my flight today , great stuff.
To actually balance this book out you should read “Leave No Man Behind”
Youll see that the effort to rescue Marcus was the largest personnel recovery since the Viet Nam War.
I saw an interview with Marcus where he talked about his first encounter with his rescuers who turned out to be Army Rangers. He stated he would not live it down being rescued by the Army. He The Airforce PJs that evacted him were air force Reservists.
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