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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The U.S. air battle over Nazi Germany in WWII was hell above earth. For bomber crews, every day they flew was like D-Day, exacting a terrible physical and emotional toll. Twenty-year-old U.S. Captain Werner Goering, accepted this, even thrived on and welcomed the adrenaline rush. He was an exceptional pilot?and the nephew of Hermann Göring, leading member of the Nazi party and commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe. The FBI and the American military...
1102) Firebrand of liberty: the story of two Black regiments that changed the course of the Civil War
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the years before the war, the Arlington estate sat like an American Acropolis towering above Washington. Mary Custis Lee was known as the Rose of Arlington, a brash, young, willful, and charming young woman, she was an avid gardener who spent as much time as possible tending the numerous flowerbeds of the Arlington Mansion, along with her mother and her three daughters. Handsome and dashing, Robert E. Lee was easily the most promising soldier...
Series
CMH pub volume 70-126
Publisher
Center of Military History, United States Army
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
World War I marks the first time that artists went into battle. In 1918, the Army recruited eight artists and made them captains. They deployed with the American Expeditionary Forces and recorded events firsthand. Other eyewitness artists also documented the fighting, albeit unofficially. They established a legacy: since World War I, active duty Army artists have followed in the footsteps of the artists included in this volume. They put on uniforms,...
