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Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This is the first biography of Nadine Ramsey, a stunt and racing pilot who served as one of 1,102 Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. The WASP flew domestic flights for the military, freeing up male pilots to enter the European and Pacific theatres of war. Nadine was one of only 303 women who ferried military aircraft. She was also the first Kansas woman to obtain a Civil Aeronautics Authority private flying license, and...
1143) The ground truth
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Documents the stories of American men and women who heeded the call for military service in Afghanistan and Iraq and the challenges they faced upon their return home.
1144) The London restoration
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"London, Fall 1945. Architectural historian Diana Somerville's experience as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park and her knowledge of London's churches intersect in MI6's pursuit of a Russian agent named Eternity. Diana wants nothing more than to begin again with her husband Brent after their separation during the war, but her signing of the Official Secrets Act keeps him at a distance. Brent Somerville, professor of theology at King's College, hopes...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
First blood: John Rambo is a former Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient who is plagued by dreadful memories of his time served in Vietnam. Living as a drifter, Rambo is on his way to get some food when he is arrested by Will Teasle, a small town sheriff who is used to getting things his way. Once incarcerated, Rambo soon finds himself reliving the awful memories of his fighting days as he is tormented by the sheriff's deputy. Rambo escapes and...
1146) The Climb
Publisher
Vanguard Films
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
In 1959 suburban Baltimore a man is not a man unless he's a war veteran. Danny Hine's father isn't. Danny wants to vindicate his father and believes he can do that by climbing the city's 203' radio tower. With the help of Langer, an old man who has come home to die, Danny learns the true meaning of courage.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Israel 'DT' Del Toro, Jr.'s Humvee rolled over a roadside improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, he had one thought as he lost consciousness: I have to keep the promise I made to my dad. DT was orphaned at the age of fourteen, and on the night before his father died, he repeated the promise his dad had required of him: 'Take care of your brothers and sisters.' Throughout his childhood and into adulthood, DT indeed looked after his younger...
Author
Series
CRS report volume R44959
Publisher
Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
2018-
Language
English
1150) The stunt man
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Vietnam veteran Cameron is on the run from the police when he stumbles onto the set of a war movie directed by megalomaniac Eli Cross. But when the young fugitive is forced to replace a dead stunt man, he falls in love with the movie's leading lady while trying to avoid getting arrested or killed. Is Eli trying to capture Cameron's death on film? And what happens to a paranoid stunt man when illusion and reality change places?"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Woodchuck Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
World War II in the Pacific Theater, oral histories collected from over 30 U.S. veterans, told in their own words.
"At the height of World War II, Look Magazine profiled a small upstate New York community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Seventy years later, a high school history teacher and his students track down over two dozen veterans residing around "Hometown, USA" ..."--
Publisher
Dreamline Production
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
COACH OF THE YEAR: Set in the 1970s. Chicago Bears football star Jim Branden (Conrad) comes back from Vietnam in a wheelchair. Jim hopes for a coaching job with his team but is turned down because of his disability. In the meantime, his nephwe has been arrested and sent to a juvenile reformatory. Jim tries to put his life back together by coaching the challenging youngsters at a correctional facility. Hard Knox: Joe Knox, a hard-nosed Marine officer,...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Every juncture in Jon Kerstetter's life has been marked by a crossing from one world into another: from civilian to doctor to soldier; between healing and waging war; and between compassion and hatred of the enemy. When an injury led to a stroke that ended his careers as a doctor and a soldier, he faced the most difficult crossing of all, a recovery that proved as shattering as war itself. Crossings is a memoir of an improbable, powerfully drawn...
Publisher
Stourwater Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This documentary tells the story of Kazuo Yamane, an elite translator and a Japanese American who played a crucial strategic role in World War II. He and his fellow Nisei from Hawaii combatted prejudice and discrimination to loyally serve their country. Their extraordinary service, mostly untold, ultimately changed the course of U.S. history.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel's book...
1156) Amazing landmarks
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This accessible nonfiction compendium explores the creation of 10 global landmarks, from the first spark of an idea to the final layer of paint. Acclaimed educator Rekha S. Rajan encourages readers to see themselves as the engineers, builders, architects, and more through interactive stories and a unique structure"--
