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Biggest brother [large print] : the life of Major Dick Winters, the man who led the band of brothers / by Alexander, Larry,1951-(CARDINAL)470138;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 628-629).
Subjects: Large print books.; Biographies.; Winters, Richard D.; United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. Company E; United States. Army; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Soldiers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shadows in the jungle : the Alamo Scouts behind Japanese lines in World War II / by Alexander, Larry,1951-(CARDINAL)470138;
Includes bibliographical references (page 321) and index.
Subjects: United States. Army. Army, 6th. Special Reconnaissance Unit.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Shadows in the jungle : the Alamo Scouts behind Japanese lines in World War II / by Alexander, Larry,1951-;
Includes bibliographical references (page 321) and index.Introduction : The best of the best -- 1. Hollandia: "Looks like we walk home." -- 2. "I'll form my own intelligence unit." -- 3. Recruitment and training -- 4. The first mission -- 5. "God Bless you, brave soldiers." -- 6." ... The entire shoreline was ablaze." -- 7. Final operations in New Guinea -- 8." ... By far the best show I've ever seen." -- 9. The rescue at Cape Oransbari -- 10. "Maybe we can save the world." -- 11. Samar / Ormoc Bay -- 12. "Only an act of God is going to get you out." -- 13. First in, last out -- 14. "If I don't make it, it's up to you." -- 15. "I wouldn't trade the whole damned Jap Army for one Alamo Scout." -- 16. "It would have been near suicide." -- Epilogue: Through the years. -- Appendix A. Alamo Scout team rosters. -- Appendix B. Glossary of terms.Drawing on personal interviews with and recollections by veterans, the author chronicles the exploits of the Alamo Scouts, members of an elite Army reconnaissance unit during World War II, a group that spent weeks behind enemy lines to gather much needed intelligence for Allied forces in the Pacific.
Subjects: United States. Army. Army, 6th. Special Reconnaissance Unit.; USA Army Special Reconnaissance Unit; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Pazifikkrieg; Aufklärung;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Biggest brother : the life of Major D. Winters, the man who led the band of brothers / by Alexander, Larry,1951-(CARDINAL)470138;
Includes bibliographical references (page 290) and index.They were the Easy Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Army Airborne, the legendary fighting unit of World War II. And there was one man every soldier in Easy Company looked up to--Major Richard D. Winters. Here is the compelling story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary hero--from Winters's childhood in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through the war years in which his natural skill as a leader elevated him through the ranks in combat, to now, decades later, when he may finally be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day.
Subjects: Biographies.; Winters, Richard D.; United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. Company E; United States. Army; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Soldiers;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 18
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76 hours : a novel of Tarawa / by Alexander, Larry,1951-author.(CARDINAL)470138;
In WWII, Private Pete Talbot and the US Marines are tasked with taking the Japanese-controlled island of Tarawa. Pete knows this is going to take all his training and wits to stay alive.
Subjects: War fiction.; Historical fiction.; United States. Marine Corps; Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Shattered jade : a novel of Saipan / by Alexander, Larry,1951-author. (CARDINAL)470138;
"Tarawa was hell but Saipan is worse. For Sergeant Pete "Hardball" Talbot, recently returned from being wounded on Tarawa seven months earlier, Saipan is just another battle as the United States leaps island to island toward an invasion of the Japanese homeland. But the Japanese have learned, all too well, how to defend their islands, with carefully constructed and concealed bunkers and machine gun nests. Talbot and the dozen men of Second Squad have no idea they are running headlong into thirty-five thousand Japanese soldiers who have sworn to fight to the last man. In vivid, startling detail, Shattered Jade explores the strategy and horror of battle in one of World War II's most brutal conflicts and illuminates the extraordinary courage of ordinary young men" --
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944; World War, 1939-1945;
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Bloody Ridge and beyond : a World War II marine's memoir of Edson's Raiders in the Pacific / by Groft, Marlin.(CARDINAL)408737; Alexander, Larry,1951-(CARDINAL)470138;
Includes bibliographical references and index.From "Skinhead" to Raider -- Training and Deployment -- The Blood Oath -- The Perfect Raid -- "This is where they'll hit" -- "They'll be back" -- "I'll shoot any man who heads for the rear" -- "This place is lousy with Nips" -- Back to the Matanikau -- Rest and Refit -- The Dragons Peninsula -- "You are covering our withdrawal" -- Reassignment -- "I hear the rumble of heavy guns" -- "For we're the last of the Raiders" -- Epilogue: Bloody Ridge : August 2002."By a veteran of Lt. Col. Merritt A. Edson's battalion, and the author of the Dick Winters biography Biggest Brother and coauthor of A Higher Call. On the killing ground that was the island of Guadalcanal, a 2,000-yard-long ridge rose from the jungle canopy. Behind it lay the all-important air base of Henderson Field. And if Henderson Field fell, it would mean the almost certain death or capture of all 12,500 marines on the island. But the marines positioned on the ridge were no normal fighters. They were tough, hard-fighting men of the Edson's Raiders, an elite fighting unit within an already elite U.S. Marine Corps. Handpicked for their toughness, and submitted to a rigorous training program to weed out those less fit, they were the Marine Corps's best of the best. For two hellish nights in September 1942, about 840 United States Marines--commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Merritt Austin 'Red Mike' Edson--fought one of the most pivotal battles of World War II in the Pacific, clinging desperately to their position on what would soon be known as Bloody Ridge. Wave after wave of attacking Japanese soldiers were repelled by the Raiders, who knew that defeat and retreat were simply not possible options. But in the end, the defenders had prevailed against the odds. Bloody Ridge and Beyond is the story of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion, which showed courage and valor in the face of overwhelming numbers, as told by Marlin Groft, a man who was a member of this incredible fighting force"--
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Biographies.; Groft, Marlin.; United States. Marine Corps. Marine Raider Battalion, 1st; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Marines;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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A higher call / by Makos, Adam.(CARDINAL)400552; Alexander, Larry,1951-(CARDINAL)470138;
This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
Subjects: Biographies.; Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008.; Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008.; Bomber pilots; Bombing, Aerial; Fighter pilots; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 15 / Total copies: 15
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A higher call : an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II / by Makos, Adam.(CARDINAL)400552; Alexander, Larry,1951-(CARDINAL)470138;
Includes bibliography.A stranger in my own land -- Follow the eagles -- A feather in the wind -- Fire free -- The desert amusement park -- The stars of Africa -- The homecoming -- Welcome to Olympus -- The unseen hand -- The Berlin bear -- The farm boy -- The quiet ones -- The lives of nine -- The boxer -- A higher call -- The third pilot -- Pride -- Stick close to me -- The downfall -- The flying sanatorium -- We are the air force -- The squadron of experts -- The last of the German fighter pilots -- Where bombs had fallen -- Was it worth it?Five days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a twenty-one-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead and it was their first mission. Suddenly, a sleek, dark shape pulled up on the bomber's tail - a German Messerschmitt fighter. Worse, the German pilot was an ace, a man able to destroy the American bomber with the squeeze of a trigger. What happened next would defy imagination and later be called "the most incredible encounter between enemies in World War II " this is the true s tory of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies that day: Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17 - and the German - Second Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II. Ultimately, Charlie and Franz would stare across the frozen skies at each other. The American 8th Air Force would later classify what happened between them as "top secret." For forty years they would search for each; a last as old men,a last mission that could change their lives forever.
Subjects: Biographies.; Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008.; Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Bombing, Aerial; Bomber pilots; Fighter pilots;
Available copies: 35 / Total copies: 39
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A higher call : an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II / by Makos, Adam,author.(CARDINAL)400552; Alexander, Larry,1951-(CARDINAL)470138;
A stranger in my own land -- Follow the eagles -- A feather in the wind -- Fire free -- The desert amusement park -- The stars of Africa -- The homecoming -- Welcome to Olympus -- The unseen hand -- The Berlin bear -- The farm boy -- The quiet ones -- The lives of nine -- The boxer -- A higher call -- The third pilot -- Pride -- Stick close to me -- The downfall -- The flying sanatorium -- We are the air force -- The squadron of experts -- The last of the German fighter pilots -- Where bombs had fallen -- Was it worth it?This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Brown, Charlie, 1922-2008.; Stigler, Franz, 1916-2008.; United States. Marine Corps; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Marines;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 5
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