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Author : Ralph Christopher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : OCLC:1341891203
Author : Ralph Christopher
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467830812
For two-thousand years, the Chinese, French, Japanese and Republic of Vietnam forces tried to pacify the Mekong Delta and failed. The United States Ninth Infantry Division, and U.S. Naval Forces of Vietnam, did it in a little over three years, but at a high cost. They fought for freedom, they fought with honor, but in the end they fought for each other.
Author : Angela S. Stone
Publisher : Decadent Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781683611783
Detective Logan Weber feels it’s his duty to use his telepathic abilities to track down those who would commit crimes using technology. Paired with Detective Chris Muller they have the honor of working on, and solving, the toughest cases that the internet has to offer. But when Captain Evan Grigorva pulls Logan and Chris in on an on-going investigation into a media leak, no one involved in the case suspects that to solve the mystery—someone will have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Author : Colonel Jack Jacobs,Douglas Century
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101207857
A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own service in the Vietnam War—and ahead to America’s future. Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again, saving fourteen lives—for which he received the Medal of Honor. Here, Col. Jacobs tells his stirring story of heroism, honor, and the personal code by which he has lived his life, and expounds with blunt honesty and insight his views on our contemporary world, and the nature and necessity of sacrifice. If Not Now, When? is a compelling account of a unique life at both war and peace, and the all-too-often unexamined role of the citizenry in the service and defense of the Republic.
Author : Remember My Service Productions
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0986328529
Half a century has passed since the Vietnam War, and 50 years' worth of novels, films, and music have dramatized and mythologized the controversial conflict. But this book approaches the war in a uniquely personal way, focusing on individual stories of the men and women from every state and service who served in Vietnam. Their day-to-day experiences are heartbreaking, raw, detailed, and sometimes humorous. Over 58,000 troops lost their lives in Vietnam. The survivors came home to bitterly divided countrymen whose hostility toward the war spilled over to the warriors.These personal stories of our Vietnam veterans give us a glimpse of what the war was like on a personal level. Our effort to recognize them is 50 years late. It is well past time to finally welcome these men and women home, to remember their service, and to honor their sacrifices.
Author : Remember My Service Productions
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0986328553
Pictures and Stories from U.S. military veterans during the Vietnam War. (Idaho Edition)
Author : Tom Cotton
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062863171
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A moving, reverent history—a tribute, really—to ‘The Old Guard’ … An ode to excellence and caring in service to the nation. It is an inspiring read for every American.”— ROBERT M. GATES An extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton’s Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of “The Old Guard,” the revered U.S. Army unit whose mission is to honor our country’s fallen heroes on the most hallowed ground in America. Cotton was a platoon leader with the storied 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment—The Old Guard—between combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the height of the Iraq Surge, he carried the flag-draped remains of his fallen comrades off of airplanes at Dover Air Force Base, and he laid them to rest in Arlington’s famed Section 60, “the saddest acre in America.” He also performed hundreds of funerals for veterans of the Greatest Generation, as well as the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The Old Guard has embodied the ideals of honor and sacrifice across our nation’s history. America’s oldest active-duty regiment, dating back to 1784, The Old Guard conducts daily military-honor funerals on the 624 rolling acres of Arlington, where generations of American heroes rest. Its soldiers hold themselves to the standard of perfection in sweltering heat, frigid cold, and driving rain. Every funeral is a no-fail, zero-defect mission, whether honoring a legendary general or a humble private. In researching and writing the book, Cotton returned to Arlington and shadowed the regiment’s soldiers, from daily funerals to the state funeral of President George H. W. Bush to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, reliving the honor—and the challenges—of duty at the nation’s “most sacred shrine.” Part history of The Old Guard, part memoir of Cotton’s time at Arlington, part intimate profile of the today’s soldiers, Sacred Duty is an unforgettable testament to the timeless power of service and sacrifice to our nation. “[Senator Cotton] helps his fellow Americans understand not only the hardships, but also the tremendous rewards of service in our military.” —GENERAL H.R. MCMASTER, former National Security Advisor
Author : John Darrell Sherwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030041594021
War in the Shallows, published in 2015 by the Naval History and Heritage Command, is the authoritative account of the U.S. Navy's hard-fought battle along Vietnam's rivers and coastline from 1965-1968. At the height of the U.S. Navy's involvement in the Vietnam War, the Navy's coastal and riverine forces included more than 30,000 Sailors and over 350 patrol vessels ranging in size from riverboats to destroyers. These forces developed the most extensive maritime blockade in modern naval history and fought pitched battles against Viet Cong units in the Mekong Delta and elsewhere. War in the Shallows explores the operations of the Navy's three inshore task forces from 1965 to 1968. It also delves into other themes such as basing, technology, tactics, and command and control. Finally, using oral history interviews, it reconstructs deckplate life in South Vietnam, focusing in particular on combat waged by ordinary Sailors. Vietnam was the bloodiest war in recent naval history and War in the Shallows strives above all else to provide insight into the men who fought it and honor their service and sacrifice. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Author John Darrell Sherwood has served as a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) since 1997. -- Provided by publisher.
Author : Tom Mueller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1457521644
Nearly 27,000 men and women from Wisconsin have made the Ultimate Sacrifice in the nation's wars, from the Civil War to the two World Wars to Korea to Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. They are represented in "Duty, Honor, Country and Wisconsin" by several dozen men and women ranging from Oak Creek to Mayville and Beaver Dam to Menomonie to Sauk City / Prairie du Sac; and from Marshfield to Laona to Ettrick to Waupun; and from Dousman to Plover to Milwaukee. Author Tom Mueller has been reporting on this topic for three decades, and this is his fourth book. It includes more than two dozen who were lost in World War II, and two chapters about the 37 Wisconsin MIAs in Vietnam - the most extensive coverage of them as a group in decades, if not ever. Plus the stories of seven Civil War veterans who became Wisconsin governor, and some surprising details about Badger State men in World War I. And a review of the women who have made the Ultimate Sacrifice and how that has sharply increased in the last decade. The book also has interviews with more than three dozen veterans of wars ranging from World War II to Afghanistan.
Author : Steve Hardwick,Duane E. Hodgin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781475966596
"This book was written to provide and preserve an oral history of the eighty-four men and women who were interviewed...sharing their memories of World War II. The stories include seventy-six veterans and eight women who served as USO volunteers, Red Cross service workers, a Holocaust survivor, and women who worked on the home front...All of the veterans and the women who served in various support roles have a connection to Indiana"--from the Preface.
Author : James M. McPherson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0199741050
General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, over and over again, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful years ? Why did the conventional wisdom -- that soldiers become increasingly cynical and disillusioned as war progresses -- not hold true in the Civil War? It is to this question--why did they fight--that James McPherson, America's preeminent Civil War historian, now turns his attention. He shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. Motivated by duty and honor, and often by religious faith, these men wrote frequently of their firm belief in the cause for which they fought: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. Soldiers on both sides harkened back to the Founding Fathers, and the ideals of the American Revolution. They fought to defend their country, either the Union--"the best Government ever made"--or the Confederate states, where their very homes and families were under siege. And they fought to defend their honor and manhood. "I should not lik to go home with the name of a couhard," one Massachusetts private wrote, and another private from Ohio said, "My wife would sooner hear of my death than my disgrace." Even after three years of bloody battles, more than half of the Union soldiers reenlisted voluntarily. "While duty calls me here and my country demands my services I should be willing to make the sacrifice," one man wrote to his protesting parents. And another soldier said simply, "I still love my country." McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also uncensored by military authorities, and are uniquely frank in their criticism and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between officers and men, political debates, and morale. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war. Battle Cry of Freedom, McPherson's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." For Cause and Comrades deserves similar accolades, as McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words combine to create both an important book on an often-overlooked aspect of our bloody Civil War, and a powerfully moving account of the men who fought it.
Author : Gus Lee
Publisher : Ivy Books
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804151702
Kai Ting knows what it means to become an American and lose all that is Chinese. It happened to his father, a former officer in Chiang Kai-shek's army, who never came to terms with his new life in the United States. Now, as a West Point cadet in the 1960s, Kai has a golden chance both to retain his heritage and to become undeniably, gloriously American. But the Point has dangerous preconceptions about Asians, especially as the war in Vietnam escalates. Kai walks on a razor's edge...and falls into the dark pit of a cheating scandal. Suddenly, he must learn a new tribal behavior, a new etiquette. And his very survival depends on learning it fast....
Author : Nj Perez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1645312410
Heart of a Servant is a story based on true events of how a Chinese-born orphan named Pon K-Manee witnesses the growth of modern Thailand from his days of being a boy servant to the king, until World War II: when he becomes a trusted spy and one of the king's closest confidants. Upon declaring his loyalty at a tender age, despite having been given away to the king by his own parents, Pon must then make crucial decisions that will either bridge the gap between families and cultures, and nations themselves, or that will ultimately incur the destruction of both himself and his heritage. Unknowingly, by choosing the path closest to his own morality, and one he knows his own father would want of him: he helps to change the course of history itself!
Author : Jim Stephens
Publisher : Rwg Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1088136486
Courage, Sacrifice, and Honor: Tales from the Frontline Heroes is a captivating and inspiring book that explores the experiences of frontline soldiers and the impact of war on individuals and societies. Through a collection of compelling stories and interviews, readers will gain insight into the struggles and triumphs of soldiers who have risked their lives to serve their country and defend their values. From the call to duty that inspired them to join the military, to the challenges they faced on the frontline and the memories that will stay with them forever, this book provides a comprehensive and nuanced view of the experiences of frontline soldiers. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the evolution of soldiers from rookies to veterans, the bonds of brotherhood that are formed in times of war, and the different leadership styles that can make or break a military operation. The book also explores the impact of war on society, from the struggle for equality to the lasting legacy of conflict. It examines the cost of war in terms of lives lost and families left behind, as well as the resilience and strength of soldiers who have been injured but not defeated. Throughout the book, readers will be inspired by the courage, selflessness, and sacrifice of frontline soldiers, and will gain a greater appreciation for their contributions to society. This book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in military history, social justice, or the human experience in times of conflict. It is a powerful tribute to the heroes among us who have risked everything to defend our freedoms and way of life.
Author : Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066175856
The Two Captains is about Captains Sir Heimbert and Don Fadrique Mendez and their adventure to find Lucila in the city of Malaga. Excerpt: Somewhat apart from the merry tumult, a young German captain, Sir Heimbert of Waldhausen, was reclining under a cork tree, gazing earnestly up at the stars, apparently in a very different mood...