personal narratives, american

Recreates the author's years as a B-17 bomber pilot flying missions over northern Italy, German, and Bulgaria during World War II. Ultimately he was shot down and taken prisoner.

Contains reprints of hundreds of letters written by soldiers in Vietnam to their loved ones, covering the course of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1972-73.

A memoir in which the author recounts his experiences as a teenage infantryman in the Second World War beginning with the day he was drafted, recalling the rigors of basic training, telling stories of his buddies, and reliving the horror of the massacre of his platoon.

Recounts the events of March 23, 2003, when U.S. Marines from Task Force Tarawa were caught in one of the most unexpected, and deadly, battles of the Iraq War.

Portrays the Vietnam experience of a soldier and describes the precarious mental and physical balance he maintained through the horrors of war.

Recounts the true story of Michael Durant's experiences in Somalia after his U.S. Army Special Operations Blackhawk was shot down in October, 1993.

The author presents a collection of letters he wrote home during during World War Two, and recalls his experience in basic training and in Europe, as part of the American occupation force in Germany, of witnessing the Nuremburg trials, and much more.