personal narratives, american

The memoirs of an American woman who worked as a saboteur for the French resistance and for British intelligence during World War II.

Contains photographs and the memories of World War II veterans, including accounts from men and women who were drafted or volunteered into the Air Force, Army, Marines, and the US Navy.

John Crawford, a Florida National Guardsman called up in autumn 2002, tells the story of his tour of duty in Iraq, a stint that was supposed to be three to six months but lasted over a year, discussing his experiences dealing with everything from supply inadequacies and command mismanagements to cleaning up dismembered people on the streets and other realities of the war.

Originally published in 1943. The story of the deeds of one company of marines during a small battle on Guadalcanal.

The chilling World War II memoir of Marine Sergeant Charles Jackson describes the fierce battle for Corregidor, his capture in 1942 by the Japanese, and his horrifying three-year ordeal in a POW camp as a prisoner of the Japanese.

Describes the author's experiences as his troop was led along the Ho Chi Minh Trail by a captured Vietcong guerrilla on seven reconnaissance and combat missions during the Vietnam War.