personal narratives, american

Chronicles the friendship between Marine Major Brian Dennis and Nubs, a pack leader of wild dogs in Iraq who bonded with Dennis, but when Dennis was relocated seventy miles away and could not bring the dog with him, Nubs traveled across the freezing desert to find his human friend.

Relates the experiences of World War II Army nurses, who brought medical skills, courage, and cheer to hospitals throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific.

Donovan Campbell chronicles his time as a Marine and details his efforts to lead his platoon, known as Joker One, during repeated conflicts with the enemy in Iraq. Campbell describes the bond he formed with his men during their time together, as well as the day-to-day stress that pushed each of them to their limits.

During World War II the Japanese managed to crack every code the United States used. But when the Marines turned to its Navajo recruits to develop and implement a secret military language, they created the only unbroken code in modern warfare and helped assure victory for the United States over Japan in the South Pacific.

Bill Putney describes his World War II experiences as the Commanding Officer of the 3rd War Dog Platoon, and later the chief veterinarian of the War Dog Training School at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; focusing on the role of the dogs in the battle for Guam and other islands of the Pacific.

Presents a combat memoir in which John P. Irwin, a teenage tank gunner during World War II, discusses how his idealistic dreams of heroism were altered by the gritty realities of war.

The author, a Navy SEAL, returned from his star-crossed mission in Afghanistan with his bones shattered and his heart broken. As he recuperated, he wondered why he and others, from America's founding to today, had been willing to sacrifice everything, including themselves, for the sake of family, nation, and freedom. In this book, we follow the author to Iraq, where he returns to the battlefield as a member of SEAL Team 5 to help take on the most dangerous city in the world, Ramadi, the capital of war-torn Al Anbar Province. There, in six months of high-intensity urban combat, he would be part of what has been called the greatest victory in the history of U.S. Special Operations forces.

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy Seals left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Queda leader. Less than twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALS remained alive. Marcus Luttrell is the sole survivor of Operation Redwing, the desperate battle in the mountains that led to the largest loss of life in Navy SEAL history. Luttrell was blasted unconscious by a rocket grenade, blown over a cliff, but still armed and breathing. Over the next four days, badly injured and presumed dead, he fought off six al Qaeda assassins who were sent to finish him off, then crawled for seven miles through the mountains before he was taken in by a Pashtun tribe who risked everything to protect him from the encircling Taliban killers.

Pays tribute to the generation of Americans who fought in World War II, telling the stories of individual men and women who, united by common purpose and values, served their country overseas and returned to create modern America.

The riveting story of one hero who defines courage under fire. Experience the deadly din of modern warfare and the inspiring leadership and courage of legendary First Sergeant Brad Kasal in this riveting new book. It's a page-turning, first-hand account of Kasal's courageous mission to rescue fallen comrades under intense enemy fire during the Battle of Fallujah-actions that earned him the distinguished Navy Cross, America's second highest military award. This stunning, unforgettable account shows an American hero rising to the challenge of world events with leadership, valor, and loyalty.