personal narratives, american

Relates the experiences of men and women involved in the Battle of Iwo Jima, including Corporal Richard Nummer, Private First Class Samuel Tso, Colonel John W. Ripley, and others.

Chronicles the experiences of 400 men and women veterans and civilians whose lives were affected by World War II.

Describes the personal experiences of James Brady while serving on the front lines in Korea during the Korean War.

Richard Sonnenfeldt recounts his interviews with all the top-ranking Nazi criminals during his role as key interrogator for the American prosecution at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in 1945.

A personal memoir describing combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, walking the mine fields of My Lai, snipers, and the ambiguities of morality in a war gone wrong.

Presents twenty-four personal accounts of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 from those who survived it, and contains detailed information on the battleships that were damaged or destroyed and a complete list of both civilian and military casualties.

Frederick Libby chronicles his early life experiences as a cowboy in the Old West, as the first American flying ace, and as the first American to cross enemy lines as a fighter pilot, in the First World War.

Ruth Gruber, special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, tells about her experiences carrying out a mission to bring one thousand Jewish and Christian refugees from Italy in 1944, and discusses her efforts on their behalf once they arrived in America.

The Marine Corps' top-ranked sniper tells his life story, focusing on his two decades as a sniper and reflecting upon the act of killing for one's country.