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Tom Hanks introduces the rousing story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army-members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. Arguably the bravest, most efficient, physically fit, and tight-knit group of soldiers the Army has ever produced, the unit was called upon...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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""That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded Rangers and SEALS in blazing firefights at war, the PJs are some of the least known and most highly trained of America's warriors. Never quit is the true story of how Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan...
5) Into the rising sun: in their own words, World War II's Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat
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Free Press
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
6) The Silent Attack: The Fallschirmjäger Capture of the Bridges of Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven & Hanne 1940
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Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"An enthralling account of how German Special Forces fought to take and hold the key river crossings to allow the main German Army to swarm into France." -- Firetrench Much has been written about the capture of Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium by German paratroopers, on May 10, 1940. This operation marked the first use of gliders and shaped charges -- and proved it possible to drop paratroopers behind enemy lines. Training, secrecy, accuracy and speed linked...
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Open Road Distribution
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[2016]
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English
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Wearing the remnants of a WWI uniform and pulling a water-cooled 30-caliber machine-gun, Spencer Wurst marched through his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1940 as a member of the National Guard. He was 15 years old. Five years later he was a hardened platoon sergeant leading his troopers through the frozen killing fields of "Death Valley" in Germany's Heurtgen Forest. A squad leader in Company F, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne, for...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
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