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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1946, the newly elected county prosecutor of Hot Springs, Arkansas, hires Earl Swagger, a war veteran disturbed by dark memories of Iwo Jima and of his brutal father, to fight a war against the city's gangsters, led by an Englishman named Owney Maddox, who has a taste for brothels and casinos.
62) Chain of Command
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Greenway Range volume 1
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English
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Book one of Greenway Range Retired marine Sawyer Cain can't forget all he's seen and lost, but he can try to start over. Opening a gun range with his closest friends is the first step toward a new life one where he finally buries the guilt he can't seem to shake. So much depends on the property he needs to buy and the gorgeous but completely frustrating woman who refuses to sell it. Hailey Thorne is done with loss and with anything military, after...
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English
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The New York Times bestseller, hailed as a "powerful and epic story... the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War" by Col. David Hackworth, author of the bestseller About Face. In November 1965, some 450 men of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Harold Moore, were dropped into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Llewelyn Moss is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies. He decides to examine the site. He finds a case filled with $2 million and a truck loaded with heroin. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On his the way from El Paso to the Mexican border, he discovers he's being followed...
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The fighting has long since ended. But the conflict is far from over…
Twenty years after the Second World War, five tough veterans return to the Sahara in a desperate search for bomb-buried bullion. But twenty years can change a man.
Young ideals have been replaced by greed. Comradeship has vanished along with innocence. And treachery and murder are rife among them.
This exciting adventure is set against the backdrop of the Western Desert and...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The film is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, the film reveals what really happened to the squad - contrasting the realities of the war with America's perceptions.
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English
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When British lieutenant Charles Acland returns home from Iraq, his serious head injuries are the outward manifestation of a profound inner change: he may be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or it may be, as his psychiatrist suggests, "the prolonged destruction of a personality."Though previously well adjusted and known as an extrovert, Acland now withdraws into himself. As he begins his recovery in a dismal provincial hospital, crippled...
69) Cold Moonlight
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Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Discover heart-racing intrigue in this Thriller Short of romantic suspense. Originally published in LOVE IS MURDER (2013), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. In this emotional Thriller Short, New York Times bestselling writer Carla Neggers delivers an intense, emotional read. Navy SEAL Ryan “Grit” Taylor survived the war in Afghanistan but lost a limb. Now, at her brother’s urging, Grit is on a mission to save the life...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Ethan Saunders, a former spy, is hired by his former fianceé to find her missing husband, which also means working for his former enemy--Alexander Hamilton--and meanwhile, on the Pennsylvania frontier, Joan Maycott's family struggles to maintain their stakes in their business distilling whiskey, and whose profits have attracted the unwanted attention of Hamilton.
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English
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A Wyoming snowstorm races in Bringing buried secrets to the surface A stray dog just dropped a bone at animal control officer Allan Carstairs's feet -- a human bone. K-9 cop Kelly Noveno is certain it's connected to a recent disappearance, but with a snowstorm bearing down on Conard County, the two must hunker down in Allan's cabin to continue the search. But their long-held feelings are rushing to the surface, making this search more complicated...
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English
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An intense and dramatic exploration of what life on the frontline is like for soldiers of all ranks, filled with voices of veterans from World War II, the Korean War, the Falklands, the Gulf wars, and many other conflicts Glorified and vilified, everyone has an opinion about soldiers, but this collection looks behind the headlines and heroism to find out who they really are. From the last man killed in World War I to a young man running the risk of...
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English
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Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatt's interviews with brave American servicemen from twenty-first-century wars. These soldiers, sailors, and Marines have risked their lives several times over for their country as well as for their fellow troops and civilians. Still, until now, their stories have largely gone unnoticed by the public, perhaps lost in the frenzied and often nasty debate surrounding those conflicts....
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English
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• Rare account of a non-German who fought in the elite Waffen-SS
• New information on the 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division
• No-holds-barred narrative of the Eastern Front
This is the story of Erik Wallin, a Swede who volunteered for the Waffen-SS, serving in the panzer reconnaissance battalion of the 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division, a unit composed mainly of volunteers from Scandinavia. The division saw combat in the Courland Pocket, along...
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English
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There are few names at the top of the list of military war heroes as well known or inspiring than Carlos Hathcock. His career, skills and tactics have had an enormous impact on military strategies across the armed services. A devoted Marine, he couldn't have known how much he would change the face of military strategy for not only his branch but the Army and Navy as well. A war hero, landmine survivor, multiple sclerosis sufferer, Sergeant Hathcock...
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English
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To preserve the memory of their service during the tumultuous decade since their commissioning as Army officers, members of the West Point class of 2004 have written “The Strong Gray Line”. This class suffered the highest casualty rate since those that graduated during the Vietnam War. In this book, thirteen of their classmates who lost their lives fighting the Global War on Terror are profiled to help the reader gain an understanding of the bond...
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English
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This book is a touching compilation of personal accounts of the men who served in the 487th Bomb Group during World War II. These accounts exemplify the dedication and sacrifice these men made in the face of grave danger while serving their country during the largest 8th Air Force mission during the Battle of the Bulge. It's been 60 years since these men left a portion of their youth in various parts of Europe, but their words make it feel like WWII...
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