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As a UH-1C gunship platoon leader and pilot in Vietnam, I can highly recommend Roger’s book. Primarily because while dozens of books have been written by pilots who flew in Vietnam, few have been written by crew chiefs who were as critical to mission success as the pilots and whose duties were not only varied but arguably more interesting.

Captain Paul Eugene Betowski MD is a nonfiction WWI story told in the first person about the author's paternal great uncle. The content of the story is entirely culled from contrasting letters that Paul wrote to his brother, Leon S Betowski MD, and to his mother, Mary M Betowski. Letters to Paul's brother, the author's grandfather were more graphic, and letters to his mother inferred that he was on a lovely tour of France. The "Elmira Telegram" and the "Waverly Free Press" support details of Paul's letters.

This honest, funny and at times heartbreaking memoir follows Brad Poulter, with his almost 20 years in the New Zealand Navy. From small-town New Zealand to serving in Afghanistan, his own journey being comfortable with his sexuality mirrors that of the navy itself: from a time of 'don't ask...

A SAS soldier's journey from trainee to elite warrior fighting Islamic militants in Afghanistan, only to be betrayed by his own senior leaders at home. 'I've had more than my share of close calls. Truth is, it's fucking thrilling. But the fear can hit just as hard, especially when you see mates...

War. People love the clean version of war. Simple motivations, clear victories, and neat endings, but that version is a mirage. Born and raised in Iowa, Jeff Harstad enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 12, 2001, one day after the attacks that changed everything. Fort Benning’s demanding Infantry School taught him the basics. Then the real world taught him the rest.

In 1909, a thin, pale young man stood on a street corner in Vienna selling painted postcards to tourists. He couldn't hold down a job. He couldn't maintain a friendship. He was sleeping in a homeless shelter and arguing with drifters about politics nobody cared about. Thirty years later, he controlled most of Europe. Sixty million people would die because of his decisions. How does that happen? This isn't another book about the war. It's not about the battles or the tanks or the maps with arrows on them. You can get that anywhere. This is an audiobook about the mind of a madman.

Brought to you by Penguin. 1804, immediately after his coronation as Emperor, Napoleon created the Marshalate, the supreme martial rank of the empire. Over the next decade, he elevated to it some of his most outstanding generals, who played leading roles in his extraordinary campaigns –...

A long-kept secret is revealed long after the battlefield death of a beloved and courageous West Point army officer in the Vietnam War. His young widow, in an act of love, had climbed up to the treacherous north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps with his ashes. In the casket in which his body had returned from war, she placed beloved memorabilia of their marriage and all, except one, of the hundreds of letters he had written to her.

Kaddish for my Father, Flowers for my Mother is not just a testament to the remarkable lives of the author’s parents, Holocaust survivors Rosa and Gershon Lewkowicz. It’s a warning at a time of rising intolerance around the world. Through courage and luck, they were among the tiny fraction of Poland’s three million Jews to survive Hitler’s industrial-scale extermination program. During six years of Nazi occupation they faced and witnessed unspeakable cruelties. Losing their entire families.

In January of 1943, fourteen-year-old Basha Anush and her family were dragged from their home in Pruzhany, Poland by Nazi troops and shipped off to the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. Within days, five members of her family would be dead and she would be subjected to two-and-a-half years of abuse, a death march into Germany, and months of roaming with other homeless girls when the Third Reich collapsed.

Solomon Northup's story did not end with freedom. It continues in memory, movement, and meaning. Hope Out of Darkness chronicles the remarkable journey of a monumental bronze statue created to honor Solomon Northup--the free Black man kidnapped into slavery whose memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, awakened a nation. More than a sculpture, the statue became a living witness, traveling hundreds of miles to the very places that shaped Northup's life, suffering, and resolve.

When Kevin, a young Navy Seabee, deploys to Afghanistan in 2010, he believes he’s ready for the challenge. But nothing can prepare him for the quiet weight of war—not the kind fought with bullets and bombs, but the kind that seeps into your soul through sleepless nights, endless convoys, and the constant hum of uncertainty.

Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, mientras Europa se desangraba en los campos de batalla, Alfonso XIII se erigía como un faro de esperanza. Soberano de un país neutral, utilizó su influencia para aliviar el sufrimiento de miles de familias afectadas por el conflicto. A través de historias conmovedoras y detalladas investigaciones, el autor nos muestra las gestiones del monarca y del equipo de hombres y mujeres que trabajaron en el Palacio Real de Madrid junto a decenas de diplomáticos y militares españoles desplegados por los frentes de la contienda.

Hagen Vockerodt war Hauptmann der Bundeswehr. 1638 Tage im Krieg. Afghanistan. Dann ein Moment, der alles zerbrach – und ein Leben in ein Davor und Danach teilte. Es ist die kompromisslos ehrliche Geschichte eines Mannes, der lernen musste, dass wahre Stärke nicht darin liegt, unverwundbar zu sein – sondern weiterzugehen, obwohl man verwundet ist. Dieses Buch erzählt von: Kameradschaft, die über Einsätze hinausreicht, Narben, die keine Schwäche sind, und der Erkenntnis, dass man nicht zurück ins alte Leben findet – sondern ein neues, stärkeres erschafft.

Winner of the Costa Biography Award What makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his wife's death? When did the killing start? Based on revelatory research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic cobbler's son became a student priest, romantic poet...

A vivid stoker's-eye view of life in a submarine during the Second World War. The perfect World War Two memoir for people who enjoyed the works of James D. Hornfischer, Robert Leckie, and Laura Hillenbrand. In 1939, at the age of twenty, Sydney Hart joined the Royal Navy as a stoker. Over the...

The breakup of Yugoslavia in the early nineties unleashed one of the bloodiest civil wars in Europe. “Brotherhood and Unity” documents true, un-edited stories of survival, love encounters and hardships endured by the local population and members of the international press covering the event.

On the way home, I turned onto a street demonstration where people were yelling and burning tires. I told my son it was a street repair crew, but I don’t think he believed me. With the windows down we were suffocating on the rubber smoke. Even with the windows up, John and I were coughing and gagging from the smell of burning rubber. I was afraid to open the windows again because the demonstrators had surrounded the car and were pounding on the hood, the sides, and trunk.

Stan was aged 15 when war broke out. Over a period of 5 years, he dodged death as he travelled thousands of kilometres from Poland to the UK, via Soviet gulags, Uzbekistan, the Middle East and India. He then trained as a paratrooper in Scotland. He met a local girl and was going to get married, but had to leave her behind when he was dropped into battle at Arnhem. He was trapped behind enemy lines and captured by the Nazis. Only the Dutch underground might be able to help him escape.

The Life and Times of Joe I. Flynn by Sandra Flynn Camburn, narrated by Michelle Ochitwa and produced and published by Panda Publishing Agency, is an inspiring biography and memoir that chronicles one man’s extraordinary resilience through hardship, faith, and unwavering determination.