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In Portrait of a Kaleidoscope Life, Dr. Douglas Johnson shares a dazzling mosaic of moments that are as daring as they are transformative. From bloody bullfights and failed parachute jumps to conducting cancer research and surviving his own diagnosis, his life defies convention and embraces reinvention. Along the way, he finds himself caught in the collapse of the Shah of Iran, the chaos of the Desert One rescue mission, and the shadows of nuclear disasters like Chernobyl.

Phillip I. Elkins, also known as Señor Felipe, is a Vietnam veteran, storyteller, salsa maker, father, son, educator, author, musician, and radio host of LA Sounds on KZFR, 90.1, Chico, California. Having survived Vietnam (des-cribed in his book My Year in Vietnam) Phil thinks his life will be a cakewalk. It turns out to be anything but. Coming Home from the War in Vietnam tells of the complexities of postwar life.

He was a career CIA officer. He was also a spy for the Soviet Union. In 1985, Aldrich Ames began selling secrets to the KGB—compromising dozens of CIA operations and costing the lives of multiple American agents. What followed was nearly a decade of deception, luxury, and death, all fueled by greed and personal failure. The CIA had no idea it was being gutted from the inside. In Aldrich Ames: The CIA Turncoat Who Sold Secrets to Moscow, author David G. Stone unpacks the full story of America’s most damaging mole.

Step aboard the USS Enterprise and bear witness to the gripping true account of one Hospital Corpsman's extraordinary journey amidst the relentless demands of life at sea. When tragedy strikes with the sudden death of a fellow sailor, all eyes turn to him, accusing him of responsibility. Falsely accused and grappling with betrayal, he finds himself isolated, navigating the stormy waters of suspicion and doubt, wondering if the truth will emerge. As the chaotic investigation intensified, he bounced like a pinball between despair and hope.

La dernière joie de Jean de Lattre de Tassigny fut d'apprendre, à la veille de sa mort le 11 janvier 1952, qu'il était élevé, et lui seul, à la dignité de maréchal de France. Maréchal, le " roi Jean ", comme on l'appelait par admiration mêlée parfois d'agacement, l'était de toute origine. Saint-Cyrien de la promotion précédant celle de Charles de Gaulle, De Lattre est de tous les combats de la première moitié du XXe siècle. Du Maroc de Lyautey au 6 février 1934, de Vichy à la capitulation de l'Allemagne le 8 mai 1945 puis à la guerre d'Indochine, il se signale par son courage, son dynamisme et son génie de la mise en scène.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Discover the moving, entertaining, never-before-told story of how one man found his calling: to see that those who defend this country and its freedoms are never forgotten. As a kid in suburban Chicago, Gary Sinise was more interested in sports and rock 'n' roll than...

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Real men fought for our freedoms. It’s time we fought for theirs. Pete Hegseth joined the Army to fight extremists. Then that same Army called him one. The military Pete joined twenty years ago was...

From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and Unfamiliar Fishes, a humorous account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette—the one Frenchman we could all agree on—and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality. On August 16, 1824, an elderly French...

We all have break points to face - at the gym, in the office, in our personal lives - those moments of self-doubt where we have to dig deep and find something within to grab hold of and push us through. Ex-Special Forces soldier Ollie Ollerton has faced his own break points, and now he tells us the lessons he has learnt along the way. From survivor of a freak childhood attack to elite fighter, Ollie's incredible story features high-speed shoot-outs, counter-terrorism and humanitarian heroics.

Anyone living in Rhodesia during the 1960s and 1970s would have had a father, husband, brother, or son called up in the defense of the war-torn, landlocked little country. A few of these brave men would have been members of the elite and secretive unit that struck terror into the hearts of the ZANLA and ZIPRA guerrillas infiltrating the country at that time - the Selous Scouts.

Called to action on 2 April 1982, the men of 45 Commando Royal Marines assembled from around the world to sail 8,000 miles to recover the Falkland Islands from Argentine invasion. Lacking helicopters and short of food, they ‘yomped’ in appalling weather carrying overloaded rucksacks, across the roughest terrain. Yet for a month in mid-winter, they remained a cohesive fighting-fit body of men. They then fought and won the highly successful and fierce night battle for Two Sisters, a 1,000 foot high mountain which was the key to the defensive positions around Stanley.

13 June, 1940. Carefully labelled, and each clutching little brown suitcases, Terry, aged seven, and his elder brother Jack, eleven, stand amid the throng of children which crowds the narrow platform at Welling station awaiting the steam engine which will pull them and their fellow evacuees across the country towards their unknown destination – and their new lives...

De danske jøder flygtede over hals og hoved i oktober 1943 og måtte de forlade deres hjem, ejendele, formue, arbejde, virksomheder osv. uden varsel. Bogen følger en række familiers skæbne og fortæller den hidtil ukendte historie om jødernes hjemkomst. Hvad skete der, mens de var væk, og hvordan blev de taget imod, da de vendte hjem i 1945? Af danskerne som medmennesker og af den danske stat. Det er fortællingen om, at Danmark også her var et særtilfælde under Holocaust, men også en rystende historie om svigt og misbrug.

In the grand sweep of history, this memoir may seem as small and insignificant as a single atom in a vast universe. Yet, for the combat infantryman whose story it tells, these experiences form a monumental part of his life. Unwittingly shaped into a warrior through the trials of childhood and adolescence, he is unexpectedly drafted into the Vietnam War—an event that changes his world forever. Now, fifty years later, the author reflects on his journey, seeking to understand both the personal impact of those years and the role he played in the larger tapestry of history.

Under besættelsen var det danske politi aktivt frem til 1944, hvor det blev interneret af tyskerne. De cirka 30 medlemmer arbejdede effektivt og diskret og førte til flere likvideringer af danske modstandsmænd. Niels-Birger Danielsen og Erland Leth Pedersen fortæller den rystende historie om Svend Staal-gruppen og dens mange ugerninger og forbrydelser mod deres eget folk og de frygtelige konsekvenser, deres forræderi fik for de mennesker, der satte livet på spil for deres land.

EJ Johnson's story of nine young men who overcame unbelievable odds with the 8th Air Force 490th Bomb Group flying missions over Germany during the 1944-1945 era of World War II - and lived to tell about it. After qualifying as a navigator in the Army Air Corps during World War II, E.J. Johnson went on to serve with the 490th Bomb Group of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. His crew led by Pilot Roy Hann, flew some of the most harrowing campaigns of the war including many to Berlin, the heart of the German war machine.

From the psych ward to flight deck, from whispered goodbyes to quiet strength, I Remember You is a raw and unflinching book of poetry and prose by Navy veteran Patrick J. Hughes. Seamed from the unvarnished material of trauma, healing, fatherhood, friendship, and mental illness, these poems will find an echo within anyone who's ever stood in a doorway and wondered how to move forward. With a raw honesty and with unexpected graciousness, Hughes charts life after conflict, the unseen scars of depression and PTSD, and the lifelines of salvation that bind us when we are breaking.

Theodor and his two friends, Petro and Ivan had deserted the Soviet Army in Hungary. They had been running for a week. Now they could see Austria just across the elevated railroad track. They waited for the darkness of night to conceal them. The closer they came to the border, the more often the Soviet searchlight swept across them. Could they make it? This is an astounding true story spanning two generations and three wars and containing miracles aplenty to convince any true seeker of God’s ability to guide and protect those who put their trust in Him.

This audiobook collection therapeutic poetry (Book 1 of 3) of his REFLECTION SERIES that marked the beginning of Stephens’ literary journey. As soon as you hear, the narrator‘s voice—an army veteran himself—his highs and his lows don’t just read words, they tell the story the way it should be told.

Buried in archives and forgotten for centuries, the voices of the Revolution are finally revealed in Lost Letters of the American Revolution. This extraordinary collection of more than 100 authentic letters pulls back the curtain on the untold human drama of America’s fight for independence. Here are the words they never meant for us to see: spies sending coded messages in lemon juice, desperate mothers begging Congress for food and shelter, soldiers marching to their deaths, and enslaved men pleading for the liberty they were promised but denied.