 | Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden
Buy used from: $0.01 This is a classic in war reporting. It feels like you are step-by-step with the soldiers in Mogadishu. An absolute criminal shame the way Clinton sent us there without the fire power needed
and as usual not letting our military finish a job correctly.
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 | In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.16 A classic World War II tale that includes death
survival
top secret maneuvering regarding the Atomic Bomb
sharks
heroism
and personal tragedy beyond death in battle.
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 | Phantom Warrior: The Heroic True Story of Pvt. John McKinney's One-Man Stand Against the Japanese in World War II by Forrest Bryant Johnson
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $2.62 An absolutely unbelievable story of a poor Georgia farm boy
who performs a feat in battle during World War II that is simply mind-boggling. Pvt. John McKinney won the MEDAL OF HONOR in a way that absolutely would not be believed if made into a Hollywood movie. **READ MY AMAZON REVIEW**
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 | Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission by Hampton Sides
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.01 A story of the misery of our prisoners of war in the Philippines
the bravery of the men who planned their rescue
our soldiers and Philippine natives
the savage inhumane brutality of the Japanese. This depiction of actual events will have you sweating as if youre in the jungle with our troops.
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 | If Not Now, When?: Duty and Sacrifice in America's Time of Need by Colonel Jack Jacobs (retired)
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $0.73 The life story of Medal Of Honor winner Colonel (Ret) Jack Jacobs. The author pulls no punches and though he was a lifer and I was a first-termer-short-timer we see eye to eye on all thats covered in this book. His self-deprecating humor
helps substantiate that he is a regular-guy at heart. **SEE MY AMAZON REVIEW**
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 | Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent Bastards, and the American Combat Sniper by Hans Halberstadt
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $4.89 Intricately defined story of snipers in multiple conflicts... Intelligently lays out how the use of snipers in modern warfare has changed. **READ MY AMAZON REVIEW**
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 | Tiger Force: A True Story of Men and War by Michael Sallah
Buy new: $11.24 / Used from: $1.13 A detailed report on a unit in Viet Nam that went bad. The truth of the matter
though not condoning all that is reported here
in this war
if you put everyone under a microscope
nothing would be as clean as people thousands of miles away
in their air conditioned living rooms
would like
but a lot more of us would have come home dead. **READ MY AMAZON REVIEW**
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 | Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II by Brendan I. Koerner
Buy used from: $3.66 The greatest manhunt of World War II took place in North East India when a black American enlisted man shot and killed a white American Lieutenant
and then disappeared into the jungle. **READ MY AMAZON REVIEW**
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 | Hogs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq by Milo S. Afong
Buy used from: $7.57 Rather than a typically laid out story
this is more a collection of sniper incident-reports. As a veteran I understand the adrenaline rush of a kill. Some readers may not. **READ MY AMAZON REVIEW**
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 | When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir by Bob Kerrey by J. Robert Kerrey
Buy used from: $2.45 The life story of former Nebraska Governor and Senator Bob Kerry who also won the MEDAL OF HONOR. From Nebraska to Viet Nam and back.
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