Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in the Marianas in the middle of 1945 to prepare the island for delivery of the atomic bombs then being developed in New Mexico, to finalize the designs of the bombs themselves, and to launch the missions that would unleash hell on Japan.
Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in the Marianas in the middle of 1945 to prepare the island for delivery of the atomic bombs then being developed in New Mexico, to finalize the designs of the bombs themselves, and to launch the missions that would unleash hell on Japan.
This award-winning "e;powerful narrative history"e; presents a vividly detailed chronicle of grueling combat operations in Fallujah during the Iraq War (Midwest Book Review).
';Combining history, travelogue, and memoir, Kent's engagingly written account is sure to find a receptive audience among Lincoln scholars and enthusiasts alike.
From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting narrative accountbased on interviews, first-person accounts, and official documentsof a group of Marine reservists during 1991's Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
From an historian and columnist in Leatherneck and Armor magazines, this is the exciting narrative accountbased on interviews, first-person accounts, and official documentsof a group of Marine reservists during 1991's Operation Desert Shield/Storm.
As part of the famous 101st Airborne Division (the Screaming Eagles), the 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion saw nearly constant action during World War II, from assisting the infantry by landing supplies and providing combat support to fighting on the front lines.
The story of how English country houses were repurposed during the Second World War, told through the lives of those who lived and worked in themIn the Second World War, country houses across England were requisitioned by the government for the war effort.
As part of the famous 101st Airborne Division (the Screaming Eagles), the 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion saw nearly constant action during World War II, from assisting the infantry by landing supplies and providing combat support to fighting on the front lines.
This defining work on Hitlers elite fanatical boy soldiers details the creation and training of these teenage warriors and their baptism of fire in the Normandy campaign in World War II.
This defining work on Hitlers elite fanatical boy soldiers details the creation and training of these teenage warriors and their baptism of fire in the Normandy campaign in World War II.
This book is based on more than a hundred letters sent home by three Swansea brothers during the First World War, almost all of which relate to the period 1916-18 when Richard, Gabriel and Ivor Eustis were serving in different theatres.
This book tellswith firsthand accounts as well as numerous, never-before-seen photographsthe combat history of German Tiger Tank Battalion 503, the senior Tiger battalion of the German Army, equipped with both the Tiger I and the King Tiger.
This book tellswith firsthand accounts as well as numerous, never-before-seen photographsthe combat history of German Tiger Tank Battalion 503, the senior Tiger battalion of the German Army, equipped with both the Tiger I and the King Tiger.
Disenado y construido en el astillero argentino Principe y Menghi, el transporte polar ARA Bahia Paraiso B-1 se incorporo a la Armada Argentina en noviembre de 1981.
The rough-and-tumble life of Special Forces vet and Sixties pop star Barry SadlerThe top Billboard Hot 100 single of 1966 wasn't ';Paint It Black' or ';Yellow Submarine'--it was ';The Ballad of the Green Berets,' a hyper-patriotic tribute to the men of the Special Forces by Vietnam vet Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler.