World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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World War, 1939-1945
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- A company of heroes, personal memories about the real band of brothers and the legacy they left us, Marcus Brotherton
- The bomber boys, heroes who flew the B-17s in World War II, Travis L. Ayres
- Whatever it took, an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism in the last days of World War II, Henry Langrehr and Jim DeFelice
- From Omaha Beach to Dawson's Ridge, the combat journal of Captain Joe Dawson, edited by Cole C. Kingseed
- Baa baa Black Sheep, [the true story of the "bad boy" hero of the Pacific theatre and his famous Black Sheep Squadron], "Pappy" Boyington
- Above the Reich, deadly dogfights, blistering bombing raids, and other war stories from the greatest American air heroes of World War II, in their own words, Colin Heaton and Anne-Marie Lewis
- Unsinkable, five men and the indomitable run of the USS Plunkett, James Sullivan
- Desert exile, the uprooting of a Japanese American family, Yoshiko Uchida ; with a new introduction by Traise Yamamoto
- Lost in Tibet, the untold story of five American airmen, a doomed plane, and the will to survive, Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt
- Forbidden diary, a record of wartime internment, 1941-1945, Natalie Crouter ; edited with and introduced by Lynn Z. Bloom ; with drawings by Daphne Bird. --
- My war, Andy Rooney. --
- A wing and a prayer, the "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in action over Europe in World War II, Harry H. Crosby. --
- A soldier's sketchbook, from the front lines of World War II, Joseph Farris
- Air Apaches, the true story of the 345th Bomb Group and its low, fast, and deadly missions in World War II, Jay A. Stout
- Bataan, a survivor's story, by Gene Boyt with David L. Burch ; foreword by Gregory J.W. Urwin
- One woman's World War II, Violet A. Kochendoerfer
- Guadalcanal diary, Richard Tregaskis ; introduction by Mark Bowden
- The Spearheaders, A Personal History of Darby''s Rangers
- Dear Bob..., Bob Hope's wartime correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II, written and compiled by Martha Bolton with Linda Hope
- The American invasion, writer, Steve Gillham ; producer, Martin Phillis ; director, James Fowler
- Battleground Pacific, a Marine rifleman's combat odyssey in K/3/5, Sterling Mace and Nick Allen
- The Mighty Eighth, the air war in Europe as told by the men who fought it, Gerald Astor
- Lightning sky, a U.S. fighter pilot captured during WWII and his father's quest to find him, R. C. George ; foreword by Marcus Brotherton
- Brothers in battle, best of friends, two WWII paratroopers from the original Band of brothers tell their story, by William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron with Robyn Post ; foreword by Tom Hanks
- Heroes beneath the waves, true submarine stories of the twentieth century, Mary Nida Smith
- The liberators, America's witnesses to the Holocaust, Michael Hirsh
- The liberators, America's witnesses to the Holocaust, Michael Hirsh
- Submarine commander, a story of World War II and Korea, Paul R. Schratz
- Call of duty, my life before, during, and after the Band of Brothers, Lynn "Buck" Compton, with Marcus Brotherton ; [foreword by John McCain]
- Eyewitness to World War II, unforgettable stories and photographs from history's greatest conflict, Neil Kagan, Stephen G. Hyslop
- In the footsteps of the Band of Brothers, a return to Easy Company's battlefields with Sergeant Forrest Guth, Larry Alexander
- Carnage and courage, a memoir of FDR, the Kennedys, and World War II, Page Wilson
- Every man a hero, a memoir of D-Day, the first wave at Omaha Beach, and a world at war, Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice
- War's end, an eyewitness account of America's last atomic mission, Charles W. Sweeney with James A. Antonucci and Marion K. Antonucci
- The evacuation diary of Hatsuye Egami, edited and with an introduction by Claire Gorfinkel
- Conversations with Major Dick Winters, life lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers, Colonel Cole C. Kingseed
- First into Nagasaki, the censored eyewitness dispatches on post-atomic Japan and its prisoners of war, George Wallace ; edited and with an essay by Anthony Weller ; foreword by Walter Cronkite
- Fighter pilot, the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds, Robin Olds, with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus
- My private war, liberated body, captive mind : a World War II POW's journey, Norman Bussel
- Blood and fears, how America's bomber boys and girls in England won their war, Kevin Wilson
- Hell in the Pacific, a Marine rifleman's journey from Guadalcanal to Peleliu, Jim McEnery with Bill Sloan
- 82 days on Okinawa, one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle, Col. Art Shaw (Ret.) with Robert L. Wise
- Sword of St. Michael, the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II, Guy LoFaro
- Out of the depths, an unforgettable WWII story of survival, courage, and the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, Edgar Harrell, USMC with David Harrell
- Dear Donald, Dear Bennett, the wartime correspondence of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer ; introduction by Bob Loomis
- Wings of gold, the U.S. naval air campaign in World War II, Gerald Astor
- Call of duty, my life before, during and after the Band of brothers, Lynn "Buck" Compton, with Marcus Brotherton
- Into the rising sun, in their own words, World War II's Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat, [reported by] Patrick O'Donnell ; Jeff Riggenbach
- Up front, text and pictures by Bill Mauldin. --
- Across the dark islands, the war in the Pacific, Floyd W. Radike
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