Author: Lincoln Hokenbrough
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300515376
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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Hero. "A man admired for his achievements and noble qualities." It is a word that we in America throw around too lightly to athletes and celebrities. Thankfully, we also use it more accurately to describe our soldiers. Clarence Hibbs, a World War II veteran, refuses to describe himself as a hero. A husband, father, and grandpa, yes. An educator, certainly. But a hero? He would not even consider it. His story is like that of so many other veterans. He doesn't want the attention. He does not want to be singled out. He remembers his buddies who sacrificed more and did not come home. He remembers the death. He remembers the pain. He remembers the tears. When he looks in the mirror, he sees an old man with buried memories of real heroes. But those of us who know him best would say that he's a hero for all of the right reasons. You will have to judge for yourself.
Author: Donald R. Dunn II
Publisher: America Star Books
ISBN: 9781462652235
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Sgt. 1st Class Donald Ray Dunn II is a retired United States Army Public Affairs Non Commissioned Officer with twenty-five years, eight months, and two days of service. He was an Active Duty Reserve Soldier AGR. He is also a certified Army Armor tank instructor. He has an Associate's Degree in Science and has been to countless Army Military schools. He served as a journalist in the Army in Iraq Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF 1), Bosnia, Operation Joint Forge, Panama, Germany, Korea, Canada, Alaska, Honduras, and Kuwait. Also his awards include two Meritorious Service Medals, five Army Commendation Medals, ten Army Achievement Medals, three National Defense Ribbons, Iraq Combat Action Badge, Iraqi Freedom Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal, two Overseas Medals, two Armed Forces, Expeditionary Medals, three Non Commissioned Officer Ribbons, Humanitarian Service Medal, two Armed Forces Medals with M Device, Southwest Asia Service Medal, eight Good Conduct Medals, two Army Components Achievement Medals, twelve Overseas Army Reserve Ribbons, Expert .45 Caliber Pistol and M16A2 Rifle Medals, Army Service Ribbon, and a Navy/Marine Presidential Unit Citation for service with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq. Sgt. 1st Class Dunn also has two 3rd Place Keith L. Ware Awards for publications on Hurricane Andrew and Camp Wildcat, a drug reduction program. His stateside Continental United States (CONUS) assignments include Public Affairs units and headquarters jobs in Queens, New York City, Atlanta, Georgia, Little Rock, Arkansas, Columbia, South Carolina, Columbus, Ohio, and he Fort Knox, Kentucky where he came into the Army back in 1981. Donald Ray Dunn II now resides in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife Telena. His only son, Sgt. Donald Ray Dunn III, is also in the Army now and is currently an Information Technology Specialist.
Author: Tom Wiener
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792262077
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Contains thirty-seven narratives, drawn from letters, diaries, private memoirs, and oral histories in which American veterans describe their experiences serving in conflicts from the First World War to the twenty-first-century war in Iraq.
Author: Jake Wood
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1780577192
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Among You is the gripping real-life story of a soldier serving on the front line in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an unforgettable, unflinching account of the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. Jake Wood lives parallel lives: encased in the glass tower of an international investment bank by day, he is also a dedicated TA soldier who serves on the front line during the invasion of Iraq, later returning to the war zone to conduct surveillance on insurgents. Disillusioned with the dullness and amorality of the banking world, he escapes back to the army for a third tour of duty. But in Afghanistan he discovers the savage, dehumanising effects that war has on both the body and the mind. Diagnosed with chronic PTSD on his return, he must now fight the last enemy – himself – in order to exorcise the ghosts of his past. Brutally honest and beautifully written, Among You brings home the harsh reality of front-line combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the courage of the troops who risk their lives for their country, as well as revealing the devastating after-effects of service.
Author: James M. McPherson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199741050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, over and over again, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful years ? Why did the conventional wisdom -- that soldiers become increasingly cynical and disillusioned as war progresses -- not hold true in the Civil War? It is to this question--why did they fight--that James McPherson, America's preeminent Civil War historian, now turns his attention. He shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. Motivated by duty and honor, and often by religious faith, these men wrote frequently of their firm belief in the cause for which they fought: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. Soldiers on both sides harkened back to the Founding Fathers, and the ideals of the American Revolution. They fought to defend their country, either the Union--"the best Government ever made"--or the Confederate states, where their very homes and families were under siege. And they fought to defend their honor and manhood. "I should not lik to go home with the name of a couhard," one Massachusetts private wrote, and another private from Ohio said, "My wife would sooner hear of my death than my disgrace." Even after three years of bloody battles, more than half of the Union soldiers reenlisted voluntarily. "While duty calls me here and my country demands my services I should be willing to make the sacrifice," one man wrote to his protesting parents. And another soldier said simply, "I still love my country." McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also uncensored by military authorities, and are uniquely frank in their criticism and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between officers and men, political debates, and morale. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war. Battle Cry of Freedom, McPherson's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." For Cause and Comrades deserves similar accolades, as McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words combine to create both an important book on an often-overlooked aspect of our bloody Civil War, and a powerfully moving account of the men who fought it.
Author: Valerie Pfundstein
Publisher: Pfun-Omenal Stories
ISBN: 9780578135106
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A boy asks his father for help after his teacher asks each of her pupils to name a veteran whom he or she knows. The boy soon discovers that many of the familiar people who work in his neighborhood are heroes who have served in the country's military.
Author: William A. Taylor
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 162349169X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
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Beginning in 1943, US Army leaders such as John M. Palmer, Walter L. Weible, George C. Marshall, and John J. McCloy mounted a sustained and vigorous campaign to establish a system of universal military training (UMT) in America. Fearful of repeating the rapid demobilization and severe budget cuts that had accompanied peace following World War I, these leaders saw UMT as the basis for their postwar plans. As a result, they promoted UMT extensively and aggressively. In Every Citizen a Soldier: The Campaign for Universal Military Training after World War II, William A. Taylor illustrates how army leaders failed to adapt their strategy to the political realities of the day and underscores the delicate balance in American democracy between civilian and military control of strategy. This story is vital because of the ultimate outcome of the failure of the UMT initiative: the birth of the Cold War draft.
Author: Faith J. H. McDonnell
Publisher: Chosen Books
ISBN: 1441217010
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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For several decades a brutal army of rebels has been raiding villages in northern Uganda, kidnapping children and turning them into soldiers or wives of commanders. More than 30,000 children have been abducted over the last twenty years and forced to commit unspeakable crimes. Grace Akallo was one of these. Her story, which is the story of many Ugandan children, recounts her terrifying experience. This unforgettable book--with historical background and insights from Faith McDonnell, one of the clearest voices in the church today calling for freedom and justice--will inspire readers around the world to take notice, pray, and work to end this tragedy.
Author: Don L. Wulffson
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756942458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In 1943, 16-year-old Erik experiences the horrors of war when he is drafted into the German army and sent to fight on the Russian front.
Author: Erin Morris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781643075631
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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"Ever wonder what a soldier actually does? Why does he dress that way? Could I be a soldier one day? Private First Class Sam Smith is a soldier in the U.S. Army. Come along with Sam as he tells all about what it's like to live, work, and (even) relax like a soldier."
