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Where Valor Rests
Where Valor Rests
Written by Rick Atkinson, Photographed by James Balog, Bruce Dale and Dave Black
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781426204562
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Where Valor Rests
Arlington National Cemetery
Written by Rick Atkinson
Photographed by James Balog, Bruce Dale and Dave Black


Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $18.95

Arlington National Cemetery spreads across the rolling hills west of the Potomac, a serene and reverent sanctuary for the presidents, soldiers, and heroes—famous and unsung alike—who lie in eternal rest among its green lawns and quiet glades. It is a roster dating back to America’s birth and including many of the... Read more >
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Normandy
Normandy
Written by Shelagh Whitaker and Dennis Whitaker
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307538970
Our Price: $15.95
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Normandy
The Real Story
Written by Shelagh Whitaker and Dennis Whitaker


Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $15.95

“It was the [allied armies’] valor, their endurance, and their ability to adapt that won the battle of Normandy and launched the liberation of Western Europe.”
from Normandy: The Real Story

For decades, it’s been the conventional wisdom that “brute force” alone beat the German army at Normandy. Now a definitive new... Read more >
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Medic!
Medic!
Written by Ben Sherman
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307416018
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Medic!
The Story of a Conscientious Objector in the Vietnam War
Written by Ben Sherman


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $7.99

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Sixty Days in Combat
Sixty Days in Combat
Written by Dean Joy
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307416667
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Sixty Days in Combat
An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe
Written by Dean Joy


Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.95

“The infantryman’s war is . . . without the slightest doubt the dirtiest, roughest job of them all.”

He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts... Read more >
Also available as an abridged audiobook download and a trade paperback.
Voices of War
Voices of War
Written by The Library Of Congress, Prologue by Chuck Hagel, Introduction by Max Cleland
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780792242048
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Voices of War
Stories of Service from the Home Front and the Front Lines
Written by The Library Of Congress
Prologue by Chuck Hagel
Introduction by Max Cleland


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2005
Price: $16.95

The experience of war has affected every generation in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and every soldier has a story to tell. Since the year 2000, the Veteran's History Project, a new permanent department of the Library of Congress, has been collecting and preserving the memories of veterans. In addition to... Read more >
Voices of War
Voices of War
Afterword by Chuck Hagel, Edited by Thomas Wiener, Introduction by Senator Max Cleland
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780792278382
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Voices of War
Stories of Service from the Home Front and the Front Lines
Afterword by Chuck Hagel
Edited by Thomas Wiener
Introduction by Senator Max Cleland


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $30.00

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Voices of War Cassette
Voices of War Cassette
Afterword by Chuck Hagel, Edited by Thomas Wiener, Introduction by Senator Max Cleland
Format: Unabridged Cassette
ISBN: 9780792278399
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Voices of War Cassette
Stories of Service from the Homefront and the Frontlines
Afterword by Chuck Hagel
Edited by Thomas Wiener
Introduction by Senator Max Cleland


Format: Unabridged Cassette
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $30.00

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Voices of War Compact Disk
Voices of War Compact Disk
Afterword by Chuck Hagel, Edited by Thomas Wiener, Introduction by Senator Max Cleland
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780792282273
Our Price: $39.95
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Voices of War Compact Disk
Stories of Service from the Homefront and the Frontlines
Afterword by Chuck Hagel
Edited by Thomas Wiener
Introduction by Senator Max Cleland


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $39.95

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Medic!
Medic!
Written by Ben Sherman
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780891418481
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Medic!
The Story of a Conscientious Objector in the Vietnam War
Written by Ben Sherman


Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $7.99

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Normandy
Normandy
Written by Shelagh Whitaker, Dennis Whitaker and Terry Copp
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780345459077
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Normandy
The Real Story
Written by Shelagh Whitaker, Dennis Whitaker and Terry Copp


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: April 27, 2004
Price: $15.95

“It was the [allied armies’] valor, their endurance, and their ability to adapt that won the battle of Normandy and launched the liberation of Western Europe.”
from Normandy: The Real Story

For decades, it’s been the conventional wisdom that “brute force” alone beat the German army at Normandy. Now a definitive new... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Sixty Days in Combat
Sixty Days in Combat
Written by Dean Joy
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780891418399
Our Price: $16.95
 Quantity: 1 
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Sixty Days in Combat
An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe
Written by Dean Joy


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2004
Price: $16.95

“The infantryman’s war is . . . without the slightest doubt the dirtiest, roughest job of them all.”

He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts... Read more >
Also available as an abridged audiobook download and an eBook.
Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne
Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne
Written by Larry Chambers
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780891418405
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Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne

Written by Larry Chambers


Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $7.50

Author Larry Chambers vividly describes the guts and courage it took to pass the though volunteer-only training program in Nha Tarng to be part of the 5th Special Forces Recondo School, the hair-raising graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerilla the NVA. Here is an unforgettable account that follows Chambers... Read more >
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Guns Up!
Guns Up!
Written by Johnnie Clark
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345450265
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Guns Up!

Written by Johnnie Clark


Format: Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: January 2, 2002
Price: $7.99

THIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE.

"Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that... Read more >
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Written by Robert S. La Forte and Ronald E. Marcello
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780345373809
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and Women
Written by Robert S. La Forte and Ronald E. Marcello


Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2001
Price: $6.99

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