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JAPANESE DESTROYER CAPTAIN

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This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for...

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MAGNIFICENT MITSCHER

by Theodore Taylor

Air Admiral Marc Mitscher, who led the U.S. attack across the Pacific, is a legend in military circles for developing an entirely new concept of war...

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ADMIRAL ARLEIGH BURKE

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Arleigh Burke is considered the father of the modern U.S. Navy to many. Sea warrior, strategist, and unparalleled service leader, Burke had an...

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FIRST CLASS

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When Sharon Hanley Disher entered the U.S. Naval Academy with eighty other young women in 1976, she helped end a 131-year all-male tradition in...

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FIRST TO FIGHT

by Victor H. Krulak

FIRST TO FIGHT "Required Reading" Marine Corps Professional Reading Program Bluejacket Paperback Book Series In this riveting...

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FOR SELF AND COUNTRY

by Rick Eilert

Just a few months after enlisting in the Marine Corps and being sent to Vietnam, nineteen-year-old Rick Eilert was seriously injured in combat and...

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INTO THE TIGER'S JAW

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“Once I found out what being a United States Marine was all about, jumping into the tiger’s jaw was just something to do. We’...

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PRISONER OF WAR

by John M. McGrath

John M. McGrath, a young Navy pilot who was captured in 1967 after being shot down over Vietnam, vividly presents a straightforward and compelling...

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THE GALLOPING GHOST

by Carl LaVO

Eugene Fluckey was one of the great naval heroes of World War II. His exploits as captain of the submarine USS Barb revolutionized undersea warfare...

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NO SURRENDER

by Hiroo Onoda

In the Spring of 1974, 2nd Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year...

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REACH FOR THE SKY

by Paul Brickhill

Douglas Bader was a legend in his lifetime. After losing both legs in an air crash in 1931 and being dismissed as a cripple by the Royal Air Force...

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THE RESCUE OF STREETCAR 304

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A Navy A-7 Fighter Pilot's Gripping Tale of Escape and Rescue during the Vietnam War! An extraordinary story, superbly told. I predict that...

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WOMEN AT WAR

by James E. Wise, Jr.

Wise and Baron relate the compelling war experiences of thirty American female soldiers in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, highlighting their...

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