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ROUGH RIDER

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Rough Rider is a snapshot study of the significant career of President Theodore Roosevelt. Partly biographical sketch and partly analysis, the book...

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ADMIRAL ARLEIGH (31-KNOT) BURKE

by Ken Jones

Written by two World War II veterans who later became well-known war correspondents, this biography records the inspiring life of one of America'...

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AMERICA'S FIRST FROGMAN

by Elizabeth Kauffman Bush

Although bad eyesight kept him from receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy when he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933, Draper Kauffman became...

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BATTLESHIP SAILOR

by Theodore C. Mason

Vigorous and highly readable, this portrait of the enlisted man's life aboard the U.S. battleship California depicts the devastation at Pearl...

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BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE

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On March 31, 1951, a young Navy helicopter pilot, Lt.(jg) John W. Thornton volunteered for a dangerous mission to rescue a key intelligence unit...

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CAVIAR AND COMMISSARS

by Kemp Tolley

Gifted storyteller Kemp Tolley guides readers through the lively world of a young naval attaché in Moscow from 1942 to 1944. His absorbing...

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DESCENT INTO DARKNESS

by Edward C. Raymer

Just hours after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Edward C. Raymer and his team of Navy salvage divers began the Herculean task of rescuing men...

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MY MEN ARE MY HEROES

by Nathaniel R. Helms

This is the first paperback edition of the riveting story of legendary U.S. Marine First Sergeant Brad Kasal. It is a page-turning account of Kasal...

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PETE ELLIS

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Few Marines have had more impact on the Corps' history than Pete Ellis, and none have been more controversial. This biography of the brilliant...

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SHOOTING THE WAR

by James E. Wise, Jr.

The war diary of former German naval officer Otto Giese recounts a seafaring career of extraordinary scope. It begins with the dawn of World War II,...

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