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The book has also been on the Army Chief of Staff's, Air Force Chief of Staff's, and the Marine Corps Commandant's recommended reading list for professional development, and is currently on the U.S. Military Academy at West Point recommended reading as well. [5]
Dustoff-The Memoir of an Army Aviator by Michael J. Novosel; Eyes Behind The Lines-L Company Rangers in Vietnam 1968 by Gary A. Linderer; Gunslingers In Action, Cobra-Vietnam by Lou Drendel; Hamburger Hill, The Brutal Battle For Dong Ap Bia, May 11–20, 1969 by Samuel Zaffiri; House To House-Playing The Enemy's Game, Saigon, May 1968 by Keith ...
His seminal book, Death Sentences passed by military courts of the British Army 1914–1924, is on the recommended reading lists of the National Archives [2] and the Imperial War Museum. [3] He is quoted in the British national press on the subject; and he was quoted as a source for an Irish government inquiry into treatment of Irish soldiers ...
Bethanne Patrick's 10 recommended books for June include long-awaited fiction from Lorrie Moore and ... 10 books to add to your reading list this June. Bethanne Patrick. May 31, 2023 at 6:30 AM ...
The Killer Angels is a 1974 historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975.The book depicts the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War, and the days leading up to it: June 29, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and ...
After the draft was reinstated in the U.S. in 1940, millions of young soldiers found themselves in barracks and training camps, where they were often bored.The head of the Army's Library Section, Raymond L. Trautman, sought to remedy this by purchasing one book per soldier, but when that failed, librarians launched a nationwide book collection campaign.
The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars is a 2009 book by Patrick Hennessey, a former officer in the Grenadier Guards. [1] It charts his military career, from training at Sandhurst through several campaigns including Iraq and Afghanistan. The book received positive reviews for its account of the realities of modern ...
Monday marks 80 years since the Battle of the Bulge, when the Nazi army made its last offensive push of World War II.. The battle was one of the costliest of the war, with the U.S. Army suffering ...