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And justice for all
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John Tateishi |
Recorded interviews with twenty-five Japanese Americans, who were among the 120,000 detained in relocation camps during World War II, reveal the scope of suffering and injustice involved. |
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The American GI in Europe in World War II
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Joseph Erich Kaufmann |
Written in the words of the men who were there, these volumes tell of the event of D-Day, starting from the background before the United States entered the war to the landing in Normandy to finally t… |
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The Bedford Boys
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Alex Kershaw |
On June 6, 1944, nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia--population 3,000--died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day when their landing craft dropped them in shallow water off Omaha Beach. They were pa… |
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War As I Knew It
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George S. Patton |
Adored by many, loathed by some, General George S. Patton, Jr., was one of the most brilliant military strategists in history. War As I Knew It is the personal and candid account of his celebrated, r… |
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Aleutian Echoes
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Charles C. Bradley |
When the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, Charles Bradley enlisted in the army and found himself a member of the training command with the new 10th Mountain Infantry Division. He helped develop ski… |
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Pearl Harbor survivors
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Harry Spiller |
"On December 7, 1941, Japan waged a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. It was a major victory for the Japanese Navy, which in less than two hours destroyed 188 American … |
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Plowing my own furrow
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Howard W. Moore |
Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition, or judgment of the intellect that distinguishes right from wrong.
This man lived until he was 104 years old, was on the cover LIFE magazine, was acti… |
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Unless Victory Comes
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Gene Garrison,Patrick Gilbert |
On December 16, 1944, Gene Garrison spent a terrifying 19th birthday crammed into a muddy foxhole near the German border in the Saar. He listened helplessly while wounded comrades screamed in pain wh… |
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The Japanese-American Internment
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Rachael Hanel |
"Describes the events surrounding the internment of Japanese Americans in relocation centers during World War II. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of Japanese i… |
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Serenade to the Big Bird
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Bert Stiles |
Without the Allies’ mastery of the skies—so hard fought for and won—there could have been no invasion, while the subsequent land battle was shaped by what happened in the air above. Air power was abs… |
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