History

Pass In Review COUNTRY

West Point graduate and Vietnam Combat Veteran ties together three generations of family service to America with the battle/political/social chaos of Vietnam.  A terrific page turner!


Title: Pass In Review COUNTRY
Author: 
Brian Utermahlen
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewer: Hodge Wood
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 149734011X

Author(s) Mentioned: 
Utermahlen, Brian

Faith, Leadership, and Heroism in the Jungle

Colonel Don Price has written an excellent account of some little known heroic events of the Vietnam War. "The First Marine Captured in Vietnam-The Biography of Donald G. Cook," is first what the title states and much, much more. Price blends big picture history with the details of Cook’s life from his birth until he was captured in Vietnam.

Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War

Gliders, the silent invaders of World War ll. The missions they flew and the high price paid. History that will keep you involved until the last page.

Title: Silent Invaders: Combat Gliders of the Second World War 
Author: Gary A. Best
Category: History
Reviewer: Terry Shoptaugh 
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 1625450001

Author(s) Mentioned: 
Best, Gary A.

Surrender: September 2, 1945

An opportunity to be at the surrender of the Japanese on September 2, 1945. Feel the emotion from Lt. Cmdr. James L. Starnes Jr USNR (Ret). the Officer of the Deck on the Missouri that day. 

Title: Surrender: September 2, 1945 
Author: Suzanne Simon Dietz & James L. Starnes Jr. 
Genre: Memoir
Reviewer: jim greenwald
ISBN (links go to the MWSA Amazon store): 0984139540

Author(s) Mentioned: 
Dietz, Suzanne Simon
Starnes, James L. Jr.

WE WERE YOUNG AND FEARLESS

 

My name is John Schrank, and I am a Vietnam Veteran.

My father was in WW2 France to Germany. He was in the Army and a T Sgt. who worked in the motor pool with munitions. He didn't talk about it... My wife's brother did two tours of duty in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. After he retired, he worked for the Kennedy Center in Washington doing security work.

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