Recounts the adventures of the U.S. soldiers who led the way to the Battle of the Bulge

First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany

Biographies & Memoirs

HAMMEL, ERIC

Pergrin, David E.

Leaders & Notable People

Pacifica Pr

76 Hours The Invasion of Tarawa By Eric Hammel and John E. Lane On the morning of Saturday, November 20, 1943, the U.S. 2d Marine Division undertook the first modern amphibious assault against a well-defended beachhead. The objective was tiny Betio Island in Tarawa Atoll. The result was an immortal story of tragedy and near defeat turned around into an epic of victory and indomitable human spirit. Although the admirals commanding the Tarawa invasion fleet had assured the Marines that Betio would be pounded to coral dust by a massive naval and air bombardment-the largest of its kind ever seen to that time-the first waves of Marines found the Japanese defenses intact and manned by determined foes. Within minutes of the start of the head-on assault, the American battle plan was a shambles and scores of Marines had been killed or wounded. The assault virtually stopped at the water's edge, its momentum halted before many Marines ever dismounted from the amphibian tractors that had carried them to the deadly, fire-swept beach. Follow-up waves of Marines suffered grievous casualties when they were forced to wade more than 500 yards through fire-swept, knee-deep water because tidal conditions had been miscalculated by the invasion's planners. Follow the bloody battle for Betio in graphic detail as heroic American fighting men advance every life-threatening step across the tiny island in the face of what many historians agree was the best and most concentrated defenses manned by the bravest and most competent Japanese defenders American troops encountered in the entire Pacific War.

76 Hours: The Invasion of Tarawa

History

Lane, John E.

Military

Ace! is Bruce Porter's life as a Marine combat fighter pilot-from his earliest days as a naval aviation cadet before World War II, to his adventures guarding America's forwardmost defense line in the South Pacific, to his aerial combat over the Solomons. Follow Bruce Porter through his exacting night-fighter training and fly with him on his rare double-kill night mission over Okinawa.

Ace! a Marine Night-Fighter Pilot in World War II

Porter, R. Bruce

Recounts the author's experiences as a young fighter pilot in World War II, and describes the missions that made him an ace

Mustang Ace: Memoirs of a P-51 Fighter Pilot

Goebel, Robert J.

Originally published: New York: Crown Publishers, 1987.

Guadalcanal: Starvation Island

Australia & Oceania

Destiny: A Southeast Asia Saga, 1928-1953 : Singapore, Malaya, Indonesia

Bergquist, Laurence C.

Children's Books

Air War Europa: America's Air War Against Germany in Europe and North Africa 1942-1945 : Chronology

First Across the Rhine: The Story of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany

Provides recipes for fat-free and low-fat dishes ranging from variations on traditional favorites to exotic ethnic dishes

Fat Free & Delicious

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Siegel, Robert N.

Special Diet

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