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1) Army
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Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Learn about the different jobs in the U.S. Army and what it takes to be a soldier."--
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1944, four friends, part of the only unit of Black women to serve overseas in World War II, work tirelessly to reunite soldiers with their loved ones through the letters they write and find things taking a personal turn when a backlogged letter upends their lives.
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English
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As a team, Matt Drake and his partner, Frodo, have watched each other's backs through some very dark days. But one thing they've never doubted was their commitment to each other...until now. Frodo has been accused of a war crime ten years after leaving Afghanistan. Matt is determined to prove his friend innocent, but what will he do when he finds that his closest friend has secrets he won't share?
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English
Description
"From Adam Gamal, one of the only Muslim Arab Americans to serve inside "the Unit," comes a firsthand account of our nation's most secretive military group. When Adam arrived in the United States at the age of nineteen, he spoke no English, and at 5'1" and 112 pounds, he was far from what you might expect of a soldier. But compelled into service by a debt he felt he owed to his new country, he rose through the ranks of the military to become one of...
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English
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"Part American history, part family saga, part scholarly detective story, a journalist brings to life the little-known story of the First Alabama Cavalry--renegade Southerners who played a decisive role in the Civil War but who were scrubbed from the history books"--
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English
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"A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father's tank battalion, the "Spearhead," that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany--against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf--and the heroes whose sacrifice won World War II"--
12) Fire birds
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When an international enemy turns to high-tech weaponry, the U.S. Army enlists the aid of the Apaches, America's elite airborne task force specially trained for aerial assault.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to procure a new experimental airship for the United States Army Air Service. Stationed at Langley Field in Hampton, the ROMA never lived up to expectations despite being heralded as the future of military innovation. Tragically, it crashed and erupted in a ball of fire in 1922, claiming the lives of thirty-four of the brave men aboard. Author Nancy E. Sheppard reveals the...
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English
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"Newly enlisted as an Army Corps nurse, Eva is stunned by the splendor she experiences aboard the steamship SS Lurline; even more so by Lt. Clark Spencer, a man she is drawn to but who clearly has secrets. Clark is a navy intelligence officer, and he warns her that the United States won't be able to hold off joining the war for long, but nothing can prepare them for the surprise attack that will change the world they know. In the wake of the bombing...
17) Invisible generals: rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"In Invisible Generals, Melville shares his quest to rediscover his family's story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe. In life, the Davises were denied the recognition and compensation they'd earned, but through his journey, Melville uncovers something greater: that dedication and self-sacrifice can move proverbial mountains-even in a world determined to make you invisible. Invisible Generals recounts...
18) Devil's gulch
Author
Series
Devil's gulch western volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"John Holt is a traveling gunslinger. He's been liberating dirty towns west of the Mississippi of murdering outlaw trash ever since the Civil War ended. No questions asked. Payment on demand. The only way out of this town is in a pinewood box. Holt's latest job is in Devil's Gulch in Colorado Territory. But wiping out bands of bank robbers is just the beginning. More disorder is brewing, and the skittish mayor has handpicked Holt as the new sheriff....
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Language
English
Description
"Toya Gardner, a young Black artist from Atlanta, has returned to her ancestral home in the North Carolina mountains to trace her family history and complete her graduate thesis. But when she encounters a still-standing Confederate monument in the heart of town, she sets her sights on something bigger. Meanwhile, local deputies find a man sleeping in the back of a station wagon and believe him to be nothing more than some slack-jawed drifter. Yet...
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Series
Publisher
Center of Military History, United States Army
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language
English
Description
Provides an account of the experiences of the African American 24th Infantry Regiment, which was stigmatized for its deficiencies while its accomplishments passed largely into oblivion. The authors reveal that the 24th suffered from a virulent racial prejudice that ate incessantly at the bonds of unit cohesion and that hindered the emergence of effective leadership.
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