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The truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland--a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars-who flipped to become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
11) Iwo, 26 Charlie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Deutermann follows a young gunnery liaison officer, Lee Bishop, who during the ferocious battle for the island is pulled from his station aboard the USS Nevada to serve on-shore as a spotter, calling in coordinates for the ship to target with missiles. But Bishop is completely unready for what he will witness and experience: a literal hell, during which 26,000 Americans are killed in a fight to the very last man, which culminates in the blistering,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
36 DVDs (approximately 6579 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. in slipcase (26 x 18 x 8 cm) and binder (25 x 17 x 7 cm) + 1 book (63 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Language
English
Description
Follows the humorous & dramatic adventures of the staff of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War.
Author
Publisher
Twelve, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Ira Hayes was a Native American icon and World War II legend who famously helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima-- but spent the latter half of his life haunted by being a war hero. Hayes, along with five other Marines, was captured in Joe Rosenthal's iconic photograph of raising the stars and stripes on Mount Suribachi during the battle for the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima. The photograph was the inspiration and model for the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial...
Author
Publisher
GIA Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations (some color), music ; 23 x 28 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Just who was John Philip Sousa? This intimate portrait brings Sousa to Life--who he was, why he was driven to succeed, his love of country--and explores his life and times through hundreds of photos, cartoons, short stories, news clippings, quotes, sheet music covers, and magazine ads collected in family scrapbooks, the Sousa Archive in the Library of Congress, and the U.S. Marines archives. This book reveals a quintessentially American story: It...
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