books about: front     books:       A Reason To Live : The True Story of Woman's Love, Courage and Determination to Survive44 reviews Billy Hills, Dale Hudson Front Street Pub Inc, 2001 A Definite Must-Read! From the intriguing and unusual cover to the contents of the book to the back cover -- this book is one of those books you just can't put down. Wanda's courage and strength comes shining through due to the incredible writing of Hudson and Hills. This woman defied all odds and should have never lived, much less have the nerve to tell her story to all. But she did. The story reads easily, like ...             Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"28 reviews Don Malarkey, Bob Welch Macmillan Audio, 2008 Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's Band of Brothers Excellent story and book. Sgt. Malarkey played a major role in the Band of Brothers which I have watched at least 10 times. My Uncle fought in the Battle of the Bulge yet seldom mentioned what he went through...except he had frost bite up past his ankles. He never mentioned his medals: Two Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal and the Victory Ribbons. We learned of these from the VA upon his death ...             Unsung Valor: A GI's Story of World War II52 reviews A. Cleveland Harrison University Press of Mississippi, 2000 An extraordinary book Unsung Valor is truly an extraordinary book. I am 44 years old and have studied World War II rather extensively in the past. However, this book has revealed this war (and all wars) to me in a way that is completely surprising and unique. I now have a different frame of reference for studying all wars, especially World War II. For someone like me who has never served in the military, this book ...             The Black Devil Brigade: The True Story of the First Special Service Force in World War II29 reviews Joseph A. Springer Motorbooks International, 2001 Excellence Continued Mr. Springer may have been initially motivated by the desire to honor his uncle (killed serving with the First Special Service Force) but his work honors all who served in that unit. One seldom sees an oral history which tells the story of a unit so well. All the contributions by unit members tell the story without the distractions often found in other compilations. Always engaging, you just ...             Up front37 reviews Bill Mauldin In Memory of Our Fallen and Our Gold Star Mothers It's a gift, the ability to draw, to have perspective, to create, to be able to portray human misery as humor, for a reader to see the image and words and turn to laughter. Bill Mauldin had this gift that gained prominence in a time of war where talents rise to their greatest heights or sink to their lowest depths. Truth is portrayed in humor or the humor isn't funny. Sergeant Bill Mauldin, an ...             Stopped at Stalingrad: The Luftwaffe and Hitler's Defeat in the East, 1942-1943 (Modern War Studies)54 reviews Joel S. A. Hayward University Press of Kansas, 1998 This is the strongest Stalingrad book! Anthony Beevor's wife and publisher (the well-connected Hon. Artemis Cooper, no less) had her publicity machine whip his good book on Stalingrad into a huge international best-seller. That's perfectly okay. I liked Beevor's book very much, and do commend it to readers. But Beevor's isn't the most authoritative and analytical book on Stalingrad, that frightful, turning-point battle. Joel Hayward's ...             Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends60 reviews William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Edward "Babe" Heffron, ... Berkley Hardcover, 2007 Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends An excellent book written by two members of Easy Company, 506 P.I.R. The stories of Easy Company told by two members from D-Day to VE day. "Wild Bill" and "Babe" tell of their experiences in their own words. They said it all when they said "the heroes are still over there" and "the real heroes are the ones that didn't come home". This book is a great "read".             Front Porch Tales39 reviews Philip Gulley Multnomah Books, 1997 Great choice I purchase this book for my elderly parents and listened to them read every night until completed. They thoroughly enjoyed the book and the large-print edition is a bonus.             All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe32 reviews James Megellas Random House Audio Roads, 2004 All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe One of the best combat narratives I have ever read. Engrossing, and compelling in its brutaly honest depiction of total warfare. Highly recomended.             Forgotten Soldier : The Classic WWII Autobiography (Brassey's Commemorative Series WWII) (Brassey's ...163 reviews Guy Sajer Brassey's (UK) Ltd, 1990 Chillingly Clear Account of War on the Eastern Front Awsome - the one word I use to describe this book. Debates exist whether this book is non-fiction or fiction mainly due to the inaccuracies regarding specific details, some minor such as uniform markings. However, after researching this topic I came across a letter to the Editor of "Military Review", printed in the March-April 1997 edition, by a Douglas E. Nash. Nash eventually located Sajer ...             Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, And the Home Front, in the Words of U.s. Troops And Their Families21 reviews Blackstone Audiobooks, 2006 Crying, laughing, both at the same time I am a military wife. My young daughter and I survived 12 months while my husband served in Iraq. This book was absolutely amazing. I cannot come up with the words to describe how much this book meant to me. I don't know about other spouses, but no matter how much my husband and I talk, it is not easy for him to communicate his thoughts or feelings on his service in Iraq. It was even ...             HELL'S GATE: The Battle of the Cherkassy Pocket January to February 194426 reviews Douglas Nash RZM Publishing, 2002 Outstanding History Excellent book, with loads of anecdotes and personal accounts, at least for the German side. The book would have been even better if the author could have managed to obtain more Soviet first hand accounts as well, but even without them he does a good job of describing and assessing the Soviet side of the battle as well.             Where the Birds Never Sing: The True Story of the 92nd Signal Battalion and the Liberation of Dachau23 reviews Jack Sacco Harper, 2003 Fantastic Book! Where The Birds Never Sing is the story of Joe Sacco's years in the army during WWII as written by his son Jack. From the time he was drafted until the time that he returns home we live with Joe as he experiences everything from basic training to the liberation of Dachau, which left Joe and the men of his company, soldiers who had witnessed everything that war has to offer, speachless and ...             When It Was Our War: A Soldier's Wife on the Home Front17 reviews Stella Suberman Thorndike Press, 2003 A Delightful Piece of WWII History When It Was Our War is so informative. It describes many aspects of WWII and the American culture at that time. It is extremely enjoyable because the author adds a humanistic aspect by telling her own story of following her husband around the country as he trains to become a bombardier, and by describing the people she meets along the way. People come in and out of Stella's life, and some make ...             Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had24 reviews Brad Cohen, Lisa Wysocky Vanderwyk & Burnham, 2005 A Teacher With Tourette Syndrome (TS) I too am a teacher with Tourette Syndrome (TS) and have experienced many of the same things that author Brad Cohen describes in this fascinating book. All of his life, Cohen has worked to overcome his disability. Even when he became ultimately successful, Cohen has still experienced difficulties. For example, even as an adult, he has been asked to leave restaurants and other public events. A few ...             Seven Days in January: With the 6th SS-Mountain Division in Operation NORDWIND21 reviews Wolf T. Zoepf, Theodore Mataxis The Aberjona Press, 2001 A little known, 7 days battle, is expertly analysed in the operational and tactical level Although the emphasis that this book gives to the "technical" aspects of the operation "Nordwind" and the fine accuracy of the terminology may cause some readers to avoid it, it is a very interesting and thought provoking analysis of the battles that the famous 6th SS Mountain Division fought in Alsace. The first 56 pages are devoted to that division's operations in Finland where, in late 1944, ...             101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War II16 reviews Mark Bando Zenith Press, 2007 A First ClassHistorical work by Mr Bando ! Like many here I was eagerly awaiting this new work by Mark Bando, who I consider the finest World War II airborne historian today. The five star rating here does not do this book justice, once again Mark Bando has give us a tremendous historical work on the famed "Screaming Eagles of The 101st Airborne Division " and its brillant record in combat in Europe from D-Day to the final surrender of ...             Battling the MSG Myth24 reviews Deborah L. Anglesey Front Porch Productions, 2007 BUY THIS BOOK!! This book has been needed for a long time. Kudos to the author for all her research and well written book. The recipes for all the sauces etc, that are not safe to buy ready made, are a gift from heaven to our family and to everyone who EATS!! MSG has invaded almost all manufactured food products and under so many guises, that to be safe you must make everything you ingest yourself. I am ...             Infantry Soldier: Holding the Line at the Battle of the Bulge20 reviews George W. Neill University of Oklahoma Press, 2002 View from a fox hole George Neill presents a front line soldier's view of what it was like to be part of the WWII American infantry. While reading the book, I almost felt the cold and fear that were the soldier's constant companions. while the rear echelon soldiers got the winter boots, and the generals got heated quarters, Neill and his fellow soldiers tried to survive the cold, boredom and attacks. I felt like I ...             The Jew with the Iron Cross: A Record of Survival in WWII Russia17 reviews Georg Rauch iUniverse, Inc., 2006 The Jew With the Iron Cross I am an old man and I read a lot of books and always have. I just finished The Jew With the Iron Cross and remember no book that I have enjoyed more. We go with this author as he goes reluctantly into war and go step by step with him to it's end. We see much of the inhumanity to man and the unbelievable depravity into which some fall. 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