Ian Gardner
The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day The exploits of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) have been long overshadowed by those of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, who were ... [... more]
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Lawrence C. Vetter, Jr.
In four and a half years in Vietnam, the Marines of the Third Reconnaissance Battalion repeatedly penetrated North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries by foot and by helicopter to find enemy forces, learn the enemy's intentions, and, when ... [... more]
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Keith Nolan
On April 29, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army is spotted less than four miles from the U.S. Marines' Dong Ha Combat Base. Intense fighting develops in nearby Dai Do as the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, known as "the Magnificent Bastards," struggles [... more]
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes A powerful wartime saga in the bestselling tradition of Flags of Our Fathers, Brothers in Arms recounts the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black ... [... more]
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Mark Danner
In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army's select, American-trained Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women, and children, often by decapitation. Although reports of the massacre -- ... [... more]
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James Naughton
The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion ... [... more]
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Larry Gwin
Larry Gwin was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant out of Yale University in 1963. After two years with the 82d Airborne Division, he served as an advisor to a South Vietnamese Army battalion in the Mekong Delta before joining the 1st Cavalry ... [... more]
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William van Zanten
Captain William Van Zanten was one of the "Magnificent Bastards" of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, in 1966-a year when any day could bring death or dismemberment from a Bouncing Betty or a punji stake, a firefight or a sniper bullet. He and [... more]
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Anthony Walton
Anthony Walton currently lives in Brunswick, Maine. He has written for a variety of publications including The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes A powerful wartime saga in the bestselling tradition of Flags of Our ... [... more]
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James Kirschke
In Vietnam during 1966 and 1967, James Kirschke was commander of the mortar platoon of 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, and of a rifle platoon in Hotel Company, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines. He was medically retired in 1968. Kirschke is also the author of ... [... more]
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Lt. Carey H. Cash
There are some places where you just don't expect to find God. For the men of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, downtown Baghdad was one of those places. Moving into the heart of Iraq and ever deeper into... A Table in the Presence "You ... [... more]
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Harold G. Moore
Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (USA Ret.), now eighty-six, was born in Kentucky. A West Point graduate, Moore was a master parachutist and Army aviator, commanded two infantry companies in the Korean War, and was a battalion and brigade commander in ... [... more]
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