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1) The greatest generation

Author

Brokaw, Tom

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IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 19

Language

English

Formats

Book, Large Print, Audiobook

2) I'll be home for Christmas: the Library of Congress revisits the spirit of Christmas during World War II

Publisher

Delacorte Press

Pub. Date

1999

Language

English

3) Once there was a war

Author

Steinbeck, John

Publisher

Penguin Books

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Description

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A selection of dispatches written by the author from England, Africa, and Italy at the height of World War II.

4) World War II on the air: Edward R. Murrow and the broadcasts that riveted a nation

Author

Bernstein, Mark

Publisher

Sourcebooks MediaFusion

Pub. Date

c2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 13

Language

English

5) Eyewitness D-Day: firsthand accounts from the landing at Normandy to the liberation of Paris

Author

Giangreco, D. M

Publisher

Barnes & Noble Books

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

6) Eyewitness to World War II: unforgettable stories and photographs from history's greatest conflict

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

7) Bennett Gordon

Author

Gordon, Bennett

Publisher

Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation

Pub. Date

c2005

Language

English

Description

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An interview with one of the liberators of the Mauthausen concentration camp at the end of World War II.

8) To hell and back

Author

Murphy, Audie

Publisher

Henry Holt and Co

Pub. Date

2002

Language

English

9) The luck of the draw: the memoir of a World War II submariner : from Savo Island to the silent service

Author

Ruiz, C. Kenneth

Publisher

MBI

Pub. Date

2005

Language

English

10) We salute you: World War II veterans from central Iowa share their experiences

Author

Kramer, Edward C

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

11) Tales from a tin can: the USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

Author

Olson, Michael Keith

Publisher

Zenith Press

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

12) Helmet for my pillow: from Parris Island to the Pacific, a young Marine's stirring account of combat in World War II

Author

Leckie, Robert

Publisher

Bantam

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

13) A machine gunner's war: from Normandy to victory with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II

Author

Andrews, Ernest Albert "Andy"

Publisher

Casemate Publishers

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

14) Voices of the Pacific: untold stories from the Marine heroes of World War II

Author

Makos, Adam

Publisher

Berkley Books

Pub. Date

[2013]

Language

English

Description

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Based on interviews with veterans and unpublished memoirs, tells the true stories of twenty marines during World War II, from the attacks on Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and their return home after V-J Day.

15) Hell in the Pacific: a Marine rifleman's journey from Guadalcanal to Peleliu

Author

McEnery, Jim

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

2012

Language

English

Description

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A memoir of the veteran author's experiences as a member of the famed K/3/5 First Marine Division during the pivotal invasion of Guadalcanal describes his command at Peleliu and losses of several friends.

16) Visions from a foxhole: a rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps

Author

Foley, William A

Publisher

Presidio Press/Ballantine Books

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

17) On the horizon

Author

Lowry, Lois

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IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Kenard Pak. Lois Lowry looks back at history through a personal lens as she draws from her own memories as a child in Hawaii and Japan, as well as from historical research, in this stunning work in verse...

18) Lang: the WWII story of an American guerrilla on Mindanao, Philippine Islands

Author

Rudi, Norman

Publisher

McMillen Pub

Pub. Date

c2003

Language

English

19) The bomber boys: heroes who flew the B-17s in World War II

Author

Ayres, Travis L

Publisher

NAL Caliber

Pub. Date

[2009]

Language

English

20) The Bedford boys: one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice

Author

Kershaw, Alex

Publisher

Da Capo Press

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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1) The greatest generation

2) I'll be home for Christmas: the Library of Congress revisits the spirit of Christmas during World War II

3) Once there was a war

4) World War II on the air: Edward R. Murrow and the broadcasts that riveted a nation

5) Eyewitness D-Day: firsthand accounts from the landing at Normandy to the liberation of Paris

6) Eyewitness to World War II: unforgettable stories and photographs from history's greatest conflict

7) Bennett Gordon

8) To hell and back

9) The luck of the draw: the memoir of a World War II submariner : from Savo Island to the silent service

10) We salute you: World War II veterans from central Iowa share their experiences

11) Tales from a tin can: the USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay

12) Helmet for my pillow: from Parris Island to the Pacific, a young Marine's stirring account of combat in World War II

13) A machine gunner's war: from Normandy to victory with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II

14) Voices of the Pacific: untold stories from the Marine heroes of World War II

15) Hell in the Pacific: a Marine rifleman's journey from Guadalcanal to Peleliu

16) Visions from a foxhole: a rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps

17) On the horizon

18) Lang: the WWII story of an American guerrilla on Mindanao, Philippine Islands

19) The bomber boys: heroes who flew the B-17s in World War II

20) The Bedford boys: one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice

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