Shares firsthand wartime accounts describing the courageous battlefield sacrifices of men and women from every branch and operational specialty of the U.S. military, from the Vietnam War through the present. Crafted from hundreds of original interviews, these are brutally hones stories usually only shared among comrades in arms. In the voices of the men and women who have fought overseas, this is an eye-opening look into what wearing the uniform,...

A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist's eye for detail, Rick Atkinson illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved - from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war.

Thirteen soldiers shed light on America's wartime history through personal stories that speak of the soldiers' time spent serving during the Revolutionary War of 1776, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other conflicts. 384pp., 150K, Auth res: Salter: Alexandria, VA, Photos

"A riveting firsthand account of American heroism... Over eighty-two days, the Allies fought the Japanese army in a campaign that would claim more than 150,000 human lives. Filled with extraordinary new details, Shaw's gripping account gives lasting testimony to the courage and bravery displayed by so many on the hill of Okinawa."--Page 4 of cover.

"The national bestselling author of The First Wave tells the untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II-all Medal of Honor recipients-from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler's own mountaintop fortress As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice "Footsie" Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive...

" The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives millions of visitors each year who pay silent tribute. When the first Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General John Pershing, commander of the American...