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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas Turner,...
Author
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Pub. Date
c1984
Physical Desc
xviii, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Krulak takes a close look at the Marine experience during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam and examines the foundation on which the Corps is built. He answers the question of what it means to be a Marine and how the Corps has maintained such a consistently outstanding reputation.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A gripping and authentic World War II naval adventure by a master storyteller The Hooligans fictionalizes the little-known but remarkable exploits of "The Hooligan Navy" that fought in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Loosely-organized in fast moving squadrons, PT (patrol torpedo) boats were the pesky nemesis of the formidable Japanese navy, dubbed "the mosquito fleet" and "devil boats" for their daring raids against warships, tankers, and transport...
Author
Series
(Peter T.),World War II novels volume 9
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A gripping tale of anti-submarine warfare in the World War II Pacific Theater, by a master of military adventure fiction. The Last Paladin by P.T. Deutermann is based on the true story of the USS Hayward (DE-24), a World War II Atlantic Fleet destroyer escort which has spent the past two years in the unforgiving battle for survival against the German U-boats of the North Atlantic. Summoned to relieve destroyers that are bogged down by escort duty...
Author
Series
The navy in the civil war volume III
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1883
Physical Desc
viii, 267 p. illus., maps (some fold.) 19 cm.
Language
English
8) The U-boats
Author
Publisher
Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
Description
The seafarers series.
Author
Series
WWII volume 4
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxix, 446 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A fictional account of the struggle for Okinawa through the eyes of combatants on both sides: Private Clay Adams, Admiral Chester Nimitz, General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., and General Mitsura Ushijima, the Japanese general in charge of defending the island.
12) The Academy
Author
Series
A Dan Lenson novel volume 22
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must...
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Naval Air Station Patuxent River played a crucial role in forging America's naval air arm. This center proved to be vital for flight testing and evaluating naval aircraft and weapons systems destined for operational fleet service.
18) Trial by fire
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Based on a true story--P.T. Deutermann's Trial by Fire is a dramatic WWII novel of attack, survival, and triumph on board an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. March 19, 1945: The war in the Pacific approaches its apocalyptic climax. The largest wartime armada ever assembled, Task Force 58, is closing in on Okinawa; once taken, it will finally put American B-29 bombers in range of the home islands of Japan-and victory. At the heart of the fleet are...