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Author
Series
Publisher
C. Scribner's sons
Pub. Date
1899
Physical Desc
xi, [1], 298 p. front., plates, ports. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as assistant secretary of the navy to recruit the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. The legendary Rough Riders-an unlikely combination of cowboys, frontiersmen, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Ivy League alumni-trained in Texas before shipping off to Cuba. The regiment met their enemy in the tropical summer heat, fighting rain, mud, and malaria as well as the...
Author
Publisher
28th Division Publishing Co
Pub. Date
c1923
Physical Desc
5 v. : ill., maps ; 36 cm.
Language
English
Description
The five volumes detail the history of the Keystone or Iron Division in World War I, along with the history and traditions of the Pennsylvania National Guard and its predecessor the Pennsylvania militia.
Publisher
Werner Ptg. and Mfg. Co
Pub. Date
1887
Physical Desc
820 p.
Language
English
Description
Vol. 4, 37th-53rd regiments - Infantry. Compiled under direction of the Roster Commission: Joseph B. Foraker, Governor, James S. Robinson, Sec'y of State, H. A. Axline, Adjutant-General. Published by authority of the General Assembly.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 413 pages : ill. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and one of the bloodiest in United States history, began on February 19, 1945. What happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote, until now. On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among a dozen gunboats helping to prepare the area for their invasion two days later. U.S. military leaders thought they had weakened Japanese forces in the area, so they were...
17) Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Through soldiers' journals and letters, describes Easy Company's contributions to the campaigns in western Europe and recounts their stories of survival.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A stray dog named Rags befriends a U.S. soldier in Paris, France during WWI. Rags traveled with the troops carrying messages from the front line to the back.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country reluctant to unleash the power of the Sherman tank he crewed. But as his tank platoon fought its way from Normandy to the Rhine and beyond, and he watched his friends cut down one by one, he learned to kill with deadly accuracy and efficiency. His fight would climax in Cologne, in the shadow of the great cathedral, where he took a shot immortalized by...
