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My Gulf War Story Air Force Weather Observer attached to the Army 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during Desert Storm.

Like the song says, “After all I’ve been through, I still have joy! I am so grateful to be bringing you all another book! God is so faithful and has put on my heart to share a little of my testimony concerning my health journey. I am excited about this book because so many people are dealing with life and have been down, depressed, feeling hopeless and have lost their will to truly LIVE. I asked God why did He give me the title, “My Will to Live”? I said, it’s His will for us to live, and He spoke to my spirit and told me that even though it is His will for us to live, we have to have a will to live ourselves. So many people give up and even leave this world before time because they have ...

All the experts say we are the product of our environments. One can argue yay or nay. I don’t need to argue. I know what my answer is… now, with the passage of time and much needed reflection. She Sails is my story. It chronicles my time in the military—the good, the bad, the traumatic, the triumphant, and everything in between. Part cautionary tale, part heroic journey, these words—my words—are my truth, my bond, and a long-fought signal that I can take pride in what I’ve overcome and hold my head high. The military helped shape me at the same time traumatic incidents, racism, extreme duress, depression, and a multitude of other factors tried to break me. It’s my hope that my j ...

"Because of Francis Brock's wartime diary and sharp recollections of events eighty years ago, "Sub Chaser" gives a rare and intimate look into the daily life of small boat sailors in the Pacific during WWII. An enlightening read for anyone interested in history, this book gives renewed appreciation for the everyday young men who answered their country's call to arms during a time of great global conflict." - US Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Dean H. Hines "Fortunately for us, when eastern Ohio farm boy Francis Brock enlisted in the Navy on his seventeenth birthday in 1943, he decided to keep a logbook. As a result, we now have the opportunity, eight decades later, to relive the humdrum of s ...

The Eighteenth Engineers tells the story of the incredible work performed by the men of the 18th Engineers Regiment in WW1. They were among the first 75,000 A. E. F. troops to arrive in France in late August of 1917. There they built massive docks large enough to berth 10 transport ships end to end. Then they constructed huge warehouses to receive and store tons of cargo. Finally, they designed and built a complex, multi-functional railroad track system, along with unique cargo handling equipment allowing them the ability to unload men and cargo quickly and efficiently from the ships hold. The 18th Engineers built this massive base depot in record time under difficult conditio ...

Sam Gay defied the challenges of the mid-1900s—the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and two World Wars— to provide for his family. He and his wife and four children followed destitute Oklahoma farmers, and was one of 60 lucky enough to secure membership at Casa Grande Valley Farms, a farming cooperative part of Roosevelt’s New Deal, in Coolidge, Arizona. Although membership came with a home and steady income, the project offered no opportunity for his children, prompting two of his sons to enlist in the military. Sam learned that one of his boys was missing in action after Army Major General Edward P. King surrendered to Japanese General Masaharu Homma at Bataan, Philippines. That same y ...

Cecil E. "Ike" Bell is a WWII veteran who was the lone survivor when his plane was shot down over German occupied France. His story of escape, survival and reunion will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The Sea and Me is my story describing my interest in the sea, enlistment in the U.S. Navy, attending a Merchant Marine engineering school, support of Navy Salvage ships and Mine Countermeasures ships while employed by a civilian contractor and finally federal service supporting all classes of U.S. submarines. The memoirs are a comical look at life as an enlisted seaman on submarines and as a non-management employee with the Department of Defense. Readers are advised that this book contains profanity. This book also contains some stories that might be considered gross to some readers.

"The View from the Stern" puts you onto the decks of the Attack Transport USS Heywood for an adventure of a lifetime. Jerry Spoon joined the U.S. Navy right after Pearl Harbor and spent the entire war on this ship. You will be an eyewitness to America's first assault against the Japanese Empire at Guadalcanal, and follow Jerry's war from Tarawa through the Philippines culminating in a walk through the fire-bombed remains of Tokyo. Jerry Spoon will put you into the Pacific War not as an admiral of a fleet or the captain of a ship or even an executive officer privy to the plan of battle, but as a boy-sailor charged with doing his duty the best he could.

This is the biography of a family member who served as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber with the 96th Bomb Group in WWII. The story follows him thru the various stages of training he went thru to become an aerial gunner, tells of the bomber crew he was assigned to and gives an account of each mission they flew. Included are photos and various mission reports.