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The struggle. in the air, between the free world and the dictatorships during WW2. All flyers should enjoy this book.

Photo book of Veteran Graves found at the Lyons Rural Cemetery located on Spencer St in Lyons New York. The photos were collected as part of a Girl Scout Gold Project and are used in binders to place flags on the Graves for Memorial Day. The book contains the names of 159 veterans who served in the United States military in conflicts ranging from the Revolutionary War through the Gulf Conflicts.

Private Joel Newlin - Company D - 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Joel Newlin was my great-grandfather. He was a Private in Company D, 66th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War. A letter he wrote from a Union Army camp in 1862 is the only writing we have about his Civil War experience in his own words. I have been searching for his family history for over 20 years, and I found letters, a diary, and a memoir written by other members of the 66th Indiana Infantry that tell us what was going on in his regiment, and I also found letters, diaries, and books written by other people involved in those events. By weaving these firsthand accounts together we can construct a plausible story of his lif ...

Private Joel Newlin - Company D - 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Condensed Edition This is a smaller, less expensive version of the book. Joel Newlin was my great-grandfather and I have been searching for his family history for over 20 years. He was a Private in Company D, 66th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War. A letter he wrote from a Union Army camp in 1862 is the only writing we have about his Civil War experience in his own words. I found letters, a diary, and a memoir written by other members of the 66th Indiana Infantry that tell us what was going on in his regiment, and I also found letters, diaries, and books written by other people involved in those events. By weaving these ...

Private Joel Newlin - Company D - 66th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Condensed Edition - Text-only Version This version of the book does not have any photos, illustrations, or maps. Joel Newlin was my great-grandfather and I have been searching for his family history for over 20 years. He was a Private in Company D, 66th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War. A letter he wrote from a Union Army camp in 1862 is the only writing we have about his Civil War experience in his own words. I found letters, a diary, and a memoir written by other members of the 66th Indiana Infantry that tell us what was going on in his regiment, and I also found letters, diaries, and books written by other people i ...

World War II was raging in the Pacific. The tide was turning, and this was the first assault of the island-hopping campaign that would roll up Japanese control of vast areas of the Pacific. Tarawa Atoll was heavily fortified in preparation for an attack, and the Japanese commander was confident it would "take a million men a hundred years" to conquer the Japanese defenders. American Marines and Navy secured the atoll in just 76 hours of bitter close combat, and nearly all of the Japanese fought to the death. This is the story of what was once a sleepy British colony that would experience the ravages of war. The islanders were forever changed by the exposure to technology, different f ...

Curtis Abbott, an educated young man from East Bethel, Vermont signed up early in the Civil War to be a sharpshooter. He witnessed and lived through some of the most important battles of the Civil War. In hundreds of letters sent home to Vermont from 1861 to 1865, Abbott details camp life, battles, and marches through the Mid- Atlantic towns where he was stationed. This cache of letters is made even more powerful through Curtis Abbott's additional writings. Later in life, he documented the history of his company (Company H). He corresponded with other veterans from his regiment, completing a comprehensive history from the soldier's point of view. After the War, he settled near Boston, s ...

The PBY Catalina was designed and built in the heart of the Great Depression. It had massive struts to support the wing pontoons and inadequate engines; a slow, ungainly flying machine. But, at its worst, it was the best design available. This is the story of how the ugly duckling turned into the most versatile, most feared and most valuable airplane in the Unites States arsenal in World War II. It destroyed more enemy shipping than the US submarine fleet, gave the Navy an advantage in major sea battles, and flew in the worst weather and most adverse conditions. It was tough, reliable and adaptable. The pilots and crews made it better. This is my salute to a magnificent machine ...

In 1969 President Nixon made statements to the press in Guam that were not intended to be an official announcement of a change in foreign policy, but nevertheless they were taken to be a new direction in foreign policy. This direction was markedly different from that of Kennedy and Johnson and in time came to be known as the Nixon Doctrine. The Nixon Doctrine has been studied to various degrees and the debate has varied over time as to whether the doctrine was intended only for the region of Southeast Asia or was intended to be more global in scope. What has been missing from the debate up to this point is a detailed analysis of the Nixon tapes which the president recorded while in offi ...