My sis gave me a copy of "Johnny Got His Gun" anyone else suggest any other books?
2007-07-22 20:14:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
By Eugene Sledge. A first hand account of combat in the Pacific. He was in the Marines.
2007-07-22 21:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by Mike W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Army of the Potomac. Civil War. Three volume set by Bruce Catton.
At Dawn We Slept. The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. By Gordon W. Prange. He also wrote Midway.
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. The battle off Samar, October 1944. By James D. Hornfischer.
2007-07-23 22:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by Tin Can Sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Bismark
2. Midway
3. 363rd Fighter Group in World War II
4. Mission 376 Battle over the Reich: 28 May 1944
2007-07-23 05:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by Steel Rain 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Graham Greene, and Mila 18 by Leon Uris about the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto.
2007-07-23 03:43:00 · answer #4 · answered by LodiTX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Corps" books by W.E.B. Griffin are very good novels about the Marine Corps. They start in Pre-WWII, through part of WWII and the latest book takes place at the begininng of the Korean Conflict. I have enjoyed them very much because they are deeply rooted in fact.
2007-07-26 20:13:16 · answer #5 · answered by Army Mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fallen Angels
always a classic.
Band of Brothers
great book. the mini-series is just as good.
2007-07-23 03:18:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rifles for Watie
Killer Angels
Both are Civil War books, but they're good.
2007-07-23 03:57:21 · answer #7 · answered by CAUTION:Truth may hurt! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Auschwitz
2007-07-23 07:33:52 · answer #8 · answered by woodchipper890 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flags of Our Fathers
2007-07-23 03:16:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bridge on the river Kwai
2007-07-23 03:25:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋