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Author: Brandon Jennings Publisher: ISBN: 9780692717103 Category : Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
Battle Rattle and Other Stories combines the grittiness of Dennis Johnson's Jesus' Son with the deep meditation on war and memory found in Tim O'Brien's The Things They carried. Derrick Vezchek joined the USAF to escape a dead end life with his listless friends in the Mojave Desert. What he couldn't predict was that he was signing up for a life in Special Operations that would leave him the sole survivor of his original squad. Can telling his story save him, his wife and his daughter, or is the truth so ugly that he cannot be redeemed? High Desert Rats: In the summer of 2000, Sean doesn't want Derrick to join the USAF and leave him in the Mojave Desert. But it seems there's nothing Sean can do to change Derrick's mind, and what's worse, is that the one thing Sean desperately wants to tell Derrick is exactly the thing that Sean fears will end their friendship forever.
Author: Brandon Jennings Publisher: ISBN: 9780692717103 Category : Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
Battle Rattle and Other Stories combines the grittiness of Dennis Johnson's Jesus' Son with the deep meditation on war and memory found in Tim O'Brien's The Things They carried. Derrick Vezchek joined the USAF to escape a dead end life with his listless friends in the Mojave Desert. What he couldn't predict was that he was signing up for a life in Special Operations that would leave him the sole survivor of his original squad. Can telling his story save him, his wife and his daughter, or is the truth so ugly that he cannot be redeemed? High Desert Rats: In the summer of 2000, Sean doesn't want Derrick to join the USAF and leave him in the Mojave Desert. But it seems there's nothing Sean can do to change Derrick's mind, and what's worse, is that the one thing Sean desperately wants to tell Derrick is exactly the thing that Sean fears will end their friendship forever.
Author: Hans Halberstadt Publisher: ISBN: 9781610600828 Category : Soldiers Languages : en Pages : 136
Book Description
The slosh of water in a canteen, the rustle of a uniform, the jangle of extra clips of ammo, all the clinks and clanks of jostling packs of equipment—this is the soundtrack that accompanies fully loaded soldiers humping through the bush to their next assignment. Battle rattle is the stuff a soldier carries to get through the day, from mission-specific gear to general supplies. In short, what the soldiers on the ground affectionately call “our crap.” This book takes a close look at the commercial revolution in military clothing, packs, and equipment—soldiers buying from civilian companies instead of settling for government issue, customizing their gear to perfectly fit their needs and preferences. From boots and gloves to helmets and eyewear, from ponchos and packs to knives and rifles, Battle Rattle shows what the modern warfighter is using to fight the fight.
Author: Changiz Lahidji Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1250121159 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 302
Book Description
"Master Sergeant Changiz Lahidji served on Special Forces A teams longer than anyone in history, completing over a hundred combat missions in Afghanistan. Changiz is a Special Forces legend. He also happens to be the first Muslim Green Beret. Along the way, Changiz earned numerous commendations, including the Special Forces Legion of Merit, Purple Hearts, and many others. His story is an amazing tale of perseverance and courage, of combat and one man's love of his adopted country."--
Author: Roger Boas Publisher: ISBN: 9780996756709 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 264
Book Description
"The war has changed me in ways that will take the better part of my life to understand, let alone make peace with," begins Roger Boas in his thoughtful, compelling account of World War II. As part of the Fourth Armored Division, he found himself at the spearhead of the Allied thrust into Europe. His memoir re-creates both the tension of the battlefield and the camaraderie behind the front line. It also relates his harrowing experience as a Jew of being one of the first American soldiers to discover a Nazi concentration camp. Boas reveals the powerful impact of war on those who fight.
Author: Kyle Tran Myhre Publisher: Button Poetry ISBN: 1943735379 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
One part mixtape, one part disorientation guide, and one part career retrospective, Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre's debut looks you directly in the eye and doesn't let you flinch. Ranging from justice to love, community action to personal reflection, A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry is a dedication to craft. Clocking in before the rest of us are even awake, the book wastes no time. It does the work and beckons you to follow. A compilation of poems, lyrics and essays from the UN presenter, MC, and two-time National Poetry Slam champion, this book is a love song tucked into a grenade, a necessary call that demands a response.
Author: Alison Rattle Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books ISBN: 1843178605 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 187
Book Description
Concise and informative, yet entertaining and engagingly written, Remember the Alamo? contains everything you will ever need to know about the United States.
Author: Maura Walsh Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc. ISBN: 1633380920 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 100
Book Description
Through My Eyes: A Story of a Teenage Female in War is the first of its kind. It shares the author's experience as a 19 year old female soldier, sent straight to war without ever unpacking her bags from basic training. She was 3rd Infantry Division 7th Cavalry based out of Fort Stewart, Georgia; the first of the Army to cross the threshold into Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. She, along with 480 men, were sent off to war without anticipating their return back home. This is a story
Author: Lucia Bartlett Publisher: Archway Publishing ISBN: 1480899259 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 327
Book Description
In her new collection of stories, author Lucia Bartlett presents three tales that explore unexpected and strange departures from normal life. The Vampire Squid continues a tale of the residents of Foster Lake. Fall, 2019 has families going about their business in the small northern Maine town when odd sightings are reported at the woman’s prison. Then in March 2020, days before Covid lock-down, The Lane School takes a field trip to a new underground military facility that leaves teachers & students with unsettling impressions. When the women’s prison raises the alarm; children are in danger, it’s up to Anne Stevens to find out the truth. Set in year 2030, “Papercuts” follows twenty-three-year-old Wesley, a warehouse supervisor who yearns to become a CERT; part of the executive team. He obeys their orders but is manipulated into disaster when a beautiful coworker seduces him. The ultimate cost may be his sanity—or his life. “The Community,” goes back to the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when epidemic suicide hits an upper middle class housing development and explores the possibility that expectations of perfect family life may not be healthy.
Author: Brandon Jennings
Author: Brandon Jennings
Author: Hans Halberstadt
Author: Hans Halberstadt
Author: Changiz Lahidji
Author: Roger Boas
Author: Kyle Tran Myhre
Author: Alison Rattle
Author: Seamus Heaney
Author: Maura Walsh
Author: Lucia Bartlett