World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
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World War, 1939-1945
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- Fighter pilot, the memoirs of legendary ace Robin Olds, Robin Olds with Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus
- Berlin diary, the journal of a foreign correspondent, 1934-1941, William L. Shirer
- China pilot, flying for Chiang and Chennault, Felix Smith
- Into the rising sun, in their own words, World War II's Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat, [reported by] Patrick K. O'Donnell
- Screaming eagle, memoirs of a B-17 group commander, by Dale O. Smith
- Batfish, the champion "submarine-killer" submarine of World War II, Hughston E. Lowder, with Jack Scott
- In defense of freedom, stories of courage and sacrifice of World War II Army Air Forces flyers, Wolfgang W.E. Samuel, Colonel, United States Air Force (Retired) ; foreword by James F. Tent
- WWII in HD, produced by Lou Reda Productions for History ; writers, Matthew Ginsburg, Bruce Kennedy, Liz Reph
- Eleanor's story, an American girl in Hitler's Germany, Eleanor Ramrath Garner
- Submarine commander, a story of World War II and Korea, Paul R. Schratz
- 56th Evac. Hospital, letters of a WWII army doctor, Lawrence D. Collins
- Conversations with Major Dick Winters, life lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers, Colonel Cole C. Kingseed
- Winning my wings, a woman Airforce Service pilot in World War II, Marion Stegeman Hodgson
- Evidence not seen, a woman's miraculous faith in a Japanese prison camp during WWII, Darlene Deibler Rose
- When we were one, stories of World War II, W.C. Heinz
- Seven roads to hell, a Screaming Eagle at Bastogne, Donald R. Burgett
- Goodbye darkness, a memoir of the Pacific War, William Manchester
- Fugitives, evading and escaping the Japanese, Bob Stahl
- Descending from the clouds, a memoir of combat in the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Spencer F. Wurst and Gayle Wurst
- World War II veterans, speaking from the heart, [interviewed by] Patsy K. Barber
- Every man a hero, a memoir of D-Day, the first wave at Omaha Beach, and a world at war, Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice
- Wahoo, the patrols of America's most famous World War II submarine, Richard H. O'Kane
- Mother was a gunner's mate, World War II in the Waves, Josette Dermody Wingo
- Islands of the damned, a Marine at war in the Pacific, R.V. Burgin ; with Bill Marvel
- Brave men
- Nightmare on Iwo, Patrick F. Caruso
- Every man a hero, a memoir of D-Day, the first wave at Omaha Beach, and a world at war, Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice
- Death march, the survivors of Bataan, Donald Knox
- On time, on target, the World War II memoir of a paratrooper in the 82d Airborne, John D. McKenzie
- Islands of the damned, a Marine at war in the Pacific, R.V. Burgin with William Marvel
- Code talker, The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of Wwii, Chester Nez, with Judith Schiess Avila
- Bat bomb, World War II's other secret weapon, Jack Couffer
- Lasting valor, Vernon J. Baker, with Ken Olsen ; foreword by Colin L. Powell
- The road back to Paris, A.J. Liebling
- Call of duty, my life before, during and after the Band of Brothers, Lynn "Buck" Compton, with Marcus Brotherton
- Combat crew, a true story of flying and fighting in World War II, John Comer
- A blood-dimmed tide, the Battle of the Bulge by the men who fought it, by Gerald Astor
- Visions from a foxhole, a rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps, William A. Foley, Jr
- In my sights, the memoir of a P-40 ace, James B. Morehead
- Brothers in battle, best of friends, two WWII paratroopers from the original Band of brothers tell their story, William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron ; with Robyn Post ; foreword by Tom Hanks
- Brave Men
- With only the will to live, accounts of Americans in Japanese prison camps, 1941-1945, edited by Robert S. La Forte, Ronald E. Marcello, Richard L. Himmel
- Devil at my heels, Louis Zamperini with David Rensin
- Writing the war, chronicles of a World War II correspondent, edited by Anne Kiley and Thomas Pellechia, with David Kiley
- Pacific War stories, in the words of those who served, compiled and edited by Rex Alan Smith and Gerald A. Meehl
- The road to Arnhem, a Screaming Eagle in Holland, Donald R. Burgett
- The Triple Nickles, America's first all-Black paratroop unit, Bradley Biggs
- Assault on Normandy, first-person accounts from the sea services, edited by Paul Stillwell
- Roar of the tiger, James H. Howard
- Sisterhood of spies, the women of the OSS, Elizabeth P. McIntosh
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