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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand Publisher Comments On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover 
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Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII by Chester Nez Publisher Comments He is the only original World War II Navajo code talker still alive—and this is his story . . . His name wasn’t Chestesr Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie Publisher Comments Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff Publisher Comments On May 13, 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over "Shangri-La," a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains of Dutch New Guinea. Unlike the peaceful Tibetan... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (P.S.) by Mitchell Zuckoff Publisher Comments On May 13, 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over “Shangri-La,” a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-covered mountains of Dutch New Guinea. Unlike the peaceful... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Color of War: How One Battle Broke Japan and Another Changed America by James Campbell Publisher Comments From the acclaimed World War II writer and author of The Ghost Mountain Boys, an incisive retelling of the key month, July 1944, that won the war in the pacific and ignited a whole new struggle on the home front. In the pantheon of great World War... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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Tears in the Darkness (10 Edition) by Michael Norman Publisher Comments For the first four months of 1942, American, Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought America's first major land battle of World War II: the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the single largest defeat in American military... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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You'll Be Sor-Ree!: A Guadalcanal Marine Remembers the Pacific War by Sid Phillips Publisher Comments Sid Phillips knew he was a long way from his home in Mobile, Alabama, when he plunged into the jungles of Guadalcanal in August 1942... A mortarman with H-2-1 of the legendary 1st Marine Division, Sid was only seventeen years old when he entered combat... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue by Robert Drury Publisher Comments In December 1944, Admiral William Bull Halsey was America's most popular and colorful naval hero. While supporting General Douglas MacArthur's famous I Shall Return invasion of the Philippines, he unwittingly sailed his undefeated Pacific Fleet into the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Quartered Safe Out Here: A Harrowing Tale of World War II by George Macdonald Fraser Publisher Comments George MacDonald Fraser--beloved for his series of Flashman historical novels--offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences in Burma during World War II. Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there in the war's final year, and he offers a first-hand... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E B Sledge Publisher Comments In The Wall Street Journal, Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author for his definitive oral history, The Good War. Now E. B. Sledges acclaimed first... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge Publisher Comments In The Wall Street Journal, Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author for his definitive oral history, The Good War. Now E. B. Sledges acclaimed first... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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Goodbye Darkness: A Memoire of the Pacific War by William Manchester Publisher Comments The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms. To find... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur (08 Edition) by William Manchester Synopsis Inspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man.Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of the United States Army. He served in World Wars I, II, and the Korean War, and is famous for stating that... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pacific War by John Costello Publisher Comments John Costello's The Pacific War has now established itself as the standard one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific. Never before have the separate stories of fighting in China, Malaya, Burma, the East Indies, the Phillipines, New Guinea, the... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway by Elliot Carlson Publisher Comments Elliot Carlson's biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort is the first to be written of the officer who headed the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor and broke the Japanese Navy's code before the Battle of Midway. The book brings Rochefort to life as the... (read more) Your price: $36.95 New - Hardcover
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Neptune's Inferno (11 Edition) by James D. Hornfischer Publisher Comments The Battle of Guadalcanal has long been heralded as a Marine victory. Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navy’s sacrifice, James D. Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fought in destroyers, cruisers, and... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific by Craig B. Smith Publisher Comments Counting the Days is the story of six prisoners of war imprisoned by both sides during the conflict the Japanese called the "Pacific War." As in all wars, the prisoners were civilians as well as military personnel. Two of the prisoners were captured on... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Battleground Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Combat Odyssey in K/3/5 by Sterling Mace Publisher Comments A POWERFULLY WROUGHT MEMOIR BY A MEMBER OF WWIIS FABLED 1ST MARINE DIVISION Sterling Mace's unit was the legendary “K-3-5” (for Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division) and his story takes readers through... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley Publisher Comments A New York Times bestseller, now adapted for young readers, Flags of Our Fathers is the unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history: the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Mass Market
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