Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes
Title | Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Marjorie T. Hansen |
Publisher | BrownBooks.ORM |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2014-10-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612542263 |
A wife tells of her husband’s combat missions—and the Agent Orange exposure that changed both their lives. Through her husband’s letters from Southeast Asia about his combat missions in Vietnam and over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos in 1971 and 1972, Marge Hansen shares a gripping journey into one of the most divisive and turbulent periods in the nation’s history. Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes: A Vietnam War Story captures in a flier’s words the conflict, drama, frustration, heroism, and longing for home and family that mark combat missions. Through meticulous research and compelling narrative, Marge brings to readers a chance to understand what may have been only an ongoing headline in the news for those at home or a distant episode in American history for younger readers. In her voice and Charlie’s, she captures the experience of those who serve and those who support them. For Marge and Charlie, the war was immediate and personal and has not ended; both were impacted by the legacy of Agent Orange—he from his assignment to front-line bases and she from her visit to him at one of those bases. Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes recounts the story of one war, one hero, one marriage, and one family. This book stands for all those whose voices have not been heard.
Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes
Title | Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Marjorie T. Hansen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2014-10-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781612542096 |
Through her husband's letters from Southeast Asia about his combat missions in Vietnam and over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos in 1971-1972, Hansen shares a gripping journey into a divisive and turbulent period in the nation's history. Through meticulous research and compelling narrative, Marge brings to readers a chance to understand what may have been only an ongoing headline in the news for those at home or a distant episode in American history for younger readers. In her voice and Charlie's, she captures the experience of those who serve and those who support them. For Marge and Charlie, the war was immediate and personal and has not ended; both were impacted by the legacy of Agent Orange-he from his assignment to front-line bases and she from her visit to him at one of those bases. Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes recounts the story of one war, one hero, one marriage, and one family. This book stands for all those whose voices have not been heard. Brave Warriors, Humble Heroes: A Vietnam War Story captures conflict, drama, frustration, heroism, and longing for home and family.
Air Force and Space Digest
Title | Air Force and Space Digest PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 548 |
Release | 2015-07 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
ISBN |
Courageous Teens
Title | Courageous Teens PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Catt |
Publisher | B&H Publishing Group |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 143367906X |
The executive producer of box office hit Courageous introduces students to courageous men and women of the Bible (Abraham, Ruth, Paul, etc.) so that their own faith will be enlivened today.
Courageous Living
Title | Courageous Living PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Catt |
Publisher | B&H Publishing Group |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1433671212 |
Michael Catt, pastor and executive producer of the film COURAGEOUS, examines the courage shown by biblical characters (Abraham, Nehemiah, Ruth, Paul, etc.) to enliven our faith today.
Civilian Warriors
Title | Civilian Warriors PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Prince |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2014-10-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1591847451 |
The founder of Blackwater offers the gripping true story of the world’s most controversial military contractor. In 1997, former Navy SEAL Erik Prince started a business that would recruit civilians for the riskiest security jobs in the world. As Blackwater’s reputation grew, demand for its services escalated, and its men eventually completed nearly 100,000 missions for both the Bush and Obama administrations. It was a huge success except for one problem: Blackwater was demonized around the world. Its employees were smeared as mercenaries, profiteers, or worse. And because of the secrecy requirements of its contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA, Prince was unable to correct false information. But now he’s finally able to tell the full story about some of the biggest controversies of the War on Terror, in a memoir that reads like a thriller.
The Crouching Beast
Title | The Crouching Beast PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Boccia |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 473 |
Release | 2013-06-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1476613087 |
As a first lieutenant in Bravo Company of the Third Battalion, 187th Infantry, Frank Boccia led a platoon in two intense battles in the Vietnamese mountains in April and May 1969: Dong Ngai and the grinding, 11-day battle of Dong Ap Bia--the Mountain of the Crouching Beast, in Vietnamese, or Hamburger Hill as it is popularly known. The Rakkasans, the 3/187th, are the most highly decorated unit in the history of the United States Army, and two of those decorations were awarded for these two battles. This vivid account of the author's first seven months in Vietnam gives special attention to the events at Dong Ap Bia, following the hard-hit 3/187th hour by hour through its repeated assaults on the mountain, against an unseen enemy in an ideal defensive position. It also corrects several errors that have persisted in histories and official reports of the battle. Beyond describing his own experiences and reactions, the author writes, "I want to convey the real face of war, both its mindless carnage and its nobility of spirit. Above all, I want to convey what happened to both the casual reader and the military historian and make them aware of the extraordinary spirit of the men of First Platoon, Bravo Company. They were ordinary men doing extraordinary things."