Download or read book 173d Airborne Brigade written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sky Soldiers written by Victor R. Beaver and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sky Soldiers written by James Totten and published by Kydala Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 173d Airborne Brigade takes flight and conducts a parachute assault in the heart of Lebanon. The M10A1 baby Booker is thrown into the fire, accompanied by the fearless Few and Proud Marines storming the beach. The thunder of Navy and Marine Corps jets overhead signals the beginning of a second front north of Israel. Amidst the chaos, the unexpected sound of Bagpipe music fills the air. What is the secret behind enemy unconventional weapons? As combined arms dominate the battlefield, a new player emerges - the Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles from an old foe. With World War Three on the menu, the elite Paratroopers of the 173d Airborne Brigade are called to the front lines. Will they be able to survive the shaping operation and emerge victorious? For fans of intense military thrillers, this is a must-read. If you enjoyed Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising," you won't be able to put down "Sky Soldiers."

Download or read book Sky Soldiers written by and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1991 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donated.

Download or read book Sky Soldiers written by F. Clifton Berry and published by Bantam Dell Publishing Group. This book was released on 1987 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the history of the 173rd Airbourne Brigade, a paratroop unit

Download or read book 173rd Airborne Brigade Sep written by Turner Publishing Company Staff and published by . This book was released on 1992-07 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk with THE HERD through the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia. The 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) was the first infantry brigade to fight & the only airborne group to make a combat jump in Vietnam. Powerful action photographs, special stories, index, killed in action list, biographies & photos of vets. Full color endsheets display the color patches of THE HERD.

Download or read book Sky Soldiers written by Victor R. Beaver and published by . This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dak To written by Edward Murphy and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2008-12-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Excellent . . . honest and realistic . . . Edward Murphy’s meticulous research is unflawed and his writing style is novel-like.”—San Antonio Express-News “A no-holds barred account . . . highly recommended.”—Military magazine In June 1967, General William Westmoreland sent the 173d Airborne Brigade to Dak To, a mountainous region in the deadly Central Highlands. Here the 173d found itself locked in mortal combat, facing tremendous odds against a professional, well-trained enemy hidden under triple-canopy jungle and deeply entrenched in fortified positions, bunkers, and tunnels. Edward F. Murray captures the conflict in all its horror and heroism in this graphic account drawn from letters, diaries, official reports, and interviews with more than eighty veterans of the campaign. Outmanned, exhausted, often cut off from supplies and communication, America’s “Sky Soldiers” battled back with incredible valor to rout the NVA in some of the fiercest combat of the entire Vietnam War. “Fast-paced . . . an impressive immediacy.”—Publishers Weekly

Download or read book 173rd Airborne Brigade Sep written by and published by Turner. This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience stories told by veterans, & over 800 biographies from members of The Herd. It also includes a tribute to soldiers who Died While Serving & to Medal of Honor recipients, & the 173rd Airborne Society Roster (IF YOU'RE IN THE SOCIETY, YOUR NAME IS IN THIS BOOK!) with local Chapter information. This quality edition is a "Must Have" for any 173rd veteran, family member or Vietnam enthusiast!

Download or read book Sky Soldiers written by Charles J. McArthur and published by Those Who Served. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to uncover more about some of the Vietnam War's most courageous American heroes, then keep on reading... Not many historic events have had such a strong impact on the way we see and live our nation's values as the Vietnam War. Entering the conflict to defend democracy and fight against the communists, countless Americans departed towards the unknown in the mid-60s. One of these units of brave men was the 173rd Airborne Brigade, better known as the "Sky Soldiers," or simply as "the Herd." During their six years in Vietnam, the Sky Soldiers fought relentlessly against the communist forces. From their early involvement in War Zone D operations, to the Battle of Dak To, this book pays tribute to their valiant efforts in the bid to prevent the collapse of democracy in Vietnam. Thank them for their service.

Download or read book Welcome Sky Soldiers Letters Home from Vietnam written by Mike Walker and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author decided over a forty-year period to write about his experiences in South Vietnam with the Fourth Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry. His parents had managed to save every letter he had sent home during that time. What Mike decided to do with the help of his oldest granddaughter, Sierra, was to reproduce the letters in chronological order, with all the grammatical errors, misspellings, and fractured sentences as is. The letters were often written in harsh jungle conditions, under duress with pencil and often wet paper. He felt it would help convey, somewhat, the terrible conditions he and his fellow members of the "herd" were constantly under. Under each reproduced letter, he then wrote of happenings during that time, a diary of sorts. He also concluded he would not spend much time with the blood and guts but devote the majority of the work to the everyday goings-on, both funny and serious! The book begins with time spent in West Germany before moving on to South Vietnam. During the height of the war, more and more paratroopers were needed to fill the ranks of the fallen and discharged, so the Army started a second jump school, the original being at Fort Benning, Georgia, at Weisbaden Airforce Base, West Germany. He was then sent halfway around the world to South Vietnam, and the rest is history!

Download or read book Tasting the Sky written by Ibtisam Barakat and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2007-02-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Arab American National Museum Book Award for Children's/YA Literature, among other awards and honors. "When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it is like to be a child whose world is shattered by war. With candor and courage, she stitches together memories of her childhood: fear and confusion as bombs explode near her home and she is separated from her family; the harshness of life as a Palestinian refugee; her unexpected joy when she discovers Alef, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet. This is the beginning of her passionate connection to words, and as language becomes her refuge, allowing her to piece together the fragments of her world, it becomes her true home. Transcending the particulars of politics, this illuminating and timely book provides a telling glimpse into a little-known culture that has become an increasingly important part of the puzzle of world peace.

Download or read book The Sky Soldiers written by Victor R. Beaver and published by . This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Only Plane in the Sky written by Garrett M. Graff and published by Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This is history at its most immediate and moving…A marvelous and memorable book.” —Jon Meacham “Remarkable…A priceless civic gift…On page after page, a reader will encounter words that startle, or make him angry, or heartbroken.” —The Wall Street Journal “Visceral...I repeatedly cried…This book captures the emotions and unspooling horror of the day.” —NPR “Had me turning each page with my heart in my throat…There’s been a lot written about 9/11, but nothing like this. I urge you to read it.” —Katie Couric The first comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001—a panoramic narrative woven from the voices of Americans on the front lines of an unprecedented national trauma. Over the past eighteen years, monumental literature has been published about 9/11, from Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower, which traced the rise of al-Qaeda, to The 9/11 Commission Report, the government’s definitive factual retrospective of the attacks. But one perspective has been missing up to this point—a 360-degree account of the day told through the voices of the people who experienced it. Now, in The Only Plane in the Sky, award-winning journalist and bestselling historian Garrett Graff tells the story of the day as it was lived—in the words of those who lived it. Drawing on never-before-published transcripts, recently declassified documents, original interviews, and oral histories from nearly five hundred government officials, first responders, witnesses, survivors, friends, and family members, Graff paints the most vivid and human portrait of the September 11 attacks yet. Beginning in the predawn hours of airports in the Northeast, we meet the ticket agents who unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights, and the flight attendants inside the hijacked planes. In New York City, first responders confront a scene of unimaginable horror at the Twin Towers. From a secret bunker underneath the White House, officials watch for incoming planes on radar. Aboard the small number of unarmed fighter jets in the air, pilots make a pact to fly into a hijacked airliner if necessary to bring it down. In the skies above Pennsylvania, civilians aboard United Flight 93 make the ultimate sacrifice in their place. Then, as the day moves forward and flights are grounded nationwide, Air Force One circles the country alone, its passengers isolated and afraid. More than simply a collection of eyewitness testimonies, The Only Plane in the Sky is the historic narrative of how ordinary people grappled with extraordinary events in real time: the father and son working in the North Tower, caught on different ends of the impact zone; the firefighter searching for his wife who works at the World Trade Center; the operator of in-flight telephone calls who promises to share a passenger’s last words with his family; the beloved FDNY chaplain who bravely performs last rites for the dying, losing his own life when the Towers collapse; and the generals at the Pentagon who break down and weep when they are barred from rushing into the burning building to try to rescue their colleagues. At once a powerful tribute to the courage of everyday Americans and an essential addition to the literature of 9/11, The Only Plane in the Sky weaves together the unforgettable personal experiences of the men and women who found themselves caught at the center of an unprecedented human drama. The result is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives.

Download or read book Head Hunter One Kilo written by Dennis Hendrix and published by . This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sky Men written by Robert Kershaw and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy years ago the army’s elite air assault force, the Parachute Regiment was formed, tough and well-trained, designed to fight hazardous operations behind enemy lines, with little or no backup. These are the ‘Sky Men’. Any army’s mavericks. Trained to operate independently in testing conditions. Dropping into the middle of enemy territory, these tough British, American, German and Russian soldiers engage in gruelling combat the most dangerous conflict zones in the world. Robert Kershaw, an ex-Parachute Regiment officer, reveals the history of these airborne forces, and their important role during the most dramatic battles of the twentieth century. He finds out what makes them tick, what drives a ‘Sky Man’ to take these extraordinary risks, what marks these sky warriors out from ordinary soldiers? Based on exclusive interviews with soldiers from around the world, as well as letters and diaries, Sky Men is full of vivid personalities, and nail-biting action. It is the story of the army’s biggest risk-takers, The Paras.

Download or read book The Sheltering Sky written by Paul Bowles and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone' Michael Hoffman. Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little difficult to live with each other. Endeavouring to escape this predicament, they set off for North Africa intending to travel through Algeria - uncertain of exactly where they are heading, but determined to leave the modern world behind. The results of this casually taken decision are both tragic and compelling.