Blue Highway Warriors
American Legion halls across America opened their doors to host Bike Trip America, which was both a fundraiser for Operation Comfort Warriors and a lifetime adventure for three 16-year-old boys, a retired operating room nurse, and the author, a Vietnam vet. "Blue Highway Warriors" follows their journey from the Pacific Ocean to the grand finale, a Legion-sponsored rally at the World Trade Center in New York City.
Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operation in World War II
As we lowered our ramp and the soldiers started to charge, they were met with streams of machine gun bullets . . . Enemy snipers had hidden nests on the forward slopes with cross fire taking in every inch of the beach . . . We will never forget the sheer guts, heroism, and fighting ability of the American Infantry man when the going was tough. Harry Kennedy, a LCVP crewman on the Coast Guard-manned Attack Transport USS Samuel Chase (APA-26)
Wordcommandos: encouraging veterans to write and submit
Robert Morgan Fisher is a writer, musician and teacher whose father served as a Naval flight officer. For the last year, he’s been leading a writing group at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ West Los Angeles campus.
INVISIBLE: PTSD's Stealth Attack on a Vietnam War Veteran
A candid and heart-wrenching memoir of life with post-traumatic stress disorder.
GENERAL FOX CONNER: PERSHING'S CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AND EISENHOWER'S MENTOR
NEW BIOGRAPHY REDISCOVERS FORGOTTEN ARMY GENERAL
ENCOUNTER ON A HILLSIDE
The American forces have surrendered to the Japanese ... on Panay Island, a Japanese colonel (USMA '15) is determined to make life as pleasant as he can for his American prisoners. It'll work just fine, as long as the top brass in Manila don't get wise to what he's doing. His best friend is an American Army Chaplain who beats him at chess on a regular basis.
INVISIBLE: PTSD's Stealth Attack on a Vietnam War Veteran
A candid and heart-wrenching memoir of life with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
RMS Queen Mary
RMS Queen Mary: Call For Stories From Former Passengers: Veterans, War Brides, & Their Children!
The Chosen Few by Gregg Zoroya
The never-before-told story of one of the most decorated units in the war in Afghanistan and its 15 month ordeal that culminated in the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the war’s deadliest.
I Choose to Not Love You
Actor Robert DiPaulonito, also known as "Bobby Driver," is nearing the end of his acting career. A survivor of substance abuse, alcohol addiction, the studio system, a suicide attempt and three marriages, he is looking forward to quietly leaving the industry to retire from the world of acting. However, his troubled life is intertwined with the past and present of Hollywood itself, and he must confront the issues in his own life, as well as dealing with the dark truths that also surround his friends and family.