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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- Goodbye, darkness, a memoir of the Pacific War, William Manchester
- Out of the depths, an unforgettable WWII story of survival, courage, and the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, Edgar Harrell, USMC with David Harrell
- With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa, E.B. Sledge
- World War II memoirs, the Pacific Theater, Eugene Bondurant Sledge, Samuel Lynn Hynes, Alvin B. Kernan, Elizabeth D. Samet, editor
- From war to peace in 1945 Germany, a GI's experience, Malcolm L. Fleming ; foreword by James H. Madison ; afterword by Bradley D. Cook
- Thirty seconds over Tokyo, Ted W. Lawson ; edited by Robert Considine
- Reflections of Pearl Harbor, an oral history of December 7, 1941, K.D. Richardson ; foreword by Paul Stillwell
- Voices of the Pacific, untold stories from the Marine heroes of World War II, Adam Makos ; with Marcus Brotherton
- Lost in Tibet, the untold story of five American airmen, a doomed plane, and the will to survive, Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt
- To kingdom come, an epic saga of survival in the air war over Germany, Robert J. Mrazek
- Brave men, Ernie Pyle ; introduction by David Chrisinger
- Tales from a tin can, the USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, by Michael Olson
- The last fighter pilot, the true story of the final combat mission of World War II, Don Brown ; with Captain Jerry Yellin ; forewords by Captain Jerry Yellin and Melanie Sloan
- "The good war", an oral history of World War Two, Studs Terkel
- The greatest generation, Tom Brokaw
- All the gallant men, an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor, Donald Stratton with Ken Gire
- The breakthrough battalion, battles of Company C of the 133rd Infantry Regiment ; Tunisia and Italy 1943-1945, Col. Richard F. Wilkinson
- All the gallant men, an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor, Donald Stratton with Ken Gire
- The bomber boys, heroes who flew the B-17s in World War II, by Travis L. Ayres
- I marched with Patton, a firsthand account of World War II alongside one of the U.S. Army's greatest generals, Frank Sisson with Robert L. Wise
- Islands of the damned, a Marine at war in the Pacific, R.V. Burgin ; with Bill Marvel
- Red blood, black sand, fighting alongside John Basilone from boot camp to Iwo Jima, Chuck Tatum
- The greatest generation speaks, letters and reflections, Tom Brokaw
- Hell in the Pacific, a Marine rifleman's journey from Guadalcanal to Peleliu, Jim McEnery with Bill Sloan
- Code talker, Chester Nez, with Judith Schiess Avila
- A wing and a prayer, the "Bloody 100th" bomb group of the US Eighth Air Force in action over Europe in World War II, Harry H. Crosby
- The Bedford boys, one American town's ultimate D-Day sacrifice, Alex Kershaw
- 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
- Long hard road, American POWs during World War II, Thomas Saylor
- Since you went away, World War II letters from American women on the home front, edited by Judy Barrett Litoff, David C. Smith
- Devil at my heels, Louis Zamperini with David Rensin
- Daddy, what did you do during the war?, by William M. West, Jr
- Coffin corner boys, one bomber, ten men, and their harrowing escape from Nazi-occupied France, Carole Engle Avriett with Capt. George W. Starks, WWII B-17 Pilot, the Mighty Eighth ; foreword by Lt. Gen. E.G. "Buck" Shuler, Jr., former Commander Eighth Air Force
- Above the Reich, deadly dogfights, blistering bombing raids, and other war stories from the greatest American air heroes of World War II, in their own words, Colin Heaton and Anne-Marie Lewis
- The greatest generation, by Tom Brokaw
- Italian Americans in World War II, Peter L. Belmonte
- All came home, Paul K. McDevitt
- Muriel's war, Sheila Isenberg
- 82 days on Okinawa, one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle, Col. Art Shaw (Ret.) with Robert L. Wise
- Omaha Beach and beyond, the long march of Sergeant Bob Slaughter, John Robert Slaughter
- Whatever it took, an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism in the last days of World War II, Henry Langrehr and Jim DeFelice
- Half a wing, three engines and a prayer, B-17s over Germany, by Brian O'Neill
- Beyond band of brothers, [the war memoirs of Major Dick Winters], Dick Winters ; with Cole C. Kingseed
- Air Apaches, the true story of the 345th Bomb Group and its low, fast, and deadly missions in World War II, Jay A. Stout
- Luck of the draw, my story of the air war in Europe, Frank Murphy, formerly Captain and Navigator, Crew No. 31, 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group (H), United States Army Eighth Air Force, Station 139, Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England (1943) ; foreword by Chloe Melas and Elizabeth Murphy
- 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
- Flights of passage, recollections of a World War II aviator, Samuel Hynes
- Company commander, by Charles B. MacDonald ; [introduction by Ronald H. Spector]
- Last man out, surviving the Burma-Thailand death railway, by H. Robert Charles ; foreword by James D. Hornfischer
- WWII in HD, produced by Lou Reda Productions for History ; producer: Liz Reph ; director: Sammy Jackson
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