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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"A Navy SEAL's highly-charged account of his combat missions in Iraq and his miraculous recovery from wounds that might have killed him--if it were not for his grit and the devotion of his wife and family"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: humankind's military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. The First World War claimed millions of lives and left millions more wounded and disfigured. In the midst of this brutality, however, there were also those who strove to alleviate suffering. The Facemaker tells the extraordinary story...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Iraq War veteran Montalván takes to the road with his beloved Golden Retriever service dog, Tuesday, advocating for America's wounded warriors and for each other. They show these beautifully trained animals can assist soldiers, veterans and many others with disabilities, and highlight the miraculous talents of service dogs.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In Iraq, as a combat physician and officer, Jon Kerstetter balanced two impossibly conflicting imperatives - to heal and to kill. When he suffered an injury and then a stroke during his third tour, he wound up back home in Iowa, no longer able to be either a doctor or a soldier. In this gorgeous memoir that moves from his impoverished upbringing on an Oneida reservation, to his harrowing stints as a volunteer medic in Kosovo and Bosnia, through the...
26) Warrior dog
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Two dozen Navy SEALs descended on Osama bin Laden's compound in May 2011. After the mission, only one name was made public: Cairo, a Belgian Malinois and military working dog. This is Cairo's story, and that of his handler, Will Chesney, a member of SEAL Team Six whose life would be irrevocably tied to Cairo's. Starting in 2008, when Will was introduced to the DEVGRU canine program, he and Cairo worked side by side, depending on each other for survival...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"On April 12, 1945, a fleet of American B-29 bombers flew toward Japan. Their mission was simple: stop World War II by burning the cities, factories, and military bases of the Japanese em¬pire, thereby forcing an unconditional surren¬der. Yet the mission did not go as planned. On board one of the B-29s, the City of Los Angeles, a phosphorus bomb detonated inside the plane. Staff Sergeant Henry E. "Red" Erwin absorbed the blast of burning phosphorus...
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