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Soldiers On Skis: A Pictorial Memoir Of The 10th Mountain Division

5 reviews
Flint Whitlock, Bob Bishop

Paladin Press, 1992

Soldiers On Skis - Excellent Book!
As a current member of the 10th Mountain Division, this is a must read for any 10th Division member - past, present, or future. Excellent read on the 10th's WWII history - a proud legacy.

Given Up For Dead: American GIs in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga

1 review
Flint Whitlock

Basic Books, 2006

Given Up For Dead
Given Up For Dead, by Flint Whitlock, is the story of a group of American POW's, the majority of whom were Jewish, who were taken to a concentration camp after they were taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge. The author does a good job telling about these brave men who were used as slave laborers contrary to the Geneva Convention. Their treatment was a crime that, unfortunately for many ...

Invasion Diary

1 review
Richard Tregaskis

Bison Books, 2004

Highly recommended reading for military buffs
Hard fought and with an enormous causality count, the 1943 Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy were critically important in overthrowing Mussolini, pinning down German troops so they could not be transferred for use on the Russian Front or to resent the Allies' western campaign that began with the Normandy D-Day invasions. Invasion Diary is the late journalist Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973) ...

Capt Jepp and the Little Black Book

2 reviews
Flint Whitlock, Terry L. Barnhart

Cable Publishing, 2008

Far before it became the quickest way to get around, aviation was a renegade industry filled with thrill seekers.
Far before it became the quickest way to get around, aviation was a renegade industry filled with thrill seekers. "Capt. Jepp and the Little Black Book: How Barnstormer & Aviation Pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen Made the Skies Safer for Everyone" is a look at the man who began to take steps to bring the industry away from the daredevil and deliver it to the mass consumer. The tale of a former aviation ...

The Rock Of Anzio: From Sicily To Dachau, A History Of The U.S. 45th Infantry Division

10 reviews
Flint Whitlock

Basic Books, 2005

Thought Provoking
My late grandfather was a Thunderbird (157th rgmt, M co), and seldom talked of his World War Two days. After reading this book, I now know why. I can only imagine what it must have been like to live for days on end in a wet foxhole, always cold and miserable. Only have the faintest idea of what horrors he saw when Dachau was liberated. The stories of those days were never told by him. ...

The Depths of Courage: American Submariners at War with Japan, 1941-1945

6 reviews
Flint Whitlock, Ron Smith

Berkley Trade, 2008

Well written, always interesting... a real page turner!
I just finished reading this book and I have to say, it's one of the best I have run across in a long while. This book now only talks about the experience of Ron Smith, it also does a good job illustrating the struggles America faced in War World II. It's starts in Pearl and ends with the official surrender of Japan and details the battles fought, along with all the important events that happened ...

The Fighting First: The Untold Story Of The Big Red One on D-Day

10 reviews
Flint Whitlock

Basic Books, 2005

D-Day and The Fighting First
Wow! This is a fantastic story about one of the most important days in the history of the world. The amphibious assult on the beaches of Normandy, truly inspriational and abolutely worth reading. If you see a WWII Vet, shake their hand and thank them!

Distant Bugles, Distant Drums: The Union Response to the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico
Flint Whitlock

University Press of Colorado, 2008

Although most accounts of the Civil War's New Mexico campaign have focused on the Confederate effort, Distant Bugles, Distant Drums brings to life the epic march of 1,000 men recruited from Colorado's towns, farms, and mining camps to fight 3,000 Confederate soldiers in New Mexico. Drawing on previously overlooked diaries, letters, and contemporary newspaper accounts, military historian Flint Whitlock brings the Civil War in the West to ...

Medic!: How I Fought World War II with Morphine, Sulfa, and Iodine Swabs

3 reviews
Robert "Doc Joe" Franklin

Bison Books, 2008

Concise, Clear and Effective Personal Memoir
"Medic!", by Robert "Doc Joe" Franklin. Subtitled: "How I Fought World War II With Morphine, Sulfa And Iodine Swabs". University of Nebraska Press, 2006. When Robert Franklin was officially drafted into the United States Army, he had already given up his room and quit his job at the Associated Press. He was afraid that he would flunk the Army medical and then have no place to go. At the age ...

The Rock of Anzio, From Sicily to Dachau: A History of the 45th Infantry Division, 1st Edition Hardcover, 1998
flint whitlock, 1998

1st edition hardcover

Distant Bugles, Distant Drums
Flint Whitlock

Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2008

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