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The Rising Sun, by John Toland. It's a two volume set about the War in the Pacific and a lot of it is from the Japanese viewpoint of the War and their actions that sometimes could be strange. | |||
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I want to thank folks here who recommended A Higher Calling. A very different kind of book about WW II, I'm well into it and looking forward to following the story to the end. _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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So many of the books mentioned here are worth reading, and in fact, I've read a surprisingly large number of them myself, and more that haven't been mentioned such as Patton's autobiography. Three that stand out are personal I-Was-There stories: Guadalcanal Diary by Richard Tregaskis, written from notes he took while actually on the island from the first day of the invasion. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo by Ted Lawson. Baa Baa Black Sheep by Greg Boyington. -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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If you can find a copy, "Hitler's Battleships" is a great read. Battleship Scharnhorst is another. | |||
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Just finished A Higher Calling...stayed up too late! Now I see a B-17 (Liberty Foundation) will be out at Gillespie Field this week, giving rides this weekend. _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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Run Silent Run Deep, Edward L. Beach. | |||
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Even if you can't pony up the money (~$450-500?) for a ride, they still might let you walk through the aircraft. When the Collins Foundation came to my home town, for $10 (IIRC) I was able to walk through a B-17 and a B-24, and ogle their B-25 and P-51B. . . Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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Read some of the books David Howarth wrote about WW11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Armine_HowarthThis message has been edited. Last edited by: cyberphobia, "Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need" Will Rogers SIG 229R LEGION SAO SIG 226R Elite SAO COONAN COMPACT .357 MAG | |||
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World War Eleven? How did I miss all the information about World Wars III through X? ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rollah |
I'd recommend this one.  His book about the fall of Berlin was also pretty good. -Tom __________________________ "For the cause that lacks assistance/The wrong that needs resistance/For the Future in the distance/And the Good that I can do" - George Linnaeus Banks, "What I Live for" | |||
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"Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need" Will Rogers SIG 229R LEGION SAO SIG 226R Elite SAO COONAN COMPACT .357 MAG | |||
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I want to thank you for your recommendation of "Death Traps". It was a great book. __________________________ Keep your rotor in the green The aircraft in trim Your time over target short Make it count | |||
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Legalize the Constitution |
I mentioned this book in one of the "What are you reading now?" threads. "The Perfect Horse," Elizabeth Letts Little known true story about an American Army mission in the closing days of WWII to rescue the Royal Lipizzaners. The Nazis had stockpiled eastern Europe's finest purebreds, including the 3 lines of Lipizzaners and Poland's Arabians, to breed an equine master race. The American officer involved was the commander of mounted cavalry at Fort Riley as late as 1943. He took command of a mechanized unit that drove into southern Germany at the end of the War. I'm about 2/3 through it and it's a compelling story. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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Fatal Crossroads by Danny Parker “I'm fat because everytime I do your girlfriend, she gives me a cookie”. | |||
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I second that and would add W E B Griffin's series called "Brotherhood of War" Army in WWII. Both will keep you busy for a week or so. Mike I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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Probably a change of pace from most recommendations here, but a great novel about the time leading up to WWII at Pearl Harbor: From Here To Eternity, by James Jones. | |||
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Mistake Not... |
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully. Great writing about what was probably the most pivotal naval battle of the Pacific. ___________________________________________ Life Member NRA & Washington Arms Collectors Mistake not my current state of joshing gentle peevishness for the awesome and terrible majesty of the towering seas of ire that are themselves the milquetoast shallows fringing my vast oceans of wrath. Velocitas Incursio Vis - Gandhi | |||
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| Slayer of Agapanthus |
The books that I would recommend are already posted. For the uncommon, the Sherman tank in use in the Red Army. http://www.historynet.com/book...s-f-gebhardt-ww2.htm "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre. | |||
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Another recommendation for Shattered Sword and Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. These two are probably the best I have read. Three others: Thunder Below: Eugene Flucky - this is the story of the USS Barb a WW2 Fleet sub. A really good read. Neptune's Inferno: Hornfischer - the US Navy at Guadalcanal. Great reading about the battles in the Slot. At Dawn We Slept: Goldstein - the first history written about the Pearl Harbor attack. It is older but a classic. Don Friends don't let friends drive overhead cams. A message from the Save the Pushrods Foundation | |||
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One of my favorite first person WW II books: Return of the Enola Gay by Paul W. Tibbets I bought my book at a signing in Las Vegas in 1999. I met and shook hands with Brigadier General (ret.) Paul Tibbets (pilot) and Colonel (ret.) Thomas W. Ferebee (bombadier), they signed my copy. RIP ________________________________________________________ The trouble with trouble is; it always starts out as fun. | |||
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