More than fifty years after its unhappy conclusion, the Vietnam War seems but a distant memory of an unpopular conflict. In writing On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam, William V. Taylor Jr. remembers it all too clearly and shares his experiences with the...

Inspired by Edwin McDowell's novel, To Keep Our Honor Clean, Terry Dwyer recounts his real-life experience at Marine Corps boot camp in Object Lessons: A Parris Island Memoir. The author talks about his journey of joining the Marines and his determination to serve his country....

If you enjoy WWII history or anything about the U.S. Marine Corps, Our New Zealand Home: The USMC in Wairarapa by Mark Sydney Pacey is for you. Pacey sets the stage by first discussing the political and strategic situations in Europe and the Pacific theaters...

Our Family's Story of Survival as POWs in the Philippines: A World War II Memoir is a gripping narrative co-authored by siblings Pamela J. Brink, Robert A. Brink, and John W. Brink. Narrated from three perspectives, the book gives readers a vivid and layered chronicle...

Colonel Ralph Parr was a highly decorated combat pilot in the United States Air Force. His career spanned three conflicts, from World War II flying the piston engine P-38 Lightning, through the early days of the jet era during the Korean War, to Vietnam in...

Jack Caleca, MD was a medical doctor serving in the Pacific during World War II. He was stationed on many of the islands and even has a picture of himself with the Enola Gay. This puts him in the middle of the action that led...

Operation Retrospect: A Soldier’s Journal in a Veteran’s Reunion by Paul Endris moved me on many levels. I loved it. The places where it reached me are many, and they are very personal, so I realize it may not move others with the same power....

“I have thrown off the shackles that have held me prisoner since I was liberated from the concentration camps in Europe. At last I have complete freedom in body, mind, and soul. Sharing my story has helped me to put life into perspective. I am...

Operation Nimrod: The Iranian Embassy Siege by Russell Phillips is the true story of what happened during 6 long days. In 1980, on 29th April, Iran was told by the British police that their embassy was perfectly secure. The next day that was proved to...

I’m not an expert on poetry though I can appreciate it as much as the next guy. I picked One Year There: One Soldier's Year in South Korea During 1968 to read because I spent time in South Korea and I wanted to see how...