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Author
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relates the story of eight American airmen who were shot down over Chichi Jima during World War II, one of whom was rescued and later became president of the United States, and the other seven who were captured by Japanese troops.
35) War movies
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
c1984
Physical Desc
224 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the final months of World War II in Europe and General George Patton's contributions to the Allied victory before his mysterious death in a car collision in December 1945, days before he was to return to the United States.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, President Obama stood in Arlington National Cemetery to deliver his Memorial Day address. He extolled the heroism and sacrifice of the two men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, these two former roommates and best friends were...