MPage Posted April 16, 2012 Share #326 Posted April 16, 2012 The April edition of PlayBoy. You're "reading" it, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devincu Posted April 16, 2012 Share #327 Posted April 16, 2012 Just picked up a 1st addition copy of Omaha Beachhead printed in 1945. Gonna start reading it tonight!! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted April 16, 2012 Share #328 Posted April 16, 2012 You're "reading" it, eh? ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted April 16, 2012 Share #329 Posted April 16, 2012 You're "reading" it, eh? At his age, what else do you do with it........? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles68 Posted April 16, 2012 Share #330 Posted April 16, 2012 Guadalcanal Diary Tregaskis (Again) Victory at Guadalcanal Lee Guadalcanal Frank Barren Beaches of Hell Coral Comes High Hunt Queen of the Flat tops Johnston (Interesting to see USN pilots I.D. some Japanese planes as Messerschmitts... I am guessing they saw Tonys) Invasion Carell Stalingrad Shroter I read mostly Old books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45govt Posted June 2, 2012 Share #331 Posted June 2, 2012 Just started listening to Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted June 2, 2012 Share #332 Posted June 2, 2012 "The Last 100 Days" by Toland. Very good. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navrocky Posted June 2, 2012 Share #333 Posted June 2, 2012 At the recommendation of a member, I am reading Paris 1919. I am lured by the events and politics that led to the birth of the Nazis and the rebirth of a militant Germany. This book, though daunting, is extremely thorough and detailed. It also makes plain the Hitler thrived and ascended to power for more reasons than the Versailles Treaty. And we all know what happened because of the diplomacy, incompetence and blunders of the powers who met in Paris 1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vostoktrading Posted June 2, 2012 Share #334 Posted June 2, 2012 "Carlson's Raiders". Interesting story of the 2nd Raider Battalion (West Coast). (Edson started the 1st Raider Battalion on the East Coast). Carlson was an unusual Marine. He had some great ideas but also some nutty ones. Book covers the Makin Raid, the Long Patrol on Guadalcanal, the enmity from Edson and others, interesting book. Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr01 Posted June 2, 2012 Share #335 Posted June 2, 2012 Just moments ago finished "Invasion 1944", a 1950 translation of former general Hans Speidel's German version of facing the invading Allies. An interesting point was made that the German veterans of many years were facing young men fresh off the farms and with no more experience than running bayonets through straw targets. Oversimplified but great testament. Now beginning "Wings" by John Monk Saunders, the 1927 book adaptation of the movie. My interest is to see how closely this novel parallels actual events. It is also a bit of diversion away from the historical works that crowd my bookshelves. Like many others here I prefer the first editions, the older the better. It was a thrill to read the original 1925 version of "Winged Defense" by William Mitchell and to get more details on the bombing trials of the Ostfrieland and the rest of the ships assembled for the demonstration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted June 11, 2012 Share #336 Posted June 11, 2012 I am reading Halsey's Typhoon by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. I had a 2nd cousin FC/2c RH Hicks who was lost when the ship he served on USS Hull DD350 was lost in this typhoon 18 Dec 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted June 12, 2012 Share #337 Posted June 12, 2012 "Carlson's Raiders".Interesting story of the 2nd Raider Battalion (West Coast). (Edson started the 1st Raider Battalion on the East Coast). Carlson was an unusual Marine. He had some great ideas but also some nutty ones. Book covers the Makin Raid, the Long Patrol on Guadalcanal, the enmity from Edson and others, interesting book. Jon. I thought that was a great book, Jon. As you say, Carlson was a very interesting Marine in a number of ways. The account of the Makin raid is excellent, though it's a wonder they ever made it off that island alive! I've just started Helmet for My Pillow, need I say more? Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAW Posted June 12, 2012 Share #338 Posted June 12, 2012 I am reading "Trench Knives and Mustard Gas"; which is a memoir of an officer in the 168th Infantry, Rainbow Division in WW1. Good read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still-A-Marine Posted June 13, 2012 Share #339 Posted June 13, 2012 "Carlson's Raiders".Interesting story of the 2nd Raider Battalion (West Coast). (Edson started the 1st Raider Battalion on the East Coast). Carlson was an unusual Marine. He had some great ideas but also some nutty ones. Book covers the Makin Raid, the Long Patrol on Guadalcanal, the enmity from Edson and others, interesting book. Jon. Just finished it last week. Good book. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navrocky Posted June 14, 2012 Share #340 Posted June 14, 2012 I am still reading the tome, Paris 1919 but I had to put it down to watch a perfect game thrown by Giant's pitcher Matt Cain. The first one in Giant's 128 year history and the 22nd ever in Major League Baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capajo02 Posted June 15, 2012 Share #341 Posted June 15, 2012 I am not currently reading this book, but I do recommend it: Fighting the Bolsheviks: The Russian War Memoir of Private First Class Donald E. Carey, U.S. Army, 1918-1919. It is fascinating to read the first-person account of the US mission to assist the White Russians during the civil war. I learned a great deal from this book which I have not been able to find elsewhere. Without a doubt, the perspective of a ground-pounder always makes for an interesting story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45govt Posted June 19, 2012 Share #342 Posted June 19, 2012 Just started listening to Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown I have finished listening to this book and enjoyed it very much, gives a great overview of the entire life of Adam Brown and the demons he overcame. Now I am listening to The Great Courses "The Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer" courses by Professor Elizabeth Vandiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcCulloch Posted June 19, 2012 Share #343 Posted June 19, 2012 World War Z. Much to my surprise, it is very, very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenCross Posted June 19, 2012 Share #344 Posted June 19, 2012 Started Stephen Ambrose's Citizen Soldiers a few days ago. I read it's counterpart, D-Day two years ago and loved it. Finally getting around to reading this one, and it's fantastic. Ambrose's attention to detail is fantastic, and he somehow manages to maintain interest throughout hundreds of pages of straight-up fact. That takes talent. This stuff can get dry easily yet he keeps it interesting. Both are highly recommended if you're looking for a rundown of the US Army in the ETO during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeperz83 Posted June 19, 2012 Share #345 Posted June 19, 2012 Just started Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75 by George Veith. It's a pretty good look at the end of the war and all the factors on both sides that led to the collapse of South Vietnam. Gives quite a bit of insight into ARVN forces fighting in 1975 and does them more justice than the TV documentaries about the period have. Anyway, so far it's been a pretty good book about a period of history no one likes to talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr01 Posted June 19, 2012 Share #346 Posted June 19, 2012 The First Air Race by Owen S. Lieberg is a 1974 reprint of the 1909 book about the first international race Reims, France. Many of the future greats of aviation participated but what is interesting is how the crews broke new technical ground each time they flew {or almost flew}. This later edition updates the later accomplishments of men like Glenn Curtiss as well as the relationship between the Wright brothers and the French govt. Nicely written at about page 60 of 210. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted June 20, 2012 Share #347 Posted June 20, 2012 I am not currently reading this book, but I do recommend it: Fighting the Bolsheviks: The Russian War Memoir of Private First Class Donald E. Carey, U.S. Army, 1918-1919. It is fascinating to read the first-person account of the US mission to assist the White Russians during the civil war. I learned a great deal from this book which I have not been able to find elsewhere. Without a doubt, the perspective of a ground-pounder always makes for an interesting story. I agree. I read it many years ago,great 1st person account of little taught history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 20, 2012 Share #348 Posted June 20, 2012 The Great War in Africa a 1986 book by Byron Farwell, I first read it back in 2002 when I took it out of the library in when I was living in Los Angeles, I just reordered it from amazon, it very very good. This Byron Farwell, he has written quite a few books on the Victorian era British Army, to include a history of the Ghurkas, I intend to get a few of these titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted June 26, 2012 Share #349 Posted June 26, 2012 The Ship That Would Not Die by Rear Admiral F Julian Becton. It's about the USS Laffey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr01 Posted June 26, 2012 Share #350 Posted June 26, 2012 I've been a little deeper than I want to be into my Haynes truck manual lately but I'm also enjoying "Sky Pioneering" by Ruth Reinhold. Ruth was a life long Az aviatrix and her book is about the earliest days of aviation in Az. Of interest is how the military influenced many of the early airports. Very good, in depth history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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