bummer Posted January 21, 2011 Share #201 Posted January 21, 2011 The Marauders by Charlton Ogburn Jr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsmancollector Posted February 2, 2011 Share #202 Posted February 2, 2011 Currently reading; Letters from Iwo Jima and Carlson's Raid Both good so far! Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robswashashore Posted February 2, 2011 Share #203 Posted February 2, 2011 Currently reading (upon recommendation of Rakkasan187 of this forum) the book of the same name by Flanagan. And The Darkest Summer -- Pusan and Inchon 1950 by Bill Sloan Both interesting and teaching me lots about ground forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones5452 Posted February 2, 2011 Share #204 Posted February 2, 2011 I'm not a WWI guy by any means, but I never neglect anything to read,if I think it might be interesting, and that's how I'm finding the book His Time In Hell from Presido Press. If you have the chance read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted February 2, 2011 Share #205 Posted February 2, 2011 American Commando by John Wukovits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoHare Posted February 17, 2011 Share #206 Posted February 17, 2011 In the Philippines and Okinawa: A Memoir, 1945-1948 by William S. Triplet... on recommendation by USMF member kiaiokalewa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted February 17, 2011 Share #207 Posted February 17, 2011 Stay Off the Skyline----The Sixth Marine Division on Okinawa by Laura Homan Lacey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stony Posted February 17, 2011 Share #208 Posted February 17, 2011 "Call of Duty" by Buck Compton. He really dispells a lot of what happened in BoB, especially regarding his actual role vs. what was depicted by his character. I got to meet Buck in December at an event and he's a really down to earth type of guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted February 17, 2011 Share #209 Posted February 17, 2011 "Call of Duty" by Buck Compton. He really dispells a lot of what happened in BoB, especially regarding his actual role vs. what was depicted by his character. I got to meet Buck in December at an event and he's a really down to earth type of guy. Buck's book is an excellent read, really enjoyed it alot. Currently reading Sid Phillip's "You'll be Sor-ree". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice paddy daddy Posted February 18, 2011 Share #210 Posted February 18, 2011 Buck's book is an excellent read, really enjoyed it alot. Currently reading Sid Phillip's "You'll be Sor-ree". Couldn't quite decide to read next, so I went to the old standby: Winston Churchill's 6 volume history of WWII. I'm about 60 pages into volume one. Last time around it took almost two years to read all 6. Also re-reading John Tolland's biography of Hitler at the same time. Just finished At Dawn We Slept by Gordon Prange. If the Pearl Harbor attack interests you, this is THE best work on the subject I've ever found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PvtTamura Posted February 18, 2011 Share #211 Posted February 18, 2011 Currently rereading Memoirs of a Hollywood Soldier: An Extra's Journey to "The Pacific" By Jeff Ooi. (Also known as forum member bratwurstdimsum!) Jeff writes about working on The Pacific in his short but excellent read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share #212 Posted February 18, 2011 Currently reading "Guadalcanal Diary". It is great so far.....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted February 18, 2011 Share #213 Posted February 18, 2011 Couldn't quite decide to read next, so I went to the old standby: Winston Churchill's 6 volume history of WWII. I'm about 60 pages into volume one. Last time around it took almost two years to read all 6.Also re-reading John Tolland's biography of Hitler at the same time. Just finished At Dawn We Slept by Gordon Prange. If the Pearl Harbor attack interests you, this is THE best work on the subject I've ever found. I have a copy of Prange's Target Tokyo about the Richard Sorge spy ring. I have learned through various correspondence that Prang used a fair amount of the information that was uncovered (after the surrender) and distilled into various reports by my uncle. I have a signed copy that was given to my uncle by Prange, thanking him for the research input. From June 45 through the end of 1954, my uncle was part of the famed 441st CIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravecreek Posted February 22, 2011 Share #214 Posted February 22, 2011 Just finished, Bootprints, An Infantryman's walk through WWII by Hobert Winebrenner - Michael McCoy. 358th IR 90th DIV. Great Read ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collector-5957 Posted February 25, 2011 Share #215 Posted February 25, 2011 Right kno I am reading "Kill Bin Laden" by Dalton Fury. An ecellent book written by the senior ranking officer at the Battle of Tora Bora. It is a fist person account written by a former Delta officer and his experiences inside Afghanistan. Just finished up "Six Minutes to Freedom" by Kurt Muse and John Gilstrap. This book detailed the capture of Kurt Muse by the Panamanian Defense Force and his subsequent incarceration for anti-Noriega radio broadcasts. It also talks about the Delta rescue of Muse from the Modelo Prison. I recommend both books highly!!! Arch Kill Bin Laden-agreed excellent. Some unpublished missed chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrenchfootJoe66 Posted February 25, 2011 Share #216 Posted February 25, 2011 "Mobile Guerilla Force" by James Donahue (my current "on the road" book) "The Ether Zone" by Ray Morris ( on the night stand at home) "The Guts to Try" by James Kyle ( bathroom bookshelf) I wish I could say that "The Ether Zone" was a super read full of new material. Unfortunately at least some of whats contained in the book can be found at the B-52 Project Delta website. That being said, it's still great to finally have some books on the legendary recon men of Project Delta. Im not saying that it was a waste of my money and I did enjoy it, I just had higher hopes for the book. Ill be ordering a copy of "Boots on the Ground" next as I continue to read all I can find on B-52. Anybody who wants to learn a bit more about Operation Eagle Claw ( Iran Hostage rescue debacle) should have a look at "The Guts to Try". Im reading it for the second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arclight Posted February 25, 2011 Share #217 Posted February 25, 2011 I've turned my readings from WWII and Korea to something more recent and useful to what I might encounter in my future service. Now reading Baghdad at Sunrise; A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq. Very interesting insight into some of the challenges we faced with the "natives," as well as all the other problems that evolved after "mission accomplished" was proclaimed. Author is Col Peter Mansoor, who was CO of the "Ready First Combat Team," 1st Bde, 1st Armored Div.Goes into good detail about his unit's counterinsurgency operations. Definitely recommend! Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labelkills254 Posted February 25, 2011 Share #218 Posted February 25, 2011 Just finished D-Day by Ambrose and am almost done with the followup book Citizen Soldiers which chronicles the war in Europe from June 7th 1944 to May 8th 1945. Both are excellent and highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squad leader Posted February 26, 2011 Share #219 Posted February 26, 2011 From Brittany to the Reich by Joseph Balkoski. 270 pages read already. A little bit disappointing, not his best book about the 29th inf. div. in WWII. Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjef Posted February 26, 2011 Share #220 Posted February 26, 2011 The KGB in Europe and the West -THE MITROKHIN ARCHIVE- Astonishing, horrible, scandalous, yet very exciting! see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrokhin_Archive and http://www.amazon.com/Mitrokhin-Archive-Eu...8735&sr=8-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teufelhunde.ret Posted February 27, 2011 Share #221 Posted February 27, 2011 re-reading a classic, "Letters of a Leatherneck" (Smedley Butler 1898-1931) by Anne Venzon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 27, 2011 Share #222 Posted February 27, 2011 "On Combat" LtCol Gossman (Ret) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polecat Posted March 1, 2011 Share #223 Posted March 1, 2011 "None Braver" by Michael Hirsh. Great book about PJs in Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravecreek Posted March 12, 2011 Share #224 Posted March 12, 2011 Just finished "Once Upon a Time in War" - The 99th Division in WWII, by Robert E. Humphrey. Great book about the hardships the 99th incurred in the bulge and beyond. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoHare Posted March 12, 2011 Share #225 Posted March 12, 2011 "I was on Corregidor" by Amea Willoughby. She was the wife of the Philippine High Commissioner's Executive Assistance. She tells of her experiences as a government official caught in the middle of WWII from the opening days of the war, to moving to Malinta Tunnel on Corregidor, and their evacuation to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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