posse Posted March 13, 2011 Share #226 Posted March 13, 2011 Fighting with the screaming eagles by R. Bowen, 401GIR vet rgds Bart P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoHare Posted March 22, 2011 Share #227 Posted March 22, 2011 Now reading: "The Naked Flagpole" by Richard C. Mallonee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVSkelton Posted April 14, 2011 Share #228 Posted April 14, 2011 Currently reading Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific by Eric Bergerud. I'm about 150 pages into it. Excellent read so far! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted April 14, 2011 Share #229 Posted April 14, 2011 "Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage", by Noah Andre Trudeau. It's a great read, around 600 pages of first hand accounts with an hour by hour account of the battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted April 14, 2011 Share #230 Posted April 14, 2011 Currently reading "Shifty's War" by Marcus Brotherton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted April 14, 2011 Share #231 Posted April 14, 2011 "A Life Disturbed", My Pacific War Revisited, by Merrel Clubb. A naval gunfire liaison officer with the FMF. He was at most of the important landings with the Marine Corp. and the Army in the Pacific War. A good read, Clubb is an intelligent and observant author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoHare Posted April 17, 2011 Share #232 Posted April 17, 2011 Now reading: I Saw the Fall of the Philippines by Carlos P. Romulo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted May 4, 2011 Share #233 Posted May 4, 2011 Blooding at Great Meadows by Alan Axelrod. It's about George Washington and the start of the French and Indian (7 years war) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted May 4, 2011 Share #234 Posted May 4, 2011 Now reading: "The Naked Flagpole" by Richard C. Mallonee I'VE READ THAT BOOK, GREAT ONE., I'M NOW READING 84TH DIV HISTORY 1946. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share #235 Posted May 4, 2011 Currently reading "Making the Corps" by Thomas E Ricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted May 4, 2011 Share #236 Posted May 4, 2011 Next up on my reading list: Through the Perilous Night: The Astoria's Last Battle by Joe J. Custer I just picked up a copy of this book that was published in 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coberry731 Posted May 4, 2011 Share #237 Posted May 4, 2011 The Rustics: A Top Secret Air War Over Cambodia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFloyd Posted May 5, 2011 Share #238 Posted May 5, 2011 James D. Hornfischer's "Neptune's Inferno: The US Navy at Guadalcanal". I've never been attuned to the naval war in the Pacific, but some recent research for writing my catalog made this necessary and attractive. Very well written and easy to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dag Posted May 5, 2011 Share #239 Posted May 5, 2011 James D. Hornfischer's "Neptune's Inferno: The US Navy at Guadalcanal". I've never been attuned to the naval war in the Pacific, but some recent research for writing my catalog made this necessary and attractive. Very well written and easy to read. I'm also reading a book on Guadalcanal: Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943: History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol.5 My father-in-law was wounded at Guadalcanal, the destroyer he was on was sunk during the battle, the USS Monssen. I have read several accounts on the battle, kinda hits home when you know someone who lived through it. He died several years ago though, before I had a chance to really talk to him about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted May 5, 2011 Share #240 Posted May 5, 2011 I know these are an old stand by, but I got the opportunity to pick up all of Don Burgett's books at a great price. I just finished Currahee!, and I'm about half way through The Road To Arnhem. Mr. Burgett is a really good writer and his style keeps your attention. IMHO, these books are every bit as good as BoB. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted May 5, 2011 Share #241 Posted May 5, 2011 James D. Hornfischer's "Neptune's Inferno: The US Navy at Guadalcanal". I've never been attuned to the naval war in the Pacific, but some recent research for writing my catalog made this necessary and attractive. Very well written and easy to read. A fantastic work, by a good naval historian author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shevy Posted May 6, 2011 Share #242 Posted May 6, 2011 D-Day with the Screaming Eagles By George E. Koskimaki Stocking stuffer from Christmas, Thanks Santa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-16 Posted May 6, 2011 Share #243 Posted May 6, 2011 River Rats By Ralph Christopher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Share #244 Posted May 24, 2011 "Girls can't be Pilots" by a WASP, Margaret J Ringenberg. Excellent book! My favorite line so far is "There is an old saying : 'When God closes a door he opens a window.' And when God opened the window, I did what I do best. I flew throught it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted May 30, 2011 Share #245 Posted May 30, 2011 Take Her Deep by Admiril I.J.Galantin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfield Posted May 31, 2011 Share #246 Posted May 31, 2011 The Ragged Irregulars of Bassingbourn by Marion H. Havelaar. The book is packed with pictures and great stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian bacon Posted June 1, 2011 Share #247 Posted June 1, 2011 battle cry by leon uris which is defanetly one of my all time favorite reads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macvsog Posted June 3, 2011 Share #248 Posted June 3, 2011 Reading: "KFC" By Lynne Black (SOG RT/10) Very good reading for us MACVSOG Historians! and The Bible. This last one has the history of mankind, intrigue, bad people, the Law, and Heroes. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstop61 Posted June 8, 2011 Share #249 Posted June 8, 2011 100-Days of Ian MacHorton--great book telling the story of Ian MacHorton and how he was wounded and escaped from behind enemy lines in Burma while fighting the Japanese as a Chindit under Orde Wingate. One of those books you can't put down and one you'll read again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
market garden Posted June 8, 2011 Share #250 Posted June 8, 2011 Bought a 1942 copy of "The raft" with the dust jacket at Goodwill. It was interesting and had photos, Good read about a enlisted naval aviator who went down in the Pacific with his crew I believe in a TBM. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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