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Gary Sinise shares the never-before-told story of his journey from trouble-making Chicago kid to cofounder of the legendary Steppenwolf Theater Company, world-famous actor, and tireless advocate for America's active duty defenders, veterans, and first responders.
"As a kid in suburban Chicago, Gary Sinise was more interested in sports and rock 'n' roll than reading or schoolwork. But when he impulsively auditioned for a school production of West...
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[publisher unknown]
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Known as "The Wall that Heals," the reflective quality of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is meant to bring past and present together as visitors trace the listings in search of names of loved ones and lost comrades...
Includes a list of local servicemen (within 45 miles of Marshall, MN) that are listed on the Memorial Wall. Also includes a poem by Jimmy Fortune and John Rimel with a note on the history of "Taps".
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Here is the triumphant sequel to Robert Mason's bestselling account of his service as a chopper pilot in Vietnam. Chickenawk: Back in the World is a moving, no-holds-barred post-Vietnam memoir that reveals the war's shattering legacy in the heart and mind of a returning vet. When Robert Mason's first book was published in 1983, it was hailed as one of the finest personal evocations of Vietnam ever to appear in print. In fact, Chickenhawk is still...
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"In the late 1950s, as America prepared for the Civil War centennial, two very old men lay dying. Albert Woolson, 109 years old, slipped in and out of a coma at a Duluth, Minnesota, hospital, his memories as a Yankee drummer boy slowly dimming. Walter Williams, at 117 blind and deaf and bedridden in his daughter's home in Houston, Texas, no longer could tell of his time as a Confederate forage master. The last of the Blue and the Gray were drifting...
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Publisher
Arthur Louis Finnell]
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A list of veterans of the War of 1812 from both the American and British forces who later settled in and died in Minnesota. Entries include birth, marriage, and death dates, parents', spouses', and children's names, residence information and the sources from which this information was derived. Also includes pictures of headstones, portraits of veterans, and examples of original discharge certificates.
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"Finkel, a journalist, follows the soldiers who serve in the Iraq War as they struggle to reintegrate into American society" -- Provided by publisher.
"In Thank You for Your Service, Finkel has done something even more extraordinary. Once again, he has embedded with some of the men of the 2-16--but this time he has done it at home, here in the States, after their deployments have ended. He is with them in their most intimate, painful, and hopeful...
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A New York Times Notable Book • Now a Major Motion Picture
The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary-and literary history.
The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, was stunned to discover...
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Military life volume 5
Publisher
Government Institutes
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the issues transitioning veterans face when making the move to civilian life, from finding employment to managing finances.
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