Vietnam War Heroes
Title | Vietnam War Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Zullo |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 173 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9781338585513 |
Ten true stories give accounts of American heroes risking their lives while serving their country in the Vietnam War during the 1960s and 1970s in a hostile environment halfway across the world.
10 True Tales: World War II Heroes
Title | 10 True Tales: World War II Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Zullo |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 151 |
Release | 2015-06-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0545312124 |
Ten true stories of real-life heroes from World War II! Pfc. Jack Lucas -- just a teenager -- is on patrol on Iwo Jima when two grenades land at his feet. Can he save his comrades' lives? Lt. Col. James Rudder and his Rangers are climbing a 100-foot-high cliff on a secret D-Day mission. Can they survive the Nazis' devastating firepower? Sgt. Forrest Vosler is blinded and wounded from an attack by German fighter planes on his crippled bomber. Can he make it home?The world was saved by these and many more real-life heroes. You will never forget their incredible true stories.
Titanic: Young Survivors (10 True Tales)
Title | Titanic: Young Survivors (10 True Tales) PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Zullo |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 151 |
Release | 2015-12-29 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0545508681 |
Ten true stories of real-life survivors of the Titanic! Eleven-year-old Billy Carter kneels down on the slanting deck of the Titanic and hugs his beloved dog -- a tan and black Airedale. Can Billy save himself and his pet? Fifteen-year-old Edith Brown and her mother climb into Lifeboat 14. Edith begs her father to join them. Why won't he? Seventeen-year-old Jack Thayer looks over the side of the sinking Titanic and stares into the frigid sea. There are no lifeboats left. He knows he has to jump, but can he? These and other young people came from many walks of life. Now, on the night of April 14, 1912, they all face a life-or-death crisis abroad the Titanic. When the unthinkable occurs, can they survive?
World War I Heroes
Title | World War I Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Zullo |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2015-12-29 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781484477878 |
The soldiers of the 8th Illinois--all African Americans--face bitter racism and segregation. Can they overcome bigotry to fight with valor and distinction? These and other brave heroes risked their lives serving their country in World War I. You will
10 True Tales: 9/11 Heroes
Title | 10 True Tales: 9/11 Heroes PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Zullo |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 153 |
Release | 2015-06-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0545463491 |
Ten true stories of real-life heroes during the attacks on 9/11! When Captain Jay Jonas of the Fire Department of New York hears an emergency radio message about the World Trade Center, he has no idea of the terrible conditions he and his team will face. Arriving at the burning building, the firefighters must summon all their courage. On the same morning, just outside Washington, D.C., a jetliner piloted by terrorists slams into the Pentagon. Can Colonel Philip McNair save lives inside the flaming building?From the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to a hijacked plane above Pennsylvania, these ten stories of true American heroes on the day that changed America -- September 11, 2001.
War Stories
Title | War Stories PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages | 319 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1597973068 |
Very Crazy, G.I.!
Title | Very Crazy, G.I.! PDF eBook |
Author | Kregg P. Jorgenson |
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | 258 |
Release | 2010-02-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0307434699 |
AMERICAN BOYS AT WAR IN VIETNAM--AND INVOLVED IN INCIDENTS YOU WON'T FIND IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES In this compelling, highly unusual collection of amazing but true stories, U.S. soldiers reveal fantastic, almost unbelievable events that occurred in places ranging from the deadly Central Highlands to the Cong-infested Mekong Delta. "Finders Keepers" became the sacred byword for one exhausted recon team who stumbled upon a fortune worth more than $500,000--and managed, with a little American ingenuity, to relocate the bounty to the States. Jorgenson also chronicles Marine Sergeant James Henderson's incredible journey back from the dead, shares a surreal chopper rescue, and recounts some heart-stopping details of the life--and death--of one of America's greatest unsung heroes, a soldier who won more medals than Audie Murphy and Sergeant York. Whether occurring in the bloody, fiery chaos of sudden ambushes or during the endless nights of silent, gnawing menace spent behind enemy lines, these stories of war are truly beaucoup dinky dau . . . and ultimately unforgettable.