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(0)Doug Stanton
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Documents the post-September 11 mission during which a small band of Special Forces soldiers captured the strategic Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif as part of an effort to defeat the Taliban, in a dramatic account that includes testimonies by Afghanistan citizens whose lives were changed by the war.
2) The odyssey of Echo Company: the 1968 Tet Offensive and the epic battle to survive the Vietnam War
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the worst disaster in U.S. naval history, describing heroism in the face of persistent shark attacks and hypothermia after the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis in the South Pacific in the final days of World War II.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A young readers edition of Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias' New York Times bestseller In Harm's Way--a riveting World War II account of the greatest maritime disaster in US naval history. On July 30, 1945, the U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four...
5) 12 strong
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.