Biography & Autobiography, Military
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The Journey of a Band of Villanova Brothers
A Memoir by Raymond W Kane
Long-lasting friendships are rare, but they do happen. In 1962, sixteen young men, strangers all, chose to enroll as freshmen at Villanova University located in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA. They met at different times and in different ways over ...
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LIMA-3
And the Mustang Grunt by Frank McCarthy
In 1966, career Marine Lieutenant Frank McCarthy received the assignment of a lifetime when he was assigned as a platoon commander in an infantry battalion preparing for deployment to Vietnam. Following several months of training his men, whom he ...
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Leadership, Loyalty, and Liability
A Pilot's Reflections on Canada's Military by William Cook
Robert ‘Mac’ MacIver had always been interested in aviation, and fate takes its course when he looks up to see a military jet flying overhead just after finishing his last exam at university in the mid-1970s. He soon finds himself at a Canadian ...
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Different Drummer
A Cardiologist's Memoir of Imperfect Heroes and Care for the Heart by Douglass Andrew Morrison
Andreas Gruentzig performed the first coronary artery balloon angioplasty (plasty) in 1977. Shortly after that, Doug completed his medical education and training and determined to contribute to the field Gruentzig’s work had spawned. In 1984, just ...
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Chasing Freedom
My Story of Service, Sacrifice and Redemption by Kathleen Mills
Chasing Freedom is a no-holds-barred, tell-it-like-it-is look at the life of a Canadian Military spouse. In it, author Kathleen Mills, who did a “tour of duty” that lasted 38 years, shares the good, the bad, the hard, and the amazing of her journey. ...
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Do Your Best
Family, Friends, Mentors and the US Army Guide a Boy to Manhood by Herbert W. Ridyard
Do Your Best is the intimate story of a young man, Herbert W. Ridyard, who shares his life lessons—about love, honesty, and dedication—for the benefit of his greater family, friends, historians, and the general populace, but also in memory of those ...
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Overcoming Adversity
Resetting Goals by Nelson J Fowlkes
What would you do to rise above unfavorable circumstances? This intriguing question is at the essence of the inspiring book, Overcoming Adversity. Rejections, setbacks and obstacles may occur in employment, social interactions or cultural ...
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Lilies in the Field
by Kathy Anderson
Lilies in the Field is the story of Air Force Captain Kathy Anderson, from her idyllic childhood years as the daughter of an Air Force officer living in the Netherlands and Germany to her return to the United States to complete her education, grow ...
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Ralph Douglas Clark – Atlantic Telegraph Cable Operator
A Family Memoir by Peter Béla Clark
This heart-felt narrative, profusely illustrated with historical images and detailed captions, chronicles highlights in the life of Ralph Douglas Clark whose career as an Atlantic telegraph cable operator began in the tiny Nova Scotia seaport of ...
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Life on the Inside
One Correctional Officer’s Story by John B. Williams
This book is about John Williams’s life,and how he faced the many challenges and obstacles throughout his life. Sometimes the choices he made thought out his life, were not always in his best interest, as he would usually find himself in a place ...
