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The Heroes

"Soldiers usually win the battle; generals get credit for them." --Napoleon Bonaparte

The following titles are the stories of the men and women of the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force who fought the battles and eventually won World War II.

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catalog link:1942: The Year that Tried Men's Souls 1942: The Year that Tried Men's Souls Winston Groom
940.53 G87n catalog link:Reflections of Pearl Harbor: An Oral History of December 7, 1941 Reflections of Pearl Harbor: An Oral History of December 7, 1941 K. D. Richardson
940.5373 R52r catalog link:Voices from D-Day Voices from D-Day Jonathan Bastable
940.54 B32v catalog link:Voices of Valor: D-Day: June 6, 1944 Voices of Valor: D-Day: June 6, 1944 Douglas Brinkley
940.54 B85v catalog link:Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle Nest Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle Nest Stephen Ambrose
940.5421 A49b catalog link:The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe As Told By the Men Who Fought It The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe As Told By the Men Who Fought It Gerald Astor
940.5421 A85m catalog link:Foot Soldier: A Combat Infantryman's War in Europe Foot Soldier: A Combat Infantryman's War in Europe Roscoe C. Blunt
940.5421 B652f catalog link:Saving the Breakout: The 30th Division's Heroic Stand at Mortain, August 7-12, 1944 Saving the Breakout: The 30th Division's Heroic Stand at Mortain, August 7-12, 1944 Alwyn Featherston
940.5421 F28s catalog link:Crisis in the Pacific: The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them Crisis in the Pacific: The Battles for the Philippine Islands by the Men Who Fought Them Gerald Astor
940.5425 A85c catalog link:Voices from the Pacific War: Bluejackets Remember Voices from the Pacific War: Bluejackets Remember Bruce M. Petty
940.5426 P51v catalog link:Now Hear This: The Story of American Sailors in World War II Now Hear This: The Story of American Sailors in World War II Edwin P. Hoyt
940.5459 H86n catalog link:The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape The Longest Tunnel: The True Story of World War II's Great Escape Alan Burgess
940.5472 B95L catalog link:And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II Evelyn M. Monahan
940.5475 M73a catalog link:Tales from a Tin Can: The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay Tales from a Tin Can: The USS Dale from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay Michael Olson
940.575973 O52t catalog link:The Greatest Generation The Greatest Generation Tom Brokaw
940.5481 B86g catalog link:Visions From a Foxhole: A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps Visions From a Foxhole: A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps William A. Foley
940.548173 F6940.5481736v catalog link:Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat Patrick K. O'Donnell
940.548173 I61 catalog link:Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII William W. Putney
940.548173 P99a catalog link:Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park Codebreakers: The Inside Story of Bletchley Park F. H. Hinsley
940.548641 C66 catalog link:Unsung Heroes of World War II: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers Unsung Heroes of World War II: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers Deanne Durrett
940.548673 D96u catalog link:The Homefront: America during World War II The Homefront: America during World War II Mark Jonathan Harris
973.917 H76 catalog link:I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography James Harold Doolittle
B D691 catalog link:Patton Patton Alan Axelrod
B P322a catalog link:General of the Army, George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman General of the Army, George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman Ed Cray
B M3673C