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Summary: The story of the U.S. Army helicopter pilot who risked his life to rescue South Vietnamese civilians and to put a stop to the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War in 1968. Revised Edition shows President Nixon and some of his political allies in the House of Representatives interfered in the judicial process to try to prevent any U.S. soldier from being convicted of war crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acadian House Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMPSON, HUGH ANGKander, Jason
Summary: From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about politics, PTSD, impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KANDER, JASON KANShaw, Art
Summary: On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa, to launch the largest amphibious assault on the Pacific Theater. then-Major Shaw was the first American officer ashore, a unit commander in the U.S. Army's 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020