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Abolitionists Fiction Air pilots, Military Fiction FICTION / War & Military Korean War, 1950-1953 Fiction McLanahan, Patrick (Fictitious character) Fiction Special operations (Military science) United States Fiction United States History, Military 20th century Fiction United States. Air Force Weapons systems Fiction United States. Marine Corps Fiction World War, 1939-1945 FictionPoyer, David
Summary: "New threats surface in the aftermath of WWIII--this time, in the remote waters of the Arctic. Arctic Sea is the next thrilling entry in David Poyer's critically-acclaimed future war series. In the aftermath of a world war with China, Admiral Dan Lenson is assigned to set up a US Navy base on the rugged North Slope of Alaska, in response to Russian seabed claims that reach nearly to the US...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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Summary: At Foreward Operating Base Triumph, a combat-avoiding staff sergeant named Chance Gooding spends his time composing press releases that spin grim events into statements more palatable to the public.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ABRBruchac, Joseph
Summary: After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BRUCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BRUBrown, Dale
Summary: General Patrick McLanahan, commander of the new Aerospace Battle Force, ignores directives from the White House and Pentagon to stand down and orders the ABF to attack secret Russian bases in Iran in an attempt to thwart Russian aggression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BROBrown, Dale
Summary: General Patrick McLanahan, commander of the new Aerospace Battle Force, ignores directives from the White House and Pentagon to stand down and orders the ABF to attack secret Russian bases in Iran in an attempt to thwart Russian aggression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROPoyer, David
Summary: World War with China explodes, and Dan Lenson has been promoted to admiral, at least for the duration. China's naval and air forces utilize advanced technology and tactical nuclear weapons to devastate America's traditional sea power, while its massive army swiftly forces humiliating treaties on Japan, the Philippines, and other crucial allies. Lenson is fighting to keep sea lanes open in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POYPoyer, David
Summary: "The war against China turns dire, as the United States struggles to survive in this gripping thriller featuring Navy commander Dan Lenson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POYJones, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1951
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONBrown, Dale
Summary: One of the Air Force's top guns, Captain Breanna Stockard is training Brunei pilots to fly the EB-52 Megafortress. But when a violent attempted kidnapping threatens a major arms deal about to take place, Breanna and her husband Major Jeff "Zen" Stockard must uncover a plot that--in this volatile region of the world--could mean Armageddon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BROHickam, Homer H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HICBrown, Dale
Summary: After he and his team refurbish America's aging weapon systems, Patrick McLanahan heads to Guam to oversee strategy, which causes the Chinese to take the offensive, launching a preemptive strike on a small American fleet that ignites a battle for the Pacific.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Willaim Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BRODeutermann, Peter T.
Summary: A novice naval aviator grows into a hero in this gripping and authentic WWII adventure by a master storyteller. Lieutenant Bobby Steele, USN, is a fresh-faced and eager naval aviator: a 'Nugget,' who needs to learn the ropes and complex procedures of taking off and returning safely to his aircraft carrier. A blurry night of drinking lands him in an unfamiliar bed aboard the USS Oklahoma; later...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA Fiction DeuGraham, J. M. (James M.)
Summary: "Arizona Moon describes a fictional no-name operation in Vietnam's infamous Arizona Territory and Golf's 1st platoon of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines operating west of the Tu Bon River in Quang Nam Province. The story centers on a squad leader, Corporal Raymond Strader, and an Apache Native American, L/Cpl Noche Gonshayee. Strader has only three days until his thirteen month tour of duty ends,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: Fresh from Guadalcanal, First Lieutenant Cletus Frade, a Marine aviator, is asked to team up with demolition expert Anthony Pelosi and radio expert David Ettinger to stop the resupply of German ships and submarines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam's 1994
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Summary: In the fall of 1950, the Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, and personal conflicts will determine fates for better or worse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRIPoyer, David
Summary: "The latest in David Poyer's acclaimed novels about the modern Navy and Marine Corps, Onslaught chronicles Dan Lenson's latest challenge as the U.S. Navy struggles to hold Taiwan, Korea, and Japan against a massive Chinese offensive. The prize: dominationof Asia and the Western Pacific. As the United States' computer, satellite, and financial networks are ravaged by coordinated digital attacks,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC POYShaara, Jeff
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn. November 1864: As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in favor of the Union. A grateful Abraham Lincoln responds to Ulysses S. Grant's successes by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Shaara 2015Ackerman, Sara
Summary: In the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Daisy Wilder enlists in a top secret program, replacing male soldiers in a war zone for the first time. Under fear of imminent invasion, the Women's Air Raid Defense (WARD) guides pilots into blacked-out airstrips and track unidentified planes across Pacific skies. Not everyone thinks the women are up to the job, and the new recruits meet resistance and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ACKGriffin, W. E. B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1996
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRIGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: When Captain Ken McCoy is asked to leave the Corps after his report on probable North Korean hostilities displeases his superiors, McCoy is hired by the CIA and must join with other veterans to retaliate against Korea's invasion of the 38th parallel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRIGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: In the fall of 1950, the U.S. Marines confront an uphill battle as they make their way from Inchon across the 38th parallel, dealing with the full force of Chinese military might and the disappearance of an officer's son behind enemy lines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GriMacomber, Robert N.
Summary: "On a hot June day in 1904, the Russo-Japanese War is raging in Korea and Rear Admiral Peter Wake, forty-year veteran of naval espionage, ship combat, and guerilla wars, is in his White House office as special assistant to President Theodore Roosevelt. The Perdicaris Hostage Crisis in Morocco has diverted Wake from his critical main project: obtaining Imperial Germany's 1903 revised invasion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MacomberCampbell, Rick
Summary: "The U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the Western Pacific Ocean is severely damaged by a surprise salvo of cruise missiles. While the Russian government officially apologizes, claiming it was the result of fire control accident during a training exercise,it was instead a calculated provocation. With the U.S. Pacific fleet already severely under strength, the Russian President decides that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMWright Faladé, David
Summary: "By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2022