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World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension ; 2Hillenbrand, Laura
Summary: In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian s courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history s most thrilling survival epics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ember 2017
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Summary: In this captivating new young adult edition, the story of a man's breathtaking odyssey and the courage, cunning, and fortitude he found to endure and overcome. This gripping narrative will introduce a new generation to one of history's most thrilling survival epics.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ZAMPERINI, LOUIS HILCoram, Robert.
Summary: During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to POWs everywhere--a man who fought without pause, not a prisoner of war, but a prisoner at war. Upon his return,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 CORMoore, Stephen L.
Summary: In late 1944, the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within reach. But for the last 150 American prisoners of war still held on the island of Palawan, there would be no salvation. After years of slave labor, starvation, disease, and torture, their worst fears were about to be realized. On December 14, with machine guns trained on them, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MOOEdmonds, Chris (Christopher Waring)
Summary: "Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is theinspiring truestory of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives--then and now. Captured in the Battle of the Bulge, Master Sergeant Roddie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 EDMONDS, RODDIE EDMCornum, Rhonda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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Summary: ""In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and undeniable courage, no words matter more than, 'I was there.' Read Luck of the Draw and the life of Frank Murphy and ponder this: how did those boys do such things?" -Tom Hanks The epic true story of an American hero who flew during WWII, soon to be featured in the upcoming Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks TV Series, Masters of the Air....
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MURPHY, FRANK D. MURHillenbrand, Laura.
Summary: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared. Then, on the ocean surface, the face of a young lieutenant appeared as he struggled to pull himself aboard a life raft. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War as told by the author of "Seabiscuit."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 ZAMPERINI, LOUIS HILLENBRANDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 Zamperini 2010Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD B ZAMPERINICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 940.54 HILHillenbrand, Laura.
Summary: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Growing up in post-WWII Germany, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, Dieter Dengler dreamed about becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966 and on his first mission was shot down and taken prisoner. There, the Vietcong tortured him until Dengler engineered...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LITHandy, Edward A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HANHampton, Dan
Summary: "Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines and brutal captivity under the Japanese, from New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton. Lieutenant William Frederick "Bill" Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, WILLIAM FREDRICK HAMHillenbrand, Laura.
Summary: On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZAMCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZAMPERINI, LOUIS HILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.54 HILMcCann, Hugh Wray.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbor Cove Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 NICHOLAS, JOHNNY MCCBrace, Ernest C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7043 BRAEdmonds, Chris (Christopher Waring)
Summary: "Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is the inspiring true story of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the treacherous final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives--then and now"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EDMONDS, RODDIE EDMTownley, Alvin.
Summary: "The story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives who fought to bring them home. During the Vietnam War, hundreds of American prisoners of war faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of communist interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 TOWCharles, H. Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zenith Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5472 CHACohen, Roger.
Summary: Describes how 350 American POWs captured during the Battle of the Bulge were singled out by the Nazis because they were Jews or looked like Jews, and transported to a concentration camp in Germany, where they were put to work as slave labor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5472 COHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist War CohenWhipps, Ray
Summary: Ray and Betty Whipps both served in Europe during WWII: Ray as an infantryman under General Patton in the trenches of Normandy, Paris, and Belgium, and Betty as a field nurse in Cherbourg, France. The two met when Betty tended to Ray after he was injured in a mortar blast. Both strong Christians, the two bonded over their shared faith, and as Betty nursed Ray back to health, they fell in love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHIPPS, RAY WHIPhilpott, Tom.
Summary: He was born in New Jersey in 1933 & only dreamed of being a military man. Marrying shortly after high school, he joined the army in 1956 & was dispatched to Vietnam in 1963 when America still seemed still innocent. Jim Thompson would have led a perfectly ordinary, undistinguished life had he not been captured four months later, becoming the first American prisoner in Vietnam and, ultimately,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.7043 PHIWelch, Bob
Summary: Recounts the survival of Clay Conner, Jr., who headed for the jungles and befriended pygmies rather than surrender to the Japanese in 1942 and become part of the Bataan Death March.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Caliber 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5472 CONNOR, CLAY, JR WELSpinelli, Angelo M.
Contents: Angelo Spinelli's narrative and photographs -- North Africa -- Captured! -- Stalag IIIB-Fürstenberg/Oder -- Stalag IIIA-Luckenwalde -- Liberation and home -- Civilian Spinelli and his photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fordham University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5472 SPIRasmussen, Randall L.
Summary: It was December 3, 1943, and American warplanes were on assignment over Nazi Germany. Sergeant William Rasmussen was the ball turret gunner on the Hell's Belle, a B-17 heavy bomber. During one of its missions, the Belle was shot down and the captured American flyers were sent to the notorious German prison camp Stalag 17B. In Stalag the American prisoners of war had to deal with the harsh rules...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sunstone Press 2003