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G.K. Hall large print American history seriesJones, Brent E.
Summary: "An intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the face of an increasingly desperate enemy during the final year of World War II. Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built "vengeance ship" USS Astoria, named after her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 JONWeintraub, Beverly
Summary: "This is the story of the first women naval aviators and their struggles and triumphs as they earned their Wings of Gold, learned to fly increasingly sophisticated jet fighters and helicopters, mastered aircraft carrier landings, served at sea, and reached heights of command that would have been unthinkable less than a generation before. It is also the story of the legacy they left behind"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.9 WEIMaher, Robert A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kent State University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 MAHBorneman, Walter R.
Summary: Evaluates the pivotal contributions of history's only five-star admirals and how their triumphs in World War II rendered the United States the world's dominant sea power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359 BORBreuer, William B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Presidio 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BULKELEY, JOHN BREKernan, Alvin B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 KERStratton, Donald
Summary: A memoir by a USS Arizona survivor describes his experience of the attacks that left him with burns over more than sixty-five percent of his body, his resolve to reenter service after a grueling recovery, and his contributions to some of the Pacific's most violent battles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STRATTON, DONALD STRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B STRATTON STRWard, H. (Hubert)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1stBooks Library 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 WARD, HUBERT WARHornfischer, James D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.54 HorMcCain, John
Summary: Congressman John McCain explains how he learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 McCAIN, JOHN MCCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.9 MCCDuffy, James P.
Summary: Recently discovered primary source material sheds new light on Farragut's life and times. The first full admiral in American naval history, he was small in stature and almost sixty years old at the outbreak of the Civil War. Yet Farragut possessed enormous courage and stamina. He led by example and became an inspiration to the entire nation. Thoroughly researched and compellingly written,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.75 DUFSullivan, James
Summary: Documents the true story of a U.S. Navy destroyer that inspired the writings of John Ford and Herman Wouk, drawing on the journals and other writings of five shipmates who witnessed the Anzio attacks and D-Day invasion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 SULCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 SULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist War SullivanRaymer, Edward C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 RAYMER, EDWARD RAYFreeman, Gregory A.
Summary: In the vein of Crimson Tide, with action pulled straight from a high seas thriller, this is the exciting story of a mutiny that the U.S. Navy denies to this day. In 1972, the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin when many of the five thousand men cooped up for the longest at-sea tour of the unpopular war rioted -- or, as Freeman claims, mutinied. Most disturbingly,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 FREHynes, Samuel Lynn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: F.C. Beil 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 HYNCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.5426 HYNMcCain, John
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Pub. 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MCCLayton, Edwin T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 LAYMcCain, John
Summary: The Navy veteran and U.S. senator describes the military careers of his grandfather and father, his own experiences as a POW in Vietnam, and his political career.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9092 MCCConstance, Harry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.9 CONSnyder, Brad
Summary: The inspiring story of Brad Snyder's journey from the Naval Academy to Afghanistan where he was blinded to winning Paralympic gold.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2016