Summary: A film that investigates new and controversial techniques and methods for treating PTSD but more than that, it is a look into the lives of veterans in America today. It is an authentic portrayal of veterans today in America and their bitter combat to overcome drug addiction, criminal issues, and their individual struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Through investigation and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MILHoxie, Jim
Summary: "When Grandpa loses his sight, he attends a school for veterans who are visually impaired. There he regains his confidence for independent living. Grandpa shares these experiences and talks about educating children about the tall white cane."--Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Disabl HoxieRuliffson, Jess
Summary: "Candid, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. Cartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 355 RULMusgrave, John
Summary: "A Marine's searing and intimate memoir about surviving Vietnam and its aftermath"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MUSGRAVE, JOHN MUSNorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Contains death records of more than 36,000 G.A.R. members, who served in regiments from 37 states and territories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2007
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 973.76 NORSummary: "On June 6, 1944, the greatest military operation in the history of the world succeeded in landing more than 150,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Northern France. Before the battle of Normandy was won in late August, these troops endured some of the most costly fighting of World War II. This video looks back sixty years on this awesome military event from the point of view of soldiers,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FamilyNet 2004
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OVENorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Names are listed alphabetically.
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Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2005
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3772 NORBush, George W. (George Walker)
Summary: A collection of military oil paintings and profiles presents the stories of post-9/11 veterans, their experiences on the battlefield, road to recovery, and continuing contributions as civilians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 757 BUSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 759.13 BUSFerguson, Chris
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. Ferguson 2001
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.5 FERNorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Names are in alphabetical order.
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Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2003
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3773 NORSummary: In First blood, an ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam is searching for peace, but finds instead an overzealous, small town sheriff who's spoiling for a fight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TAXBentley, Don
Summary: "A brotherhood born in battle is endangered by a deadly secret in the latest astonishing thriller from the New York times bestselling author of Tom Clancy Zero Hour and Hostile Intent. As a team, Matt Drake and his partner, Frodo, have watched each other's backs through some very dark days. But one thing they've never doubted was their commitment to each other...until now. Frodo has been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENHoling, Dwight
Summary: Living is hard on the high lonesome, but dying is easy. When two of Nick Drake's oldest Paiute friends disappear during a robbery of ancient relics that leads to a double murder, his race to find them puts him on a collision course with an obsessed killer. And that's only for starters. A plane crash on a snowy mountainside after a wedding and with a baby on the way leads to a desperate fight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jackdaw Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLStinger, Allen J.
Summary: Johnny Joey Jones, a devoted bomb technician in the Marines, fearlessly served his country in the perilous landscapes of Iraq and Afghanistan. Bound by unbroken bonds of battle, he forged profound connections with his fellow servicemen and women, ready to lay down his life to safeguard the freedoms he held dear. But on August 6, 2010, his life changed forever. He stepped on an improvised...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allen J. Stinger 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JONES, JOHNNY JOEY STISummary: Cimino's epic film about friendship chronicles the lives of three steelworkers and their friends, whose lives are irrevocably changed by a tour of duty in Vietnam. The film is renowned for the Russian roulette scenes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2012
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DEESummary: In association with GATHER Media LLC, and the Grand Traverse County Department of Veterans Affairs, Gather Veterans offers a resource in which local veterans, active military and their families will have access to a vital source of information focused on their specific needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: GATHER Media LLC. 2019
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Summary: From out of the shadows comes this final collection of hard-to-find noir classics: The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Lineup (1958); The Shadow in the Window (1956); The Long Haul (1957); Pickup Alley (1957); The Tijuana Story (1957); She Played with Fire (1957); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); and Man on a String (1960).
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY NOISummary: A singing soldier has just returned home to find himself discontent with both his work at his father's opera company or to pick up where he left off with his girlfriend. Having met an aquacade showgirl while in the service, he reintroduces himself and soon romance blossoms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS THIBest, Mat
Summary: "Mat Best may be the only man alive known for both crazy-intense military ops and crazy-funny YouTube videos. In Freedom On!, he uses the gallows humor and ribald sensibility that earned him over a million Facebook followers to tell his personal story of military service and the bumpy transition to civilian life and successful entrepreneurship. Beginning as a teenager in a military family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEST, MAT BESHoling, Dwight
Summary: A mysterious Native American pleads with Nick Drake to find her missing six-year-old twins. At the same time, an arsonist goes on a rampage. As Nick mounts a desperate search for the children, he is forced to fight fire with fire when the pyromaniac targets the people and land he loves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jackdaw Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLKava, Alex
Summary: "Ryder Creed and his K9 search-and-rescue dogs return in the second installment of an exciting new series, teaming up once more with FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell in their riskiest case yet. When Ryder Creed responds to a devastating mudslide in North Carolina, he knows that the difference between finding survivors and the dead is time. He and his sturdiest search-and-rescue dog, Bolo, get to work...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: MYSTERY KAVSummary: At the end of the Civil War, Union Cavalry officer John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and former Confederate Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson) lead their men into Mexico to begin a new life. Caught between Mexican rebels and the Emperor's forces, they find themselves fighting side by side and must forge an uneasy friendship in order to survive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003