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Summary: This extraordinary story of a heroic Navy cryptologic technician who worked clandestinely to hunt the most wanted terrorists in the world while trying to balance being a wife and mother, lifts the veil from the life of a Special Forces family to share their duty, sacrifice and humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 204
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Summary: The acclaimed author of On Hallowed Ground, using Section 60 of the Arlington National Cemetery as a window into the latest wars, recounts stories of courage and sacrifice by fallen heroes and how they are honored and remembered by those they left behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 POOSummary: Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TIL1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TIL
Marlow, L. Y. (Lydia Y.)
Summary: "From the author of Color Me Butterfly, the poignant story of a decades-long love affair that creates complicated and unbreakable ties between two families that live worlds apart. When Morris Sullivan joins the navy in 1940, his hopes are high. Though he leaves behind his new wife and their baby daughter, he is thrilled to be pursuing his lifelong dream--only to be shipped off to Pearl Harbor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARHenderson, Kristin.
Contents: Welcome to the sisterhood -- The waiting -- Uncle Sam wants you -- Preparing for goodbye -- Green ramp -- The knock at the door -- Connections -- Live from Fallujah -- Different planets -- Honorary sisters -- Dreamland -- Pigeons in the desert -- Hitting the wall -- Peace also takes courage -- Back to green ramp -- The war at home -- The real news -- The terrible relief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2006