The forgotten soldier / by Sajer, Guy

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Armies of empire : the 9th Australian and 50th British divisions in battle, 1939-1945 / by Converse, Allan

Table of Contents: “…Two roads to Alamein -- Playing at soldiers : 1919-40 -- Baptisms of fire : 1940-41 -- At the peak : 1942-43 -- The loosening bonds -- We pressed on -- Conclusion : the ideal and the sufficient.…”
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Surviving the Reich : the World War II saga of a Jewish-American GI / by Goldstein, Ivan, 1924-

Table of Contents: “…Early years -- Army life -- Going overseas -- Prelude to battle -- Baptism of fire -- Captivity -- The hellhole -- The cattle car -- Liberation -- Going home -- The end of the war -- Civilian life -- Family and career -- The return of Barracuda -- Belgium revisited -- Epilogue: Looking back, looking forward.…”
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Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II / by Makos, Adam

Table of Contents: “…The gentle giant -- Baptism -- "Bubi" -- The fields -- The foray -- Beyond the wall -- Respite -- The fourth tank -- Hope -- Something bigger -- America's tiger -- Two miles -- Hunting -- The fire department of the west -- Going first -- Victory or Siberia -- The monster -- The conquerors -- The breakout -- The American blitz -- The fatherless -- Family -- The giant -- The duel -- Getting home -- The last battle.…”

Not all of us were brave / by Scislowski, Stanley, 1923-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; Introduction; Maps; Chapter 1: From the Holding Unit to the Perths; Chapter 2: From Timberwolf to our Battle Baptism; Chapter 3: The Winter Front; Chapter 4: In the Mountains at Cassino; Chapter 5: The Liri Valley Push; Chapter 6: Spearhead in the Gothic Line; Chapter 7: Into the Po Plains; Chapter 8: Assault Across the Lamone River; Chapter 9: The Battle of the Fosso Munio; Chapter 10: The Push to the Bonifica Canal.…”
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101st Airborne : the Screaming Eagles at Normandy / by Bando, Mark, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Journey to destiny -- Baptism of fire : first combat experiences -- A hell of a way to die : crashes of C-47 troop carrier planes -- Migration of the misdropped : from drop zone "A" to points south -- Statistics don't tell the story -- Battle of the Carentan Causeway -- Fighting beyond Carentan -- With the all-Americans of the 82nd Airborne -- Graignes and Saint Georges du Bohon -- Saving Sergeant Niland : the real story behind the film Saving Private Ryan.…”
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PRIVATE IN THE TEXAS ARMY : at war in Italy, France, and Germany with the 111th engineers, 36th ... division, in World War II. by Pearce, John A., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…A Dose of Reality-Africa -- Chapter 3. Baptism Under Fire -- Chapter 4. Napoli -- Chapter 5. …”
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Draftee Division : the 88th Infantry Division in World War II / by Brown, John Sloan, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…The Movement Overseas: Keeping the Edge; 6. Minturno: Baptism by Fire; 7. Diadem: The First Three Days; 8. …”
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Panzer Lehr Division, 1944-45 /

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Soldiers of a different cloth : Notre Dame chaplains in World War II / by Wukovits, John F., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…"Our first baptism of blood": war opens in the Philippines -- "The chaplain is the servant of God for all": chaplains in war training -- "Surely war is a dirty game": the chaplains go to war -- Chaplains at the battlefront: Jnuary 1943 to December 1944 -- "I never expected to come out of the Philippines alive": chaplains in the Pacific, 1943 -- "Daily was I shelled, nightly was I bombed": Father Barry from Sicily to Rome -- "Face to face with the realism, the tragedy, and the horror of the war": Father Sampson at D-Day -- "Our chaplains are becoming more scattered every week": chaplains in the Pacific, 1944 -- Hope Mr. …”
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Blossoming silk against the Rising Sun : U.S. and Japanese paratroopers at war in the Pacific in World War II / by Salecker, Gene Eric, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Paratrooper; Chapter 8 Equipping the American Paratrooper; Chapter 9 Operation Cartwheel; Chapter 10 Nadzab; Chapter 11 Baptism of Fire; Chapter 12 Birth of a Division, Death of a Program; Chapter 13 New Guinea Interlude; Chapter 14 Noemfoor; Chapter 15 Leyte Firefight; Chapter 16 The Calm before the Storm; Chapter 17 Caught Napping.…”
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The combat history of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II / by Rebentisch, Ernst

Table of Contents: “…Panzer-Division; Formation and Training in France; The Battle for Kharkov12-29 May 1942; Baptism of Fire Northeast of Kharkov; The Fighting for Ternowaja; Panzerjäger-Abteilung 128 and the I.…”
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