The mighty Eighth in WWII : a memoir / by McLaughlin, J. Kemp, 1918-

Table of Contents: “…Baptism --…”
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The forgotten soldier / by Sajer, Guy

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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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Grateful American : a journey from self to service / by Sinise, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Stunned -- Yearning to breathe free -- Baptism -- The start of Steppenwolf -- The corner of Hollywood and love -- When we started to look beyond ourselves -- Glimpses of glory -- Of mice and Gary -- Big movie years -- Darkness and light -- Turning point -- A bridge between worlds -- Honor. …”

Apple : skin to the core : a memoir in words and pictures / by Gansworth, Eric, 1965-

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Requiem for a German past : a boyhood among the Nazis / by Herbst, Jurgen

Table of Contents: “…Death Enters -- 11. The Choice -- 12. Baptism by Fire -- 13. In Battle -- 14. Farewell to Arms -- 15. …”
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Tail of the storm / by Cockrell, Alan, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…The Probable Cause; 9. Bernoulli Baptism; 10. Maiden Flight; 11. My Kind of Fliers; 12. …”
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When we were ghouls : a memoir of ghost stories / by Wallen, Amy

Table of Contents: “…Redneck arrival -- My baptism -- Under the dogonyaro tree -- Without the other -- What won't rub off -- From gypsy to socialite -- Bees and bad men -- Christmas execution -- Pine-solo -- New knees -- The vestibule -- Deer in the headlights -- Arriving at midnight -- Seeds don't grow in a hotel -- Buche de noel -- The Lima welcome wagon -- Godzilla, the witch, and the wardrobe -- Black magic and a guitar solo -- Phantom limb -- Christmas bird -- Our best imitation of gringos -- The butcher gets bigger -- Taking flight -- Tabloids and cigarettes -- Politicians in the living room -- The chicken-wire menagerie -- What I do see -- Helter skelter -- Images on a paper soul -- What remains.…”

When we were ghouls : a memoir of ghost stories / by Wallen, Amy

Table of Contents: “…Redneck arrival -- My baptism -- Under the dogonyaro tree -- Without the other -- What won't rub off -- From gypsy to socialite -- Bees and bad men -- Christmas execution -- Pine-solo -- New knees -- The vestibule -- Deer in the headlights -- Arriving at midnight -- Seeds don't grow in a hotel -- Buche de noel -- The Lima welcome wagon -- Godzilla, the witch, and the wardrobe -- Black magic and a guitar solo -- Phantom limb -- Christmas bird -- Our best imitation of gringos -- The butcher gets bigger -- Taking flight -- Tabloids and cigarettes -- Politicians in the living room -- The chicken-wire menagerie -- What I do see -- Helter skelter -- Images on a paper soul -- What remains.…”
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The consul : an insider account from Australia's diplomatic frontline / by Kemish, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Author Biography -- Title Page -- Imprint Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue: A Call in the Night -- Chapter 1: New Frontiers -- Chapter 2: Muffled Drumbeat -- Chapter 3: The Inheritance -- Chapter 4: Baptism by Fire -- Chapter 5: Plying the Trade -- Chapter 6: Some Cases Are More Equal than Others -- Chapter 7: Getting Ready for the Big One -- Chapter 8: The Turning Point -- Chapter 9: The Ones Who Lost Their Way -- Chapter 10: Bombings in Bali -- Chapter 11: Sticking with the Families -- Chapter 12: Recovery -- Chapter 13: All Right for Some…”
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In other words / by Lahiri, Jhumpa

Making the news, taking the news : from NBC to the Ford White House / by Nessen, Ron, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Mal Jaune -- Golf in Palm Springs, death in Saigon -- "You lied to me" -- Weekends in Austin -- "We shall overcome" -- A change of plans -- The five o'clock follies -- Baptism by fire -- Cindy and the Two Apple Troupe -- Tet and other horrors -- "I don't want to die" -- The cease-fire that wasn't -- Around the world in eighty stories -- "Nattering nabobs of negativism" -- "Our long national nightmare is over" -- The President next door -- Changing sides -- The first days -- The ghost who wouldn't go away -- The First Lady -- "WIN" and other economic disasters -- Too much vodka, too much Nicole -- Slippery slopes -- The CIA did WHAT?! …”
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Lieutenant Owen William Steele of the Newfoundland Regiment : diary and letters / by Steele, Owen William

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Twenty Years in a Siberian Gulag : Memoir of a Political Prisoner at Kolyma / by Bolotov, Leonid Petrovich, 1906-1987

Table of Contents: “…Fifteen-The Train: Leningrad to Vladivostok -- Sixteen-Vladivostok Transit Camp -- Seventeen-Behind Barbed Wire -- Eighteen-Kulu -- Part II: My Stay and Work in Kolyma -- Nineteen-From Magadan to the Taiga -- Twenty-The New Power -- Twenty-One-Baptism of Fire -- Twenty-Two-Panning Season -- Twenty-Three-Music While We Worked -- Twenty-Four-My Father's Letter -- Twenty-Five-My Search for Firewood -- Twenty-Six-My Broken Leg -- Twenty-Seven-My New Friends -- Twenty-Eight-The Competition -- Twenty-Nine-World War II in the Gold Mine -- Thirty-The ­Cave-In -- Thirty-One-The Unexpected Meetings…”
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