I need another book to read

[icepac]

That Pocket ref. is amazing.

It shows everything from diagrams of types of knots to military uniform symbols to semaphore.

[Dago]

"Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Riley is tearing up the booklists.  Sounds like a good read.

[Guppy35]

"Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Riley is tearing up the booklists.  Sounds like a good read.

I think he was looking for non-fiction works.....

[rpm]

http://books.google.com/books/about/Lone_star_swing.html?id=yCqHL5ME08cC
Using the prize money from his Somerset Maugham Award, Duncan McLean traveled from Orkney, Scotland, to Texas in search of the extraordinary mix of jazz, blues, country, and mariachi that is Western Swing. This account of his travels takes in barbed-wire museums, onion festivals, hoe-downs, ghost-towns, dead dogs, and ten thousand miles of driving through the Lone Star State.

[Dago]

I think he was looking for non-fiction works.....

Kinda in the mood to display what you don't know?

[oboe]

Consider these with previews on Amazon. Bill Sloan's work on the Wake Island is the best ever written. I'll bet you didn't know that the Marines had effectively defeated the Japanese invasion troops, only to have a confused and isolated naval officer (senior officer present on the island) surrender, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Jim Hornfischer's The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is the best recounting of the Samar naval battle written to date, and his Neptune's Inferno is the best effort on the U.S. Navy's Guadalcanal engagements. Jim is a great guy, and he's a talented writer and researcher. Eric Bergerud's Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific is also a very good read. Eric once had a Aces High account, and I seem to recall that he flew with the Blue Knights and was a pal of Lazs.

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http://www.amazon.com/Given-Up-Dead-Americas-Heroic/dp/0553803026

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http://www.amazon.com/Last-Stand-Tin-Sailors-Extraordinary/dp/0553381482/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322237883&sr=1-1

I don't mean to hijack but is there a Who's Who in Aces High anywhere?  Detailing famous AH players?   You've some notoriety yourself, IIRC, Widewing - aren't you published somewhere?

 

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http://www.amazon.com/Neptunes-Inferno-U-S-Navy-Guadalcanal/dp/055380670X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322237883&sr=1-2

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http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Sky-Air-South-Pacific/dp/0813338697/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1322238162&sr=1-2

[Guppy35]

Kinda in the mood to display what you don't know?

LOL got you didn't I?

[jolly22]

I recommend Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam (Was hard to find a picture on google when i typed in cracker.  )

I read it in middle school but its an emotional and such a great book, and its a very quick read untill you decide on your next book, but its definently worth a read.

http://www.amazon.com/Cracker-Best-Vietnam-Cynthia-Kadohata/dp/1416906371

[Melvin]

I recommend Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam (Was hard to find a picture on google when i typed in cracker.  )

I read it in middle school but its an emotional and such a great book, and its a very quick read untill you decide on your next book, but its definently worth a read.

http://www.amazon.com/Cracker-Best-Vietnam-Cynthia-Kadohata/dp/1416906371

I forgot about that book until you just reminded me.

It's ordered now.

[jolly22]

I forgot about that book until you just reminded me.

It's ordered now.

 

[Widewing]

I don't mean to hijack but is there a Who's Who in Aces High anywhere?  Detailing famous AH players?   You've some notoriety yourself, IIRC, Widewing - aren't you published somewhere?

I've been published in various aviation history magazines, in addition to doing editing and research for several established authors. I've also written for museum's websites and had my own website for 14 years. My writing is now concentrated on history based fiction. However, career and family requirements are limiting the time available to research and write. I try to get a few hours a week playing Aces High, which for me is a great stress buster.

[Dago]

LOL got you didn't I?

No, but exposed something sad about yourself I think.

[skittish]

I scanned through the post and wrote a couple down.  I don't recall seeing these two.

Untold Valor,  Rob Morris
Bomber Pilot, Philip Ardery

[RoGenT]

Flyboys - by James Bradley - He also wrote the book 'Flags Of Our Fathers'


If I happen to be wrong about the name of the book, just look up his name. Flyboys is about several airmen that were shot down near Chi Chi Jima roughly about the time we invaded Iwo. It is pretty good book.

[Grayeagle]

American Caeser .. all you ever wanted to know about Douglas Macarthur.
Lot of things I did not know, great history of the man and what he did.
He truly was the right man in the right place, no one could have done a lot of what he did better.
Like any man, he made mistakes (the delayed reaction to Jap attack on Phillipinnes his most glaring)
..but his orchestration of the Inchon Landings,
the retreat when the Chinese attacked in Korea,
..the island hopping campaign in South Pacific,
..the whole Japanese Post War era,
.. did you know he was 60 years old and *retired* when WW2 began?

Just an amazing individual.
Quirks and all.

-Frank