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Veterans in Their Own Words

Over the years there have been millions of Americans who stepped up to serve their country. These are the stories of a few who came back/

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  • I Marched With Patton

    a Firsthand Account of World War II Alongside One of the U.S. Army's Greatest General

    Sisson, Frank,
    Book, 2020New York : William Morrow, ©2020. — 940.5412 Sisson 10/2020
  • Beyond Band of Brothers

    [the War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters]

    Winters, Richard D.
    Book, 2006New York : Berkley Caliber, 2006. — 940.5421 Winters 2006
  • Sacred Duty

    a Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery

    Cotton, Tom,
    Book, 2019New York, NY : William Morrow, [2019] — 355.699 Cotton 05/2019
  • The Fighters

    Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq

    Chivers, C. J. (Christopher John),
    Book, 2018New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018. — 956.7044 Chivers 08/2018
  • The Price of Valor

    the Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II

    Smith, David A., 1966-
    Book, 2015Washington, DC : Regnery Publishing, 2015. — BIO MURPHY A. Smith 04/2015
  • Invisible Storm

    a Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD

    Kander, Jason,
    Book, 2022New York : Mariner Books, [2022] — BIO KANDER J. Kander 07/2022
  • Book, 2025New York, NY : The Dial Press, [2025] — BIO Fugett K. 05/2025
  • Yank

    the Memoir of a World War II Soldier (1941-1945) From the Desert War of Africa to the Allied Invasion of Europe, From German POW Camp to Home Again

    Ellsworth, Ted
    Book, 2006New York : Thunder's Mouth Press ; [Berkeley, CA] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2006. — BIO ELSWORTH T. Elsworth 2006
  • The Greatest Beer Run Ever

    a Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War

    Donohue, John (Union leader),
    Book, New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — 959.7043 Donohue 12/2020
  • Formation

    a Woman's Memoir of Stepping Out of Line

    Dostie, Ryan Leigh,
    Book, 2019New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019. — BIO DOSTIE R. Dostie 05/2019
  • Descent Into Darkness

    Pearl Harbor, 1941: a Navy Diver's Memoir

    Raymer, Edward C.
    Book, 1996Novato, Calif. : Presidio, c1996. — BIO RAYMER E. Raymer
  • Corporal Cannon

    a Female Marine in Afghanistan ; a Memoir

    Cannon, Savannah,
    Book, 2022Philadelphia, Oxford : Casemate, 2022. — BIO CANNON S. Cannon 10/2022
  • Book, 2020[Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020] — BIO FAZIO T. Fazio 09/2020
  • Book, 2011New York : Berkley Caliber, 2011. — BIO NEZ C. Nez 10/2011