Books written by John D. Gresham
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Beyond Hell and Back: How America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting Unit
Carney also took soil samples so that experts back in the States could evaluate the suitability of the ground for C130 landings and takeoffs. At one point duringthe night, a pair of approaching headlights appeared in the distance.
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DEFCON-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis
The closest we've ever come to the end of the world"DEFCON-2 is the best single volume on the Cuban Missile Crisis published and is an important contribution to the history...
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Defcon-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis
DEFCON-2 tells this tale as it has never been told before—from both sides, with the help of hundreds of recently declassified U.S. and Soviet documents, as well as interviews with numerous former spies, military figures, and government ...
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Beyond Hell and Back: How America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting Unit
Jankowski , thinking that Hambleton was on the ground , commented on the acuity of Bat 21 Bravo's vision since he couldn't see anything through the pea soup cloud cover below . Hambleton replied that he was above the 0-2 .
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Uncommon Valor: The Medal of Honor and the Warriors Who Earned It in Afghanistan and Iraq
For the first time, this book also provides a comprehensive history of the Medal of Honor itself—one marred by controversies, scandals, and theft.
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Beyond Hell and Back: How America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting Unit
... Roughneck Nine-One: “When the time and the challenge came, Nine-One, NineTwo, and Four-Four were the right guys in the right place with the right skills and the right weapons. We piled them up, and we didn't run.” It's sometimes easy to ...
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The Medal of Honor and Two American Heroes
Using an extraordinary range of sources, The Medal of Honor and Two American Heroes tells the stories of two of these eight brave men—Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith and Corporal Jason Dunham—and dramatically details how they found ...