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Gathers testimony of pilots and others who flew daylight bombing missions over Nazi-occupied Europe

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9781556115103 | Donald I Fine, June 1, 1997, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Gathers testimony of pilots and others who flew daylight bombing missions over Nazi-occupied Europe

Paperback:

9780425281574 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, September 1, 2015), cover price $17.00
9780440226482 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, November 1, 1998), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: The harrowing tale of the aerial counterattack mounted from British soil follows the Army Air Corps and newly created Eighth Air Force airborne on the brand new B-17 Flying Fortress and the P-47 Thunderbolt to drop bombs into the heart of the German war machine.
9780435289706, titled "Photographic Slides in Language Teaching" | Heinemann, December 1, 1981, cover price $8.00 | also contains Photographic Slides in Language Teaching

By Gerald Astor and John P. Murtha (foreword by)

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9780471696551 | Turner Pub Co, August 30, 2006, cover price $24.95

Miscellaneous:

9780470730591 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, March 18, 2010, cover price N/A

Told mainly from the viewpoint of the sailors, soldiers, airmen, and marines who fought it, offers a tribute to the Good War covering a wide range of experiences.

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9780446610483 | Grand Central Pub, November 1, 2001, cover price $28.99 | About this edition: Told mainly from the viewpoint of the sailors, soldiers, airmen, and marines who fought it, offers a tribute to the Good War covering a wide range of experiences.

Miscellaneous:

9780446565547 | Grand Central Pub, September 26, 2009, cover price $12.99

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Told mainly from the viewpoint of the sailors, soldiers, airman, and marines who fought it, this second volume in a three-part oral history of World War II covers a wide range of experiences, from the D-Day landings and the fierce battle for Omaha Beach to the advance of Allied forces across Europe toward the liberation of Paris. Reprint

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9780446610476 | Grand Central Pub, October 1, 2001, cover price $28.99 | About this edition: Told mainly from the viewpoint of the sailors, soldiers, airman, and marines who fought it, this second volume in a three-part oral history of World War II covers a wide range of experiences, from the D-Day landings and the fierce battle for Omaha Beach to the advance of Allied forces across Europe toward the liberation of Paris.

Miscellaneous:

9780446565776 | Grand Central Pub, September 26, 2009, cover price $12.99

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An oral history of U.S. Marine Corp aviation describes the diverse air campaigns during World War II, including those at Wake Island, Midway, Guadalcanal, and Okinawa, as they fought their way island by island across the Pacific. By the author of Wings of Gold. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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9780891418771 | Presidio Pr, November 29, 2005, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: An oral history of U.

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The distinguished military historian and author of The Greatest War integrates compelling eyewitness accounts into a dramatic study of the air combat missions that led to American victory in the Pacific theater of Warld War II. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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9780891418535 | Presidio Pr, June 1, 2004, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The distinguished military historian and author of The Greatest War integrates compelling eyewitness accounts into a dramatic study of the air combat missions that led to American victory in the Pacific theater of Warld War II.

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9780345472526 | Reprint edition (Presidio Pr, May 31, 2005), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The distinguished military historian and author of The Greatest War integrates compelling eyewitness accounts into a dramatic study of the air combat missions that led to American victory in the Pacific theater of Warld War II.

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Product Description: Praise FOR Gerald Astor""No one does oral history better than Gerald Astor. . . . Great reading.""-Stephen Ambrose on The Mighty Eighth""Gerald Astor has proven himself a master. Here, World War II is brought to life through the hammer blows of their airborne triumphs and fears...read more

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9780471273936 | Turner Pub Co, July 16, 2004, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Praise FOR Gerald Astor""No one does oral history better than Gerald Astor.

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A portrait of a highly regarded combat general documents his irreverent attitude regarding authority figures, ability to win the devotion of those under his command, and significant military achievements in the first and second World Wars. Reprint.

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9780891418344 | Reprint edition (Presidio Pr, June 1, 2004), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A portrait of a highly regarded combat general documents his irreverent attitude regarding authority figures, ability to win the devotion of those under his command, and significant military achievements in the first and second World Wars.

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A portrait of a highly regarded combat general documents his irreverent attitude regarding authority figures, ability to win the devotion of those under his command, and significant military achievements in the First and Second World Wars. Book available.
By Gerald Astor and Reathel Bean (narrator)

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780739310335 | Abridged edition (Random House, March 1, 2004), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: A portrait of the highly regarded combat general documents his irreverent attitude regarding authority figures, ability to win the devotion of those under his command, and significant military achievements in the First and Second World Wars.

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A portrait of a highly regarded combat general documents his irreverent attitude regarding authority figures, ability to win the devotion of those under his command, and significant military achievements in the first and second World Wars.

Hardcover:

9780891417606 | 1 edition (Presidio Pr, April 1, 2003), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: A portrait of a highly regarded combat general documents his irreverent attitude regarding authority figures, ability to win the devotion of those under his command, and significant military achievements in the first and second World Wars.

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More than seventy personal accounts, including the author's own recollections, and sixteen pages of photographs of the Normandy Invasion redefine World War II's most astounding operation in terms of a pivotal military operation and the course of World War II. By the author of A Blood-Dimmed Tide. Reprint.

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9780312110147 | St Martins Pr, June 1, 1994, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: More than seventy personal accounts and twenty-four pages of photographs of the Normandy Invasion redefine World War II's most astounding operation

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9780440236979 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, April 1, 2002), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: More than seventy personal accounts, including the author's own recollections, and sixteen pages of photographs of the Normandy Invasion redefine World War II's most astounding operation in terms of a pivotal military operation and the course of World War II.

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Integrating the personal experiences of officers, enlisted men, correspondents, and others on both sides of the conflict, a collection of eyewitness accounts chronicles the epic struggle for control of the Philippines, from Japanese conquest and occupation to the final battle. Reprint.

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9781556114847 | Penguin USA, April 1, 1996, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Personal narratives include accounts of battles and diplomacy

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9780440236955 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, January 1, 2002), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Integrating the personal experiences of officers, enlisted men, correspondents, and others on both sides of the conflict, a collection of eyewitness accounts chronicles the epic struggle for control of the Philippines, from Japanese conquest and occupation to the final battle.

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Told mainly from the viewpoint of the sailors, soldiers, airmen, and marines who fought it, this tribute to the Good War covers a wide range of experiences.

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9780446610469 | Grand Central Pub, September 1, 2001, cover price $28.99 | About this edition: Told mainly from the viewpoint of the sailors, soldiers, airmen, and marines who fought it, this tribute to the Good War covers a wide range of experiences.

Miscellaneous:

9780759526501 | Grand Central Pub, November 30, 2001, cover price $12.99

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Survivors of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team recall the four major battles they fought in Italy, France, the Ardennes, and Germany during World War II, from their creation in 1943 to the end of the war in Europe in 1945, in an oral history of the Second World War. Reprint.

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9780070235700, titled "Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy" | McGraw-Hill, March 1, 1980, cover price $32.25 | also contains Quantitative Analysis for Public Policy | About this edition: We sell Rare, out-of-print, uncommon, & used BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS, DOCUMENTS, AND EPHEMERA.

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9780440236931 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, October 1, 2001), cover price $7.99 | also contains Sea Stars | About this edition: Survivors of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team recall the four major battles they fought in Italy, France, the Ardennes, and Germany during World War II, from their creation in 1943 to the end of the war in Europe in 1945, in an oral history of the Second World War.

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Describes the role and history of African Americans in the military from the 'Boston Massacre' to the present day, detailing the widespread racism and prejudices that have kept African Americans from realizing their full potential. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

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9780756786595 | Diane Pub Co, December 30, 1998, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: From Bunker Hill to Hamburger Hill, the valorous service of African Americans in the armed forces of the United States is even more noble considering the historical hostility of other Americans to their serving at all.
9780891416326, titled "The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military" | Presidio Pr, November 1, 1998, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Describes the role of African Americans in the military from the Boston Massacre to the present day

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9780306810312, titled "The Right to Fight: A History of African Americans in the Military" | Da Capo Pr, April 25, 2001, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes the role of African Americans in the military from the Boston Massacre to the present day.
9780756761738 | Diane Pub Co, November 1, 1998, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Describes the role of African Americans in the military from the Boston Massacre to the present day.

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Participants in the battle for the Huertgen Forest recount their experiences, describing a poorly conceived and directed campaign that turned out to be one of the deadliest of the war. (view table of contents)

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9780891416999 | Presidio Pr, August 1, 2000, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Participants in the battle for the Huertgen Forest recount their experiences, describing a poorly conceived and directed campaign that turned out to be one of the deadliest of the war.

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Told mainly from the viewpoint of the sailors, soldiers, airman, and marines who fought it, this tribute to the Good War covers a wide range of experiences, from a navy yard near Battleship Row, to the battlefields of Europe, to the tail gun of the Enola Gay. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780891416951 | Presidio Pr, December 1, 1999, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Told mainly from the viewpoint of the sailors, soldiers, airmen, and marines who fought it, this tribute to the Good War covers a wide range of experiences

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The bloodiest battle of the war is retold with intensity and verve, from the very first moment of the German counterattack through the desperate and ultimately successful Allied effort to fend it off. Reprint.

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9781556112812 | Donald I Fine, July 1, 1992, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: American and German soldiers and officers recount the chaotic events of the Battle of the Bulge as each one saw them from his own individual perspective

Paperback:

9780440215745 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, November 1, 1998), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: The bloodiest battle of the war is retold with intensity and verve, from the very first moment of the German counterattack through the desperate and ultimately successful Allied effort to fend it off.

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One of the last major battles of World War II is retold by the men who fought it--U.S. Army Infantry and Marines who endured some of the most bloody hand-to-hand fighting of the war as they slogged across this last bastion of Japan's overseas empire. Reprint. K.

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9780440221784 | Reissue edition (Dell Pub Co, November 1, 1998), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: One of the last major battles of World War II is retold by the men who fought it--U.

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Recounts the story of the last major battle of World War II, one of the few to involve combined U.S. forces, through the words and images of the participants, published to coincide with the battle's fiftieth anniversary. 20,000 first printing.

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9781556114250 | Donald I Fine, April 1, 1995, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Recounts the story of the last major battle of World War II, one of the few to involve combined U.

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Survivors of the 517th Regimental Parachute--a troop of about 2,500 men--recall the four major battles they fought in Italy, Southern France, the Ardennes, and Germany. By the author of The Last Nazi.

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9781556113635 | Donald I Fine, July 1, 1993, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Survivors of the 517th Regimental Parachute--a troop of about 2,500 men--recall the four major battles they fought in Italy, Southern France, the Ardennes, and Germany.

The Associated Press correspondent shares the details of his kidnapping by Arab terrorists--including the death of William Buckley and his own struggle to survive--and exposes the identity of his captors. Original.

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9781561711826 | Spi Books, February 1, 1993, cover price $5.50 | About this edition: The Associated Press correspondent shares the details of his kidnapping by Arab terrorists--including the death of William Buckley and his own struggle to survive--and exposes the identity of his captors.

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The author recounts his seventeen-month ordeal as a hostage in Lebanon and discusses his release in exchange for weapons and the failure of America's anti-terrorism and hostage-rescue policies

Hardcover:

9781556112652 | Donald I Fine, August 1, 1991, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his seventeen-month ordeal as a hostage in Lebanon and discusses his release in exchange for weapons and the failure of America's anti-terrorism and hostage-rescue policies

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A tribute to the sport of golf features original essays on the greatest players of all time by nine world-famous golf writers and hundreds of rare photos

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9780136611660 | 1 edition (Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1991), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A tribute to the sport of golf features original essays on the greatest players of all time by nine world-famous golf writers and hundreds of rare photos

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