D-Day Survivor
9781589804210
Regular price $25.00 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%A member of the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division, veteran Harold "Hal" Baumgarten gives his firsthand account of the June 6, 1944, landing on Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach. A multidecorated hero, Baumgarten was wounded five times before being evacuated. In 1991, he served as a consultant for the filming of the WWII movie Saving Private Ryan.
Truman's Dilemma
9781589801196
Regular price $24.00 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%This in-depth look at the circumstances of the Pacific War notes that the Japanese military's willingness to die for their emperor and country created a very different type of warfare.
Ghost Army of World War II
9781565548763
Regular price $24.95 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops was a force of only 1,000 men who, with skilled deceptions, often masqueraded as 34,000.
F Is for Firefighting
9781589804203
Regular price $16.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%A popular career choice for most five year olds, firefighting conjures images of pump trucks, sirens, and ladders. This informative and fun ABC journey gives a bit of firefighting history with B is for bucket brigade and moves into the 21st century with T is for thermal imaging camera. The colorful illustrations sport a spotted Dalmatian hidden on every page.