What They Signed Up For
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| Author | : Jeb Wyman |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 311 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Afghan War, 2001- |
| ISBN | : 9780984406388 |
They grew up on wheat farms in Eastern Washington, on a reservation in Oklahoma, in military housing on an Air Force base in Arizona. They signed up to be Marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors, and they became medics, truck drivers, mechanics, and infantrymen. They enlisted to honor family tradition, to find purpose in their lives, to lift themselves out of poverty, to be patriots. And they went to war. In What They Signed Up For, eighteen American veterans tell their stories of going to war and life after they came home. In the cities of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, they witnessed the carnage of IEDs and survived daily mortar attacks. They put friends in body bags and saw others grievously wounded. But for many veterans, the war didn't end when they took off their uniform. The invisible wounds of war run deeper, and are more painful, than America wants to know. The cost of war continues back home.
| Author | : Marilyn Boyer |
| Publisher | : New Leaf Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2010-09-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1614583315 |
In 1776, 56 men signed their names on a document that they knew might well mean their certain deaths as traitors to England. Standing on principles of faith and liberty, these men forged a powerful call for freedom and human dignity still resonating today in America. Yet, historical revisionists have distorted or attempted to wipe away every trace of this nation's Christian heritage, including the heartfelt faith of these founding fathers. More than simply facts and figures, For You They Signed provides an abundance of resources within one volume, including: • A full year of life-changing, challenging family or group devotional character studies • Over 90 illustrations, biographical summaries, and insightful quotes • Character quality definitions, Patrick Henry's speech delivered to the signers, the Christian nature of state constitutions, and the Christian nature of America's universities. The Declaration of Independence remains one of history's most enduring achievements, and this text will help you value those freedoms these men fought for in an insightfully fresh way. It will also assist you in catching the God-given vision of these faithful new Americans, igniting a fire for your family, community, and the generations to come. Here is a volume that should be found in every private and public library in America... a meticulously documented look back to the true birth of our nation. They pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor so that we could be free! "This is certainly a work for 'such a time a this'... It is my prayer that this resource will find a way into every home so that this generation can know the sacrifice required to establish the God-inspired design of our nation." -Stanley John, Senior Vice President, Focus on the Family
| Author | : Jason Inman |
| Publisher | : Mango Media Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2019-06-18 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1633539954 |
A military veteran and comic book expert explores the link between superhero legend and real-life combat in this fascinating book. Comic book superheroes have been influenced by the true heroes of our armed forces for decades. From Captain America punching Hitler in the jaw on his first cover, to The Punisher’s tour of duty in Vietnam, there are countless instances when military history has crossed over to the pages of comic books. A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, author Jason Inman re-discovered his childhood love of comic books during long days at the Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq. He started to wonder about the phenomenon of superhero service members. What kinds of soldiers were these fictional characters? And how were they changed by war? Super Soldiers looks at the intersection between war and pop culture to understand these questions and more. Each chapter revisits military comic book characters and compares them to personal stories from Inman’s military career; describing superhero soldiers from DC comics and Marvel comics, including lesser-known characters lost to time.
| Author | : Denise Kiernan |
| Publisher | : Quirk Books |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1594743304 |
Presents the lives, deaths, and scandals involving the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, including John Adams, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson.
| Author | : Donna Partow |
| Publisher | : Bethany House |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2010-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0764207911 |
This popular book is now structured for individual or group study; for women who are frustrated or unhappy with a life they didn't sign up for.
| Author | : Elizabeth Levy |
| Publisher | : Scholastic Paperbacks |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780590451598 |
This behind-the-scenes study of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 details the events of the convention, the debate over constitutional issues, and the delegates
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 722 |
| Release | : 1917 |
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| Author | : Marilyn Boyer |
| Publisher | : New Leaf Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 561 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0890515980 |
Presents the lives of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, discussing their early accomplishments and participation in the events of the American Revolution.
| Author | : William L Beigel |
| Publisher | : Midnight to 1 Am |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2019-05-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781733612500 |
This is the forgotten story of the American World War II dead. Told from personal family letters, official documents, contemporary magazine and newspaper articles, historical research, and previously unpublished photographs, this is the first book to fully describe the return of the valiant dead to America after World War II, in tribute to those who gave their lives, as well as to those who mercifully brought them home. Few people know that the United States was the only nation to bring home our war dead after World War II. The bodies of America's fallen were removed from foreign graves across the globe, often years after they died. More than 280,000 were recovered, leaving that number of American families with an agonizing choice: return their beloved sons to the homeland, or let them rest in military cemeteries overseas in the countries they died to liberate. Some of our allies were strongly against the idea, fearing their citizens' reactions to not being able to bring home their own sons. But it was done because American families demanded it: not as a collective, organized effort, but one family - one father, mother, widow, or sibling - at a time.
| Author | : Elizabeth Cobbs |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 401 |
| Release | : 2019-05-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0674237439 |
In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France at General Pershing’s explicit request. They were masters of the latest technology: the telephone switchboard. While suffragettes picketed the White House and President Wilson struggled to persuade a segregationist Congress to give women of all races the vote, these courageous young women swore the army oath and settled into their new roles. Elizabeth Cobbs reveals the challenges they faced in a war zone where male soldiers wooed, mocked, and ultimately celebrated them. The army discharged the last Hello Girls in 1920, the year Congress ratified the Nineteenth Amendment. When they sailed home, they were unexpectedly dismissed without veterans’ benefits and began a sixty-year battle that a handful of survivors carried to triumph in 1979. “What an eye-opener! Cobbs unearths the original letters and diaries of these forgotten heroines and weaves them into a fascinating narrative with energy and zest.” —Cokie Roberts, author of Capital Dames “This engaging history crackles with admiration for the women who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during the First World War, becoming the country’s first female soldiers.” —New Yorker “Utterly delightful... Cobbs very adroitly weaves the story of the Signal Corps into that larger story of American women fighting for the right to vote, but it’s the warm, fascinating job she does bringing her cast...to life that gives this book its memorable charisma... This terrific book pays them a long-warranted tribute.” —Christian Science Monitor “Cobbs is particularly good at spotlighting how closely the service of military women like the Hello Girls was tied to the success of the suffrage movement.” —NPR
