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Details the appearance, equipment and organisation of the US Army units which fought in the crucial Pacific theatre.

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Describes and illustrates many of the medals, including the Victoria Cross award, and the men and women who have been awarded them together with the award citations which are always remarkable and sometimes astounding.

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Pappas also marks the USMA's long-term impact, identifying graduates who performed outstandingly in the War with Mexico, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, as elected officials, as founders of colleges, as builders of railroads, canals, bridges, and roads across the United States.

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US Army Reserve components are now be among the first to be used in a range of possible conflicts. This shift has been instituted with little public fanfare or debate yet the consequences could be dramatic and far-reaching. It raises the central question Binkin and Kaufmann address: How has greater reliance on Army reserves affected the nation's ability to protect its security

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Between 1940 and 1945 the US Army expanded from eight infantry divisions to 66. This title follows one soldier from Indiana from enlistment in January 1942, through training, assignment to the 76th Division (AUS), and overseas with the 1st Battalion 133d Regiment, 34th Division (Red Bull).

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A factual combat history from the perspective of an American airman in Vietnam, this book also takes a look at the warrior values of bravery, honesty, and integrity. Flanagan examines the influences that help build these values - educational institutions, the military training system and religion.

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A personal tribute to some of the remarkable men and women to have served in the British Armed Forces during the two World Wars, many of them unsung or forgotten - from Sgt Major Stan Hollis, D-Day's only VC winner, to Freddie Spencer Chapman the reluctant war hero who spent three years behind enemy lines in Burma fighting guerrilla warfare.

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For many young people, the pros and cons of a career in the military can be a mystery. How tough really is boot camp What sort of pay and benefits can one expect This guide is designed to help readers make an informed decision on whether or not the military life is the right choice for them.

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This work examines the women who serve the military as wives and those who serve as soldiers, sailors and flyers. Comparing wives and warriors in the US and Canada, it considers how the military in both countries constructs gender to exclude women from being respected as equals to men.

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This work examines the women who serve the military as wives and those who serve as soldiers, sailors and flyers. Comparing wives and warriors in the US and Canada, it considers how the military in both countries constructs gender to exclude women from being respected as equals to men.

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This is the story of that small band of women who wore U.S. Marine uniforms during the Korean War. These women are a lost generation of women Marines who stepped into the breach between two wars and preserved the opportunity to be a Marine for those who were as yet unborn.

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Depicts the forces involved in uprisings and border conflicts after the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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This is the second volume in a highly detailed study of the German auxiliary troops who fought for Britain in the American Revolutionary War and won a distinguished reputation on a host of battlefields.

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This fully illustrated study examines the German, Italian and Bulgarian occupation forces in Greece during 1941-44 as well as those of the two Greek Resistance organizations.

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Explores a new understanding of gender, agency and military power through the lived experiences of army wives, based on unprecedented ethnographic access to a British Army regiment as a unit of social and cultural belonging.

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Home to the majority of Australian airpower for over three decades, the Royal Australian Air Force base at Butterworth was also home to a vibrant Australian community. Kampong Australia explores the complex political genesis of the RAAF presence at Butterworth and shows what everyday life on and around the base was like.