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Jake Grafton novels volume 6
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English
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In this thriller from a New York Times–bestselling author, Vietnam is over for a Navy pilot—but danger remains in the form of Soviet MiGs and Sumatran pirates.
Fighter pilot Jake Grafton is adrift following combat in Vietnam. With no place in the States to call home, Grafton sticks to what he knows best: taking on the world’s most treacherous skies from the cockpit of a Grumman A-6 Intruder.
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2) Grenade
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Året er 1945 og verden er i krig. Hideki bor sammen med familien sin på øya Okinawa, utenfor Japan. Når krigen ankommer øya, drar Hideki av sted for å kjempe i den japanske hæren. Han får utdelt en granat og instruksjoner om å ikke komme tilbake før han tatt livet av en amerikansk soldat. Ray, en ung gutt fra den amerikanske marinen, har akkurat ankommet Okinawa. Dette er Rays første kamp, og han vet ikke hva han skal forvente - eller om...
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U.S. Marine Sergeant Logan Thibault returns from his third tour of duty in Iraq with the one thing he credits with keeping him alive - a photograph he found of a woman he doesn't even know. Learning her name is Beth and where she lives, he shows up at her door, and ends up taking a job at her family-run local kennel. Despite her initial mistrust and the complications in her life, a romance develops between them, giving Logan hope that Beth could be...
5) U.S. Marines
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Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Learn about the powerful soldiers who make up the U.S.Marines, including what they do and the training it takes to become one"--
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Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From an acclaimed historian, the dramatic story of the Christmas escape of thousands of American troops overwhelmingly surrounded by the enemy in Korea's harsh terrain. Just before Thanksgiving in 1950, five months into the Korean War, General MacArthur flew to American positions in the north and grandly announced an 'end-the-war-by-Christmas' offensive despite recent intervention by Mao's Chinese, who would soon trap tens of thousands of US troops...