We Were in the First Waves of Steel Amtracs Who Landed on Iwo Jima - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook We Were in the First Waves of Steel Amtracs Who Landed on Iwo Jima write by John Ryland Thurman. This book was released on 2009-04-13. We Were in the First Waves of Steel Amtracs Who Landed on Iwo Jima available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is based on my personal experiences. I have always felt that what I did was just my job and what was required of me to do as a Marine following orders. It became apparent to me when I visited the island of Okinawa for a month in 1997. I was honored by Marines, young and old, who were stationed there at the time. They wanted to hear of my experiences, to meet me and shake my hand. I started writing this book late in my life and I am not a professional writer. For a long time after Iwo Jima, I found it hard to talk about my experiences. I was able to do some talks at private clubs and at the Marine Corps Training Center in Okinawa and from these talks; I was encouraged to write this book. What really made me decide to try and write was after my talk at the Marine Crops Training Center in Okinawa. There was a group of Marines waiting for me and one of the Marines stepped up and asked, Sir, we would like to ask you some questions. I said sure. He then asked Is our training anywhere near the real thing? That caught me for a second. I said yes, your body had been conditioned to be strong and is ready to handle any kind of unknown rough terrain and still have the strength to take out any enemy gun position; youre going to need it. But the mind could never be fully ready. It cant be. It has to happen fi rst. Youve been told what to expect, but it is diff erent when you see it for real right in front of your own eyes. You have to swallow hard and just keep going. Youre training has given you a healthy mind and this will get you through. That question made me realize these young men need to be told what its like out there. I owe it to the men and the Corps. I have come to realize that these personal experiences are also a very important time and a piece of history that will go with me if I fail to share them here. Memories and sights that only a few have experienced and all should have the opportunity to learn about if they so choose. This book is not intended to be abrasive, insultive, discriminatory, or grotesque in nature as is more to capture and recollect the vivid memoirs of a Marine who fought on the front lines in the battle of Iwo Jima. To defend the freedoms and this great Country for which I have never taken for granted.
Amtracs
Amtracs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Amtracs write by Steven J. Zaloga. This book was released on 1999-09-01. Amtracs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first prototype for the LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) was completed in July 1941, its design based on the Alligator, a tracked amphibious vehicle developed for rescue operations in the swamps of Florida. Though the early conception of amtrac operations envisioned using LVTs solely as supply vehicles, at Tarawa amtracs demonstrated their utility as assault vehicles to carry troops, leading to the development of new models. This book covers the evolution of amtracs, from the first LVT-1 to the LVT-7; their numerous variants; and their use throughout World War II and beyond.
Casting Alpha
Casting Alpha - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Casting Alpha write by James R. Kelley. This book was released on 2002-03. Casting Alpha available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Casting Alpha is the story about a platoon of Marine Corps amtrac crewmen who served during the Vietnam War. Kelly, a former trac rat, has wanted to write about his unit since he returned from Vietnam in 1967. He wanted Casting Alpha to be different; not just another blood and guts book about Vietnam. Casting Alphais the story of young Marines sharing a common goal: getting home in one piece. It's the story of their daily activities and their feelings combined with the sense of helplessness they endured as they carried out their sworn duty. Kelly opened his Vietnam photo album and searched the faces on now faded photographs. Each one transported Kelly back thirty-five years to a time in his life that he refers to as his personal twilight zone. The young faces in the photographs brought back memories, memories of situations and occurrences that seemed to have happened only yesterday. A few memories were of comical situations while others reflect sadness, cruelty, and anger. One memory most trac rats can't forget is the anxiety associated with thoughts of enemy land mines and snipers. Kelly named that anxiety "the big wait." Discover what it was like to be a crewman aboard an amtrac during the Vietnam War. Feel the anxiety build as you climb into the driver's seat, start the engine, and begin a mission into no-man's land on roads and trails that have been previously visited by enemy soldiers. Are land mines in your path? Will your number be up today? The big wait will take control of your senses as you read Casting Alpha.
Across the Reef
Across the Reef - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Across the Reef write by Victor J. Croizat. This book was released on 2001. Across the Reef available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Not Forgotten
Not Forgotten - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Not Forgotten write by Gregory Hall. This book was released on 2006-12-13. Not Forgotten available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As a result of his research for this WWII novel, Gregory Hall travelled to the Philippines with a History Channel film crew, as well as with four of the surviving WWII participants. During the documentary filming, he visited the sites of the two internment camps, Los Banos and Santo Tomas. Additionally, he visited the locations of the beachhead where the amphibious tracked vehicles (AMTRAC’s) came ashore, the airfield used by the paratroopers who parachuted into the action, as well as the vacated prison where the liberated prisoners were taken. The author spent numerous years researching the liberation and has personally met many of the participants. Over the years, he has attended six reunions of the former paratroopers and internees. This novel weaves the experiences and stories shared by many of the participants. Gregory Hall’s father served as a paratrooper in the US Army’s 11th Airborne Division during the rescue. “ Like Father, Like Son” , the author enlisted in the US Army and became a paratrooper, albeit a second generation paratrooper during the Vietnam-era. He served with the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division during the mid-1970’s, attaining the rank of Sergeant (E-5) in the Airborne Infantry. The novel has been a work of passion for Gregory Hall. The desire to write this novel dates back to when the author was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His father, like many WWII veterans, rarely talked about the war. The author took advantage of being in an airborne division and began researching his father’s unit. It became evident to him that the heroic exploits of US paratroopers in the Pacific Theater of Operations were overshadowed by their “brother” paratroopers in the European Theater of Operations. Similarly, the successful rescue of over 2,000 prisoners from 30 miles behind enemy lines in the Philippines, was overshadowed by another historical event that occurred on the very same day, February 23, 1945. That event was the raising of the American flag by US Marines on Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima. The author is retired after a 24 year career as an FBI Special Agent. He has appeared as a military historian on the History Channel’s two hour documentary, RESCUE AT DAWN; THE LOS BANOS RAID. The television documentary was heavily influenced by the author’s research for this novel. You can visit the novel’s website at https://notforgottennovel.com/. Separately from this work, Gregory Hall has also appeared on both the DISCOVERY and TRAVEL channels as a cold case criminal researcher on the television show EXPEDITION UNKNOWN, hosted by international adventurer Josh Gates. The author and Mr. Gates revisited the legendary skyjacking of an airliner by a person dubbed by the media as “DB Cooper”. The author’s groundbreaking and highly plausible theory of the skyjacking, “ DB Cooper, Step Out Of The Shadow” , has been published on WordPress at https://retiredinvestigator.wordpress.com/.
