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Author
Series
Vietnam volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck were best friends at home and in Vietnam, but now Rudi has been killed in action, and the remaining three are the only ones who know the truth about their friend's death--and the knowledge threatens to tear them apart.
Author
Series
Honor bound volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year is 1943, and Argentina is officially neutral, but crawling with every kind of spy, sympathizer, and military official imaginable. The hero is Cletus Frade, a Marine pilot recruited by the OSS, with strong family ties to Argentina, and a lot on his hands. OSS chief Wild Bill Donovan has asked him to set up his own official-but-really-OSS airline in Argentina, using "loaned" Lockheed Lodestars and Constellations. Of even more concern are two...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"It's 1977. Ike and Lucy, the kids of Senator Charlie and Margaret Marder, are grown up--and in trouble. US Marine Ike has gone AWOL after a military operation gone horribly wrong. Now he's off the grid, working on the pit crew of the moody stunt master Evel Knievel and hanging in the roughest dive bar in Montana. His sister Lucy has become the star reporter of a brand-new Washington, DC tabloid breaking stories about a serial killer and falling...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
War has been the inspiration of such great novels as The Red Badge of Courage and A Farewell to Arms, and daring feats of courage and tragic mistakes have been the foundation for such classic works. Now, for the first time ever, the Korean War has a novel that captures that courage and sacrifice.
When Captain Thomas Verity, USMC, is called back to action, he must leave his Georgetown home, career, and young daughter and rush to Korea to monitor Chinese...
Author
Series
Vietnam volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Rudi is a newly drafted United States Marine in Vietnam, and he likes being part of a squad--but the way some of his fellow soldiers behave toward their officers, the Vietnamese, and the war itself, is starting to trouble him.
6) Lizzie's war
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A family epic laced with authenticity, wit and unforgettable characters. Liz O'Reilly has a husband in Vietnam, 4 kids under the age of 12 (and one on the way), and a burgeoning crush on the family priest. An unconventional love story.
It's Summer 1967 and Mike O'Reilly's just shipped out to Vietnam. Liz O'Reilly is trying to keep it all together for their four kids – 6 year old Deb–Deb (who believes she is an otter), 8 year old Angus, Kathie,...
8) Semper fido
Author
Series
Dog tags volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Gus Dempsey is a newly trained dog handler in the United States Marine Corps, and when he is deployed to Afghanistan he is paired with Loki, a bomb-sniffing black Labrador with a mischievous streak.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.
11) Heroes don't run
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
To honor his father who died during the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor, seventeen-year-old Adam eagerly enlists in the Marines in 1944, survives boot camp, and faces combat on the tiny island of Okinawa.
13) Blood and honor
Author
Series
Honor bound volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
14) The far reaches
Author
Series
Josh Thurlow novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
15) In danger's path
Author
Series
Corps volume 8
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
During World War II, the OSS mounts a mission to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia to set up a weather station for aerial attacks against the Japanese. By the author of Brotherhood of War.
16) Battleground
Author
Series
Corps volume 4
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
In this electrifying novel of the U.S. Marine Corps, the master of authentic military action and drama reveals the story of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific: the epic struggle for Guadalcanal.
17) Behind the lines
Author
Series
Corps volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
World War II. On the island of Mindanao, the Philippines, a man calling himself "General" Fertig has set himself up as a guerrilla leader to harass the Japanese. Army records show that the only officer named Fertig in the Philippines is a reserve lieutenant colonel of the Corps of Engineers, reported MIA on Luzon. Still, the reports filtering out are interesting, and it's Marine lieutenant Ken McCoy's mission to sneak behind the lines and find out...
19) Battle cry
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1953]
Language
English
Description
About trhe marine corps and the men from the towns, farms, whistle stops-the tough kids and the mama's boys, the liars and lovers, goldbrickers and heroes-the men who made the corps.
20) Line of fire
Author
Series
Corps volume 5
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a special rescue team assemble to take on a desperate mission during the battle for control of the Solomons when two Marines are trapped at a Coastwatcher station on tiny Buka Island--and faced with the double threat of dwindling supplies and discovery by the Japanese.
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