Best united states veterans history books according to redditors

That's Dickin Medal awardee Lucca, she's an incredibly good girl! The other good boy in the photo is her first handler Gunnery Sergeant Chris Willingham (who she now lives lived with (She died in January 2018 F)). She lost her leg in Afghanistan when a smaller IED went off after she found a 30 pound IED.

You can read more about her in Top Dog.

Firstly, they are not operators, that title belongs to guys in CAG. Secondly, Rangers have been responsible for the most captures and kills of HVTs in the War on Terror. They have become one of the premier D.A. forces in the U.S. military. If you would like to learn about some of their countless exploits in recent decades check out [Violence of Action: The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror.] (https://www.amazon.com/Violence-Action-Untold-Stories-Regiment/dp/0991286529/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491843375&sr=8-1&keywords=ranger+war+on+terror)

Lindsey Cormack did an exhaustive study of which party introduces more legislation for veterans benefits. It showed it was Democrats. It also showed Republicans gave more lip service.

> Providing a compelling look at veterans' policy, this book describes why the Republican party is considered the party for veterans despite the fact that Congressional Democrats are responsible for a greater number of policy initiatives. -Amazon

> Republicans are often viewed as the party of veterans, and this presumption is supported by public opinion and voting data. Yet more often than not, Democrats in Congress are the ones working to enhance veterans benefits. -Stevens Institute of Technology

Here is a list of veterans bills Republicans shot down.

Both sides are not the same. Democrats do more for veterans. Republicans blow air and do less.

Battle of Sangin

Thank you for posting this!

He shared his story on a podcast here with other vetrans saying:

>"I told a story I've never told before for @RISKshow. 22 vets a day kill themselves, and I was almost one of them."

http://risk-show.com/podcast/the-way-home/

He also has a book: https://www.amazon.com/Retire-Colors-Veterans-Civilians-Afghanistan/dp/1944079076/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469117091&sr=1-2&keywords=retire+the+colors

I would recommend--

Fiction:

• Fields of Fire by James Webb
  
• My Dying Breath by Ben Reed
  
• Charlie Mike by Leonard B. Scott
  
• The Last Run by Leonard. B Scott (sequel to Charlie Mike)
  
• The Hill also also by Scott
  
  Non-fiction:
  
  
• The Boys of '67 by Andrew Wiest
  
• Hue 1968 by Mark Bowden
  

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0595425119

The author of this book is a fantastic guy who went through basic later in life and wrote a modern day version. Might be a good lead for you.

how do you know this? the photo was taken in 1945, people born in the 1930s are still alive today. edit, some were alive as recently as 2015 2009, and someone wrote a book about their reunion.

credit to this comment, which has a link to the story behind the photo and refers to the book.

A few more to add to your list!


Books:

Matterhorn

We Were Soldiers Once and Young

Fields of Fire

I thought Tank Rider had interesting perspectives. Translation was a bit literal and awkward but it was pretty clear what was meant if you had context (e.g. mortar "mines" vs shells).

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/0991286529/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_twi_2?qid=1417888128&sr=8-1 free shipping too

I don't know of a good bio to recommend. Leatherneck Legends (https://www.amazon.com/Leatherneck-Legends-Conversations-Marine-Corps/dp/0760321574) is fantastic. The author delves into several future commandants' careers and tells their story in alternating chapters.

Another couple that I would recommend.

• A Bodyguard of Lies - a fantastic book covering the entire deception operation surrounding D-Day. The Book takes it's name from Churchill's desire to have the D-Day plans surrounded by A Bodyguard of Lies. It covers everything from Operation Fortitude North and South to the Twenty Committee's activity as well as countless other plans around Europe and Africa. It's a hefty book though, ~950 pages. It's basically several books in one...
  
  
• Codename: Tricycle - Focuses on the activities of Dusko Popov in Europe that led to him becoming a spy and his double agent activities. It also covers his frustrating experience in America dealing with the mistrust directed towards him which led to the Americans ignoring vital information about Pearl Harbour, as mentioned already by TheyDidItFirst.
  
  

My favorite tanker book is Brazen Chariots about a British tanker in a stuart during operation crusader in north africa. It's a really good read.


http://www.amazon.com/Brazen-Chariots-Robert-Crisp/dp/0393327124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417819283&sr=8-1&keywords=Brazen+Chariots

https://www.amazon.com/Tank-Rider-Into-Reich-Army/dp/1853675547

My husband has this book. He's fascinated with the tank riders, Soviet soldiers who literally rode on top of tanks during WWII and had to shoot anyone who came after the tank, or jump down right into hand-t-hand-combat. Someone else here could probably tell you a lot more about it, this is just what I remember him talking about.

Here or here. Enjoy!

Also check out Spite House, which is also about Robert Garwood, the US POW who escaped Vietnam in 1979, fully six years after Operation Homecoming. Garwood was labeled a traitor and a collaborator, but the facts don't bear that out. Spite House talks about (among other things) the hunter/killer teams in Vietnam -- Special Forces personnel whose job it was to kill American soldiers believed to have "turned". At first, the members of the hunter/killer teams believed their superiors, but many grew to have doubts and guilt. The leader of one such team -- whose job it was to kill Robert Garwood -- went from having the most venimous hatred toward Garwood, to eventually realizing the propaganda that Garward was a collaborator was bullshit. Ultimately, this hunter/killer soldier sought Garwood to beg forgiveness.

These old films are awesome. Nice find!

Edit: A couple of awesome books. This one is about the CIA flying program in Laos. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00887PC78/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1#nav-subnav

This one is similar but told from a first person point of view from an Air Force FAC pilot https://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Kind-War-Forward-Controller-ebook/dp/B004H8GCQM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1472758133&sr=1-1&keywords=Lonely+Kind+of+War#nav-subnav

I just re-watched We Were Soldiers last night and plan to read the book it's based on. Amazing story.

I found out that every single soldier in the unit has an actor portraying them in the movie, even if that soldier never even has any screen time.

There was a book called The Regulars by Edward Hoffman that covers the US Army from 1898-1941, you might want to check it out.

There is a great audio book along these lines called Voices of the Pacific.

Voices of the Pacific: Untold Stories of the Marine Heroes of World War II https://www.amazon.com/dp/1482910454/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_yrrFxb35DQ7PH

Should look at his methods and contact the author.

I thought I remembered the photo from the Roy F. Chandler book but wasn't positive so I did a reverse image and it showed up in a couple of places listed as him.

http://200poundsis200pounds.blogspot.com/2011/03/guys-id-like-to-have-drink-with-vol-2.html

Google image search result

http://www.amazon.com/White-Feather-Carlos-Hathcock-Sniper/dp/1885633092

Quartered Safe Out Here. George MacDonald Fraser's memoirs of his experiences in the Burma Campaign in World War II. Fraser's fictional Flashman novels are also quite a good read.