| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 275 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
A collection of 32 essays written by both veterans and family members describing their experiences from conflicts spanning World War II to Afghanistan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Welcome to Afghanistan; 2. Above and Beyond; 3. Remembering Forgotten Fliers, Their Survivors; 4. A Psychology of Rumor, a Psychology of War; 5. Panel 30w, Row 15; 6. Past Perfect Tense; 7. Tom; 8. Middle Passage, Morning Watch; 9. The Thirty- Day Project; 10. The Lack of Weight; 11. War Happens; 12. The Wing Shed; 13. Triage; 14. Lead Weight; 15. War Games; 16. False Positive; 17. Prisoners of War; 18. Memory Sky; 19. Breathe through Your Mouth; 20. To Kill, or Not to Kill; 21. How the Military Turned My Father a Genius. |
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22. War Stories23. Hulls in the Water; 24. Proud to Claim the Title; 25. Passages; 26. Letter to a Drowning Soldier; 27. The Intimate; 28. Dependent; 29. Pictures Don't Lie; 30. Tenuous Tethers; 31. Sea Mommy; 32. Growing a Soldier; Contributors; Source Acknowledgments. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Soldiers -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Soldiers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Subject |
Veterans' families -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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Veterans' families. |
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Veterans -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Veterans -- Family relationships. |
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Veterans. |
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Veterans -- United States -- Anecdotes.
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United States -- History, Military -- Anecdotes.
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History, Military. |
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life -- Anecdotes.
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Armed Forces. |
| Genre/Form |
Military history.
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Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Crow, Tracy, editor.
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| Added Title |
Stories from veterans and families, World War II to present |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Red, white, and true. [Lincoln, NB] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014] 9781612347011 (DLC) 2014007438 (OCoLC)864848091 |
| ISBN |
9781612347073 (electronic book) |
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161234707X (electronic book) |
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9781612347011 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1612347010 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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