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December 29th, 2003
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Right Now Im reading The Life And Times of Contanstine the Great :P
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December 30th, 2003
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| Optio | Thanks for the link about "Parachute Infantry" I had just been looking in bookstores. I would also recommend "The Victors" by Stephen Ambrose - it has some details in it that show up in "Saving Private Ryan" as well.
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December 30th, 2003
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Stephen Ambrose really has written some great books, but Im really struggling with one he wrote in the 70s that Im reading now. It's alled Crazy Horse and Custer; The Parellel Lives of Two American Warriors. It's informative but with lots of small text and written in a research paper formatt. I wouldn't reccomend it for pleasure reading. |
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January 1st, 2004
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| Centurion | I just got a 700 page biography on Patton and it is looking very very good. And my grandma gave me an heirloom a 1000 page "The Complete History of World War II" copyright 1948. I'm going to use it to research some of the battles my great grandfathers fought. It one of my great grandfather's service record written in the fron and it looks like he was a Navy man on the USS Missouri at the time of the Japanese surrender. I'll post more in my tracking old soldiers thread as I find stuff. |
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January 2nd, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | anyone read The Lords of Discipline? is it any good?
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January 10th, 2004
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| Milforum Moderator   | Post; Well i liked a few...STALINGRAD by Antony Beevor THE RISING SUN-by Jhon Toland THE TANK-by Douglas Orgill THE SPEARHEADS- by James AltIerl
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January 23rd, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Post; Sorry just had to come back for secondsYou know..not everything up to date is a interesting read for me... There was a book I read a long time ago..in 1961..that has haunted me for years. I would highly reccomend that any U.S. Marine read this novel..as it was so vividly real for the time period it covered. its the story of a young southern man, enlisting in the US Marine Corp in 1919..his paris island boot camp honduran war, china service..WWII island campaigns..and korea. A true 30 year career individual. The Books Title is Doyle A New One was a Marine. 1st ed. New York, Greenwich Book Publishers [1956] 276 p. 21 cm.
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January 24th, 2004
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| Milites Gregarius | hmm.... Non Fiction: Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden In the Company Of Heros by Michael Durant (even though I haven't finished reading it, its a great book) Special Forces by Tom Clancy Band of Brother by Stephen Ambrose Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides Fiction: Charlie Mike by Leonard B. Scott Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy and thats about it for now.... |
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January 25th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Raptor, does Durant really reveal new information about the mission in his book, or is it basically an account of his hostage experience? I guess what I mean is it worth buying if you've read Black Hawk Down? |
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January 25th, 2004
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| Tirones | My favorite book has to be The Art of War by Sun Tzu because it has many good points and great sayings in there |
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