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Author | : Lofty Large |
Publisher | : Mainstream Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-12-04 |
Genre | : Soldiers |
ISBN | : 9781780576954 |
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Lofty Large is, quite simply, an SAS legend. He joined the army aged 15 in February 1946 and soon saw service in Germany and Hong Kong. By early 1951 the thundering engines of the Empire Orwell were transporting him and hundreds of others towards their first taste of war at the sharp end- Korea. He was wounded in action and captured as a prisoner-of-war by the enemy at the battle of the Imjin River. On his release two years later he was declared 'unfit for further military service'. Lofty Large refused to give up on his military career and defied the odds, passing the SAS selection course and going on to enjoy a long and eventful career with the Special Air Service. With that elite group Lofty served all over the world- in the mind-numbing cold, in the blazing desert heat and in sweat-drenched jungle warfare. He faced minefields , traps and ambushes, as well as bombs, bullets, rockets and napalm. He is the first to admit he also experienced a lot of luck, not the kind which wins money in gambling or business but the kind which means, when the smoke clears, that you are the bastard still standing. In his introduction to SAS Soldier Against The Odds, Andy McNab says Lofty was a survivor, 'but it's not just about luck. He is too modest to say that it's also about guts, thinking faster than the enemy and being willing to go further than they will to survive. That takes courage and skill." This book shows that Lofty Large, in winning his legendary SAS status, had more than his share of both those attributes.
Author | : Alex Kershaw |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2022-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0593183746 |
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*The instant New York Times bestseller* The untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II—all Medal of Honor recipients—from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler’s own mountaintop fortress, by the national bestselling author of The First Wave “Pitch-perfect.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Riveting.”—World War II magazine • “Alex Kershaw is the master of putting the reader in the heat of the action.”—Martin Dugard As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice “Footsie” Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive every award for valor in a single war. Michael Daly was a West Point dropout who risked his neck over and over to keep his men alive. Keith Ware would one day become the first and only draftee in history to attain the rank of general before serving in Vietnam. In WWII, Ware owed his life to the finest soldier he ever commanded, a baby-faced Texan named Audie Murphy. In the campaign to liberate Europe, each would gain the ultimate accolade, the Congressional Medal of Honor. Tapping into personal interviews and a wealth of primary source material, Alex Kershaw has delivered his most gripping account yet of American courage, spanning more than six hundred days of increasingly merciless combat, from the deserts of North Africa to the dark heart of Nazi Germany. Once the guns fell silent, these four exceptional warriors would discover just how heavy the Medal of Honor could be—and how great the expectations associated with it. Having survived against all odds, who among them would finally find peace?
Author | : Lofty Large |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Soldiers |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John Stieber |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2016-07-26 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781523347360 |
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John Stieber was a twelve-year-old schoolboy in Ireland when he was sent to secondary school in Germany. Caught there by the outbreak of the Second World War, he was unable to return to his parents for seven years. In due course, he was called to serve in an anti-aircraft battery and in the National Labour Service. Just after his eighteenth birthday, he was sent to the Russian Front with the elite Paratrooper and Tank Division, Hermann Goring. He lived through an amazing series of events, escaping death many times and was one of the few survivors of his division when the war ended. In this narrative of his early life, John Stieber describes how he went from a carefree childhood through increasing hardships, until every day of his life became a challenge for survival."
Author | : Major Phil Ashby |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2003-08-18 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1466838779 |
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Against All Odds is the incredible true story of that escape-and of the heart-pounding courage of Major Phil Ashby who defeated the rebel forces of Sierra Leone and became a living testament to the power of the human spirit and the sheer determination to survive. In West Africa's war-ravaged Sierra Leone no one was getting out alive. It took the courage of one man to change the odds. By 1990, Sierra Leone, once hailed as the 'Athens of West Africa', had degenerated into a savage battlefield, overtaken by rebel forces in a devastating civil war. Assigned to spearhead the mission as UN peacekeeper was Major Phil Ashby. But by 2000, the rebel occupation he had worked so diligently to disarm rose again to control an astounding two-thirds of the country. The enemy's mission: get rid of the outside opposition first. A number of Ashby's colleagues were tortured and finally butchered, and more than 500 were taken as hostages. Among the hostages was Phil Ashby. Miles from civilization, with no rescue in sight, Ashby and three of his men knew that their fate was up to them alone. Lost deep inside the rebels' heartland, unarmed, and outnumbered 20-to-1, Ashby devised a plan to escape from the hostile jungles that would test fate and challenge all reason.
Author | : Jack Capell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Dean A. Nowowiejski |
Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0700632743 |
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The American Army in Germany, 1918–1923: Success against the Odds by Dean A. Nowowiejski fills a gap in American military and political history through thorough research and a compelling narrative of the Rhineland occupation. After the armistice ended the fighting on the Western Front in World War I, the US Third Army marched into the American occupation zone around the city of Koblenz, Germany, in December 1918. American forces remained there as part of an “inter-Allied” coalition until early 1923. Nowowiejski reintroduces us to a successful military diplomat, Major General Henry T. Allen, who faced two major challenges: build an efficient army and handle the complexity of working with the Allied powers of France, Britain, and Belgium in the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission (IARHC). Allen’s ability to balance the interests of the French with those of the occupied Germans made him an indispensable participant in the High Commission. As the French sought revenge and added security against Germany, Allen moderated their actions with diplomatic skill. When the French sent forces into Germany in 1920 and 1921, Allen ensured that the US zone around Koblenz remained free of French interference. These achievements were without the support of the administration, and Congress had no desire to take part in European affairs. Allen also had to create a competent American army in the Rhineland so that the Allied powers and the Germans would respect American views and interests. He successfully took a large number of new recruits, who replaced World War I combat veterans, and molded them into a professional fighting force. As a result, the American Forces in Germany became an exemplar for the entire US Army and a symbol to the Allies and Germans of American power and resolve. This force competently accomplished the difficult task of postwar occupation according to the highest international standards. The US administration made the decision in 1922 to radically cut back the size of Allen’s army, and in 1923 to remove all US troops from Germany. The author analyzes this withdrawal as a “missed opportunity” for US leverage on diplomatic developments in Europe.
Author | : Harry E. Wedewer |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2016-10-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781539098874 |
Download The Bravest Guy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
As a U.S. Army infantryman in World War II, Don Wedewer was twice wounded in four days. On both occasions, he was left for dead. Now he was a double amputee and blind with seemingly no hope for the future. Yet through extraordinary determination and persistence, this highly decorated combat veteran overcame seemingly impossible odds to become a state and national leader in providing opportunities for those with visions loss. This is Don Wedewer's story. For more information visit www.bravestguy.com
Author | : Sgt. Nate Griffin |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2020-12-29 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 166414823X |
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SOLDIER ON! I am a soldier. I was trained for this. I am a warrior. I am prepared for this. I am more than a conqueror. I will beat this. I am victorious. I will stand tall and strong. My shoulders are upright. My head is held high. My feet are grounded. My body is at the ready. I am a leader. I lead by example. I am attentive to detail. I have razor like focus. My emotions are in check. My mind is in check. My attitude is in check. My heart is in check. My support system is standing guard. My life is rich. My strength is renewed. My spirit is revived. I endure gracefully! I succeed humbly! I speak wisely! I listen intently! I persevere! I persevere! I persevere! I PERSEVERE!!!
Author | : Eeben Barlow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 768 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Mercenary troops |
ISBN | : 9781928359050 |
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The model on which all private military companies in Iraq and Afghanistan are based, Executive Outcomes was founded by the author to train other special forces in intelligence skills and provide security cover in dangerous situations to the commercial sector. This is the story of this trail-blazing outfit.