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Title: The First Hellcat Ace

Author: Hamilton McWhorter

Narrator: Chris Abernathy

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Release date: August 27, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Hamilton McWhorter III's service to family and country make him a standout among America's Greatest Generation. A Georgia native whose family roots date from that region's settlement during the 1700s, McWhorter was a naval aviation cadet undergoing training when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. After earning his Wings of Gold in early 1942, Ensign McWhorter was trained as a fighter pilot in the robust but technologically outmoded F4F Wildcat. Initially assigned to VF-9, he saw first combat in November 1942 against Vichy French forces in North Africa. After returning to the United States, VF-9 became the first unit to convert to the new Grumman F6F Hellcat. This was the fighter the U.S. Navy would use to crush Japanese air power during the long offensive from the Southwest Pacific to the shores of Japan. From mid-1943, McWhorter was engaged in the aerial warfare that characterized the battles against Imperial Japan. His fifth aerial victory, in November 1943 off Tarawa Atoll, made him the first ace in the Hellcat, and seven subsequent victories ensured his place in the annals of air-to-air combat. McWhorter's combat service, from the beginning of the war to the last campaign off the shores of Okinawa, makes his story a must-listen for the serious student of the Pacific air war.

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Title: Frogman Stories: Life and Leadership Lessons from the SEAL Teams

Author: Rick Kaiser

Narrator: Rick Kaiser

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 40 minutes

Release date: August 27, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

A compelling look at US Navy SEALs through a true-to-life lens focused on the triumphs and challenges of the elite warriors of the Special Forces community. Master Chief (SEAL) Rick Kaiser (Ret.) captures over forty-five years of events in and around the SEAL Teams. It is not a blood-and-guts portrayal of battlefield victories and losses, but an authentic view of how things are done in the Teams. The SEALs truly are silent professionals and the most memorable stories often don't feature combat but are the moments that shape these exceptional warriors. A Silver Star recipient for his leadership during the battle of Mogadishu—'Black Hawk Down'—and a prominent member of both SEAL Team TWO and SEAL Team Six, Rick has been recognized throughout his career for his courage, commitment, and fortitude. Continuing to serve the SEALs as chief operating officer of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, Rick is the perfect person to tell the Navy SEAL story the way it really is, sharing the life and leadership lessons he learned along the way.

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Title: Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans

Series: Part of American War Heroes

Author: David J. Hornfischer, James D. Hornfischer

Narrator: Lou Del Bianco, David J. Hornfischer

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 0 minutes

Release date: August 27, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

From James D. Hornfischer, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers, a riveting account of the life of WWII hero Commander Ernest E. Evans and his heroics and sacrifice during the Leyte Gulf Battle of Samar. For the first time ever, acclaimed naval historian James D. Hornfischer, “the dean of World War II naval history,' writing with his son David J. Hornfischer, explores Capt. E. Evans’s incredible story, from his humble upbringing as a child of a Cherokee and Creek family in Pawnee, Oklahoma, and his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1931, to his service on fighting ships during the Pacific War and his selfless bravery and cool command during a valiant faceoff with the pride of the Japanese Navy.   Interspersed with impeccable research, interviews with men who fought alongside Capt. E. Evans, and thrilling anecdotes about United States Navy experiences during WWII, Destroyer Captain provides insight into an incredible man who spent his life beating the odds through courage, ability, and sheer determination. Never were these attributes better on display than on the morning of October 25, 1944, when, in the waters off Samar, a small flotilla of US Navy ships encountered a Japanese fleet superior in both vessels and firepower. Aboard the USS Johnston, Capt. Ernest E. Evans seized the moment, ordering his destroyer to steam forward and attack. Heavily outgunned, Evans and his sailors fired torpedo after torpedo, all the while maneuvering to dodge enemy shells, as two other American destroyers joined the fight. It was a valiant last stand for Capt. E. Evans, one of the toughest warriors in the Navy, but thanks to his bravery and steadiness under fire, these dogged Americans routed one of the most powerful naval forces that Tokyo had ever put to sea.   A remarkable story of patriotism and courageousness, Destroyer Captain honors a singular American hero whose name shall never be forgotten.

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Title: The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

Author: Alex Kershaw

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Release date: August 27, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

The epic story of the vastly outnumbered platoon that stopped Germany's leading assault in the Ardennes forest and prevented Hitler's most fearsome tanks from overtaking American positions On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under the command of twenty-year-old lieutenant Lyle Bouck were huddled in their foxholes trying desperately to keep warm. Suddenly, the early morning silence was broken by the roar of a huge artillery bombardment and the dreadful sound of approaching tanks. Hitler had launched his bold and risky offensive against the Allies-his 'last gamble'-and the small American platoon was facing the main thrust of the entire German assault. Vastly outnumbered, they repulsed three German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing over five hundred German soldiers and defending a strategically vital hill. Only when Bouck's men had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. As POWs, Bouck's platoon began an ordeal far worse than combat-survive in captivity under trigger-happy German guards, Allied bombing raids, and a daily ration of only thin soup. In German POW camps, hundreds of captured Americans were either killed or died of disease, and most lost all hope. But the men of Bouck's platoon survived-miraculously, all of them. Once again in vivid, dramatic prose, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of some of America's little-known heroes-the story of America's most decorated small unit, an epic story of courage and survival in World War II, and one of the most inspiring stories in American history.

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Title: The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-day Sacrifice

Author: Alex Kershaw

Narrator: William Dufris

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Release date: August 27, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia -- population just 3,000 in 1944 -- died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day They were part of Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Division, and the first wave of American soldiers to hit the beaches in Normandy. Later in the campaign, three more boys from this small Virginia town died of gunshot wounds. Twenty-two sons of Bedford lost--it is a story one cannot easily forget and one that the families of Bedford will never forget. The Bedford Boys is the true and intimate story of these men and the friends and families they left behind. Based on extensive interviews with survivors and relatives, as well as diaries and letters, Kershaw's book focuses on several remarkable individuals and families to tell one of the most poignant stories of World War II--the story of one small American town that went to war and died on Omaha Beach.

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Title: The Few: The American 'Knights of the Air' Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain

Author: Alex Kershaw

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 0 minutes

Release date: August 27, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of national bestsellers The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter comes 'a rousing tale of little-known heroes' (Booklist). The Few tells the dramatic and unforgettable story of eight young Americans who joined Britain's Royal Air Force, defying their country's neutrality laws and risking their U.S. citizenship to fight side-by-side with England's finest pilots in the summer of 1940-over a year before America entered the war. Flying the lethal and elegant Spitfire, they became 'knights of the air' and with minimal training but plenty of guts, they dueled the skilled and fearsome pilots of Germany's Luftwaffe. By October 1940, they had helped England win the greatest air battle in the history of aviation. Winston Churchill once said of all those who fought in the Battle of Britain, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.' These daring Americans were the few among the 'few.' Now, with the narrative drive and human drama that made The Bedford Boys and The Longest Winter national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw tells their story for the first time.

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Title: [Russian] - Мальчик, который рисовал тени

Author: Ориана Рамунно

Narrator: Станислав Федорчук

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Release date: August 21, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Гуго Фишер, известный криминолог, приезжает проводить расследование. Под Рождество 1943 года. В Освенцим. Предыдущие десять лет Гуго провел в Берлине, где на происходящее в концлагерях в основном закрывали глаза: страшные слухи по городу, конечно, ходили, но разумные люди не станут верить слухам, правда? И теперь Гуго сталкивается с ужасом, к которому он, человек незлой и отнюдь не боец, совершенно не готов. Между тем берлинское начальство интересует одна-единственная смерть, случившаяся там, где смерть — страшная повседневность: найден мертвым врач, который ставил опыты на заключенных. И нашел его восьмилетний мальчик — подопытный доктора Йозефа Менгеле, юный талантливый художник, которому хватило мастерства и присутствия духа сразу зарисовать то, что он увидел. Еврейский ребенок из Болоньи, криминолог из берлинской уголовной полиции, которому есть что скрывать, — странный дуэт, расследующий странную смерть в страшном краю, — и целая толпа возможных подозреваемых, тоже скрывающих каждый свою тайну. Ориана Рамунно написала детективный триллер на материале своих исследований Холокоста — невероятный, однако блестяще удавшийся ход. «Мальчик, который рисовал тени» — это «Мальчик в полосатой пижаме», если бы его написал Жан-Кристоф Гранже: напряженная детективная интрига, достоверный исторический фон, банальность зла и возможность противиться ему в тех краях, откуда давным-давно ушла надежда. Рамунно черпала материал в том числе из биографии своего двоюродного деда, побывавшего в лагере смерти и запомнившего, что даже в этом аду, даже среди надзирателей находились люди, которым хватало духу оставаться людьми и сопротивляться. Впервые на русском!

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Title: Special Reconnaissance and Advanced Small Unit Patrolling: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures for Special Operations Forces

Author: Edward Wolcoff

Narrator: David De Vries

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 23 hours 43 minutes

Release date: August 20, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

This comprehensive guide by a Special Ops combat veteran is the ultimate reference for military tactics, techniques, and procedures. Intended for military SpecialOps personnel, this volume presents invaluable operational guidance with lessons learned from the legendary Military Assistance Command Vietnam–Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG). Drawing on Special Reconnaissance operations conducted during the Vietnam Era, author Edward Wolcoff provides practical information alongside operational accounts and analyses of specific missions. Wolcoff covers the gamut of specialized SR topics ranging from operational planning and preparation, through execution, logistics, and command and control—all in substantial tradecraft detail. Few of the tactics, techniques, and procedures or lessons-learned included in this book have been previously presented in a usable form for SpecOps personnel. This book is intended instruct the Special Operations units of today, and preserve this valuable tradecraft for future generations.

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Title: Killing Shore: The True Story of Hitler's U-boats Off the New Jersey Coast

Author: K.A. Nelson

Narrator: David Stifel

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 22 hours 8 minutes

Release date: August 20, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

Six weeks after the United States entered World War II, Imperial Japan is annihilating American forces across the Far East while the Nazis stand triumphant over much of Europe. Adolf Hitler's forces are about to commence an assault along the East Coast of the United States, but this 'Atlantic Pearl Harbor' would prove far more devastating than Japan's attack on Hawaii. The Western Hemisphere holds the key to victory, but only if the vast economic and military resources of North and South America can be carried across the Atlantic by Allied merchant ships. Germany's dreaded submarines are going to the United States. The fiery months that followed would pit American servicemen against German U-boat sailors in a desperate struggle that stained East Coast waters with oil and blood. In the crosshairs was a stalwart contingent of civilian mariners who crewed the tankers and freighters supplying the war against the Axis Powers. Every American coastal state became a battlefront in 1942, and the events that transpired off New Jersey illustrate the perils and brutality of this forgotten campaign. Though these seafarers' lives were forfeit, the battle they fought would decide the fates of millions.

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Title: Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project

Author: Leslie R. Groves

Narrator: Scott R. Pollak

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 16 hours 27 minutes

Release date: August 14, 2024

Genres: Military

Publisher's Summary:

General Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer were the two men chiefly responsible for the building of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos, code name The Manhattan Project. As the ranking military officer in charge of marshalling men and material for what was to be the most ambitious, expensive engineering feat in history, it was General Groves who hired Oppenheimer (with knowledge of his left-wing past), planned facilities that would extract the necessary enriched uranium, and saw to it that nothing interfered with the accelerated research and swift assembly of the weapon. This is his story of the political, logistical, and personal problems of this enormous undertaking which involved foreign governments, sensitive issues of press censorship, the construction of huge plants at Hanford and Oak Ridge, and a race to build the bomb before the Nazis got wind of it. The role of groves in the Manhattan Project has always been controversial. In his new introduction the noted physicist Edward Teller, who was there at Los Alamos, candidly assesses the general's contributions-and Oppenheimer's-while reflecting on the awesome legacy of their work. This audiobook is masterfully read by Scott R. Pollak, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Scott R. Pollak. Copyright (C) 1962 by Leslie R. Groves (P) (2024) Echo Point Books & Media, LLC.