Americian soldiers, from the Revolution to Iraq, tell their stories. Visit our Veterans’ History Project page for interviews of local veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
American Revolution: Primary Sources
973.3 P952
Company Aytch, or, a Side Show of the Big Show by Sam Watkins
973.7468 W335co
It is a Good Day to Die: Indian Eyewitnesses Tell the Story of the Battle of Little Bighorn
973.82 V795it
Fighting the Flying Circus by Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker
940.44 R539 – Find this book in our catalog by searching for “Rickenbacker and flying circus”
A Different Battle: Stories of Asian Pacific American Veterans
355.10973 D569
Alan’s War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope by Emmanuel Guibert
940.541273092 C782GU
Tempest, Fire & Foe: Destroyer Escorts in World War II and the Men Who Manned Them
940.545973 A567te
I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-53
951.90420922 G756i
A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
959.7043092 C255ru
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
959.70430922 D285
Basher Five-Two: the True Story of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O’Grady
949.703 O35ba
Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War and other Battles by Anthony Swofford
956.70442092 S979ja
Spare Parts: a Marine Reservist’s Journey from Campus to Combat in 38 Days by Buzz Williams
956.70442092 W721sp
I Am a Soldier, Too: the Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg
BIOGRAPHY Lynch, J.
Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-year-old GI by Ryan Smithson
956.704431092 S664gh