Best Modern Day Military Accounts

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To the Last Round: The Epic British Stand on the Imjin River, Korea 1951
To the Last Round: The Epic British Stand on the Imjin River, Korea 1951 4.29 avg rating β€” 302 ratings
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Visions From a Foxhole: A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps
Visions From a Foxhole: A Rifleman in Patton's Ghost Corps 4.29 avg rating β€” 232 ratings
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Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic
Doing Battle: The Making of a Skeptic 3.83 avg rating β€” 264 ratings
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Eight Lives Down: The Story of a Counterterrorist Bomb-Disposal Operator's Tour in Iraq
Eight Lives Down: The Story of a Counterterrorist Bomb-Disposal Operator's Tour in Iraq 4.18 avg rating β€” 764 ratings
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Yellow Birds
Yellow Birds 3.74 avg rating β€” 26,459 ratings
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SEAL Team One
SEAL Team One 4.29 avg rating β€” 156 ratings
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The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East 4.53 avg rating β€” 5,332 ratings
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Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad
Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad 4.19 avg rating β€” 990 ratings
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A Sea Story: The Untold Story of the U.S. Navy Response to 9/11
A Sea Story: The Untold Story of the U.S. Navy Response to 9/11 3.47 avg rating β€” 101 ratings
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Braco
Braco 4.18 avg rating β€” 78 ratings
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Winning Paktika: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Winning Paktika: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan 4.77 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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All I Could Be
All I Could Be 4.29 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
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Ever the Patriot: Recollections of Vincent J. Riccio, World War II Veteran and POW
Ever the Patriot: Recollections of Vincent J. Riccio, World War II Veteran and POW 4.20 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
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After: The Battle Has Just Begun
After: The Battle Has Just Begun 4.50 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City 4.38 avg rating β€” 681 ratings
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Boots: An Unvarnished Memoir of Vietnam
Boots: An Unvarnished Memoir of Vietnam 3.90 avg rating β€” 146 ratings
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Survivor Love Thy Enemy
Survivor Love Thy Enemy 4.50 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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In Love and War
In Love and War 4.40 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
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What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It
What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It 4.14 avg rating β€” 319 ratings
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Hellfire
Hellfire
by: Ed Macy
4.30 avg rating β€” 650 ratings
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No Less Than Victory (World War II: 1939-1945, #3)
No Less Than Victory (World War II: 1939-1945, #3) 4.33 avg rating β€” 5,906 ratings
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None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism
None Braver: U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen in the War on Terrorism 4.17 avg rating β€” 775 ratings
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The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945, #2)
The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 8,106 ratings
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Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq
Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq 3.70 avg rating β€” 122 ratings
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Company Commander
Company Commander 4.34 avg rating β€” 238 ratings
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When Hell Was in Session
When Hell Was in Session 4.33 avg rating β€” 746 ratings
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The Hunters
The Hunters 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,444 ratings
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Company K
Company K 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,058 ratings
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The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy SEALS and the Winning of al-Anbar
The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy SEALS and the Winning of al-Anbar 3.84 avg rating β€” 243 ratings
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Battleship Sailor (Bluejacket Books)
Battleship Sailor (Bluejacket Books) 4.34 avg rating β€” 94 ratings
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Danger Close: Commanding 3 PARA in Afghanistan
Danger Close: Commanding 3 PARA in Afghanistan 4.31 avg rating β€” 375 ratings
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Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam
Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam 4.29 avg rating β€” 1,735 ratings
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Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War
Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War 3.87 avg rating β€” 626 ratings
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Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918
Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,019 ratings
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Those Devils in Baggy Pants
Those Devils in Baggy Pants 4.41 avg rating β€” 156 ratings
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A Rumor of War
A Rumor of War 4.17 avg rating β€” 15,737 ratings
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Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors
Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors
by: Don Mann
3.96 avg rating β€” 1,500 ratings
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Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy
Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy 4.21 avg rating β€” 2,639 ratings
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Matterhorn
Matterhorn 4.27 avg rating β€” 46,465 ratings
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Samurai: The Unforgettable Saga of Japan's Greatest Fighter Pilot
Samurai: The Unforgettable Saga of Japan's Greatest Fighter Pilot 4.35 avg rating β€” 2,728 ratings
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Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation
Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,482 ratings
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 4.61 avg rating β€” 9,759 ratings
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The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2) 4.62 avg rating β€” 6,743 ratings
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For Two Cows I Ain't Half-Bad: the memoir of a young girl in the Vietnam War
For Two Cows I Ain't Half-Bad: the memoir of a young girl in the Vietnam War
by: Bac Eaton
4.52 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
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Soldiers Of Reason: The RAND Corporation And The Rise Of The American Empire
Soldiers Of Reason: The RAND Corporation And The Rise Of The American Empire 3.65 avg rating β€” 295 ratings
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Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 4.76 avg rating β€” 4,718 ratings
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When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,293 ratings
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Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command 4.44 avg rating β€” 647 ratings
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Desperate Lands: The War on Terror Through The Eyes of a Special Forces Soldier
Desperate Lands: The War on Terror Through The Eyes of a Special Forces Soldier 3.72 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
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You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For
You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For 4.64 avg rating β€” 2,452 ratings
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa 4.49 avg rating β€” 45,841 ratings
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Scorched Earth, Black Snow: Britain and Australia in the Korean War, 1950
Scorched Earth, Black Snow: Britain and Australia in the Korean War, 1950 4.33 avg rating β€” 95 ratings
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The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War
The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War 4.29 avg rating β€” 1,156 ratings
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Lost Souls of the River Kwai: Experiences of a British Soldier on the Railway of Death
Lost Souls of the River Kwai: Experiences of a British Soldier on the Railway of Death
by: Bill Reed
4.33 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II 4.27 avg rating β€” 11,421 ratings
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Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne (American Warrior Series)
Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne (American Warrior Series) 4.03 avg rating β€” 103 ratings
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Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary
Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary 4.25 avg rating β€” 609 ratings
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Blood in the Argonne: The β€œLost Battalion” of World War I
Blood in the Argonne: The β€œLost Battalion” of World War I 4.14 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
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Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front
Beyond the Call: The True Story of One World War II Pilot's Covert Mission to Rescue POWs on the Eastern Front 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,220 ratings
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Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II 3.87 avg rating β€” 46,528 ratings
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First into Action
First into Action 4.33 avg rating β€” 1,105 ratings
161.
Shadow Enemies: Hitler's Secret Terrorist Plot Against the United States
Shadow Enemies: Hitler's Secret Terrorist Plot Against the United States 3.89 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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The Bastard War
The Bastard War really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq
Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq 3.97 avg rating β€” 145 ratings
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Path to Freedom: My Story of Perseverance
Path to Freedom: My Story of Perseverance 4.52 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
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Far From The War
Far From The War 4.08 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
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Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine
Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine 4.17 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
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Worth Fighting for
Worth Fighting for really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Not in the Wind, Earthquake, or Fire
Not in the Wind, Earthquake, or Fire 4.18 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Satan's Spy
Satan's Spy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Love Me When I'm Gone: The true story of life, love and loss for a Green Beret in post-9/11 war
Love Me When I'm Gone: The true story of life, love and loss for a Green Beret in post-9/11 war 4.17 avg rating β€” 159 ratings
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Into The Trenches
Into The Trenches 4.40 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
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War Zone Faith: An Army Chaplain's Reflections from Afghanistan
War Zone Faith: An Army Chaplain's Reflections from Afghanistan really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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Warrior Police: Rolling with America's Military Police in the World's Trouble Spots
Warrior Police: Rolling with America's Military Police in the World's Trouble Spots 3.71 avg rating β€” 70 ratings
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My Share of the Task: A Memoir
My Share of the Task: A Memoir 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,071 ratings
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Windshift
Windshift 4.14 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
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Soldier Boy: At Play in the ASA
Soldier Boy: At Play in the ASA 3.50 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
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The Assassination of Michael Collins: What Happened At BΓ©al na mBlΓ‘th?
The Assassination of Michael Collins: What Happened At BΓ©al na mBlΓ‘th? 4.16 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Retribution (Will Parker #2)
Retribution (Will Parker #2) 3.82 avg rating β€” 228 ratings
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A Dangerous Element
A Dangerous Element 4.16 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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My blue water Navy
My blue water Navy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir 4.37 avg rating β€” 672 ratings
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Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept
Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept 4.30 avg rating β€” 312 ratings
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Fires of October: The Cuban Missile Crisis and World War III
Fires of October: The Cuban Missile Crisis and World War III 4.44 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Breakfast with the Dirt Cult
Breakfast with the Dirt Cult 4.21 avg rating β€” 176 ratings
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Amani's River
Amani's River 4.23 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
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30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot
30,000 Leagues Undersea: True Tales of a Submariner and Deep Submergence Pilot 4.33 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
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The Bomber
The Bomber 4.29 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
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Death Grip
Death Grip 4.45 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Blasted By Adversity: The Making of a Wounded Warrior
Blasted By Adversity: The Making of a Wounded Warrior 4.88 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
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Blackhorse Riders: A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot
Blackhorse Riders: A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot 4.19 avg rating β€” 496 ratings
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The Battle for the Falklands
The Battle for the Falklands 4.07 avg rating β€” 2,230 ratings
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Trackers
Trackers 4.40 avg rating β€” 177 ratings
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The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle
The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle 4.02 avg rating β€” 384 ratings
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The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL
The Heart and the Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy SEAL 4.12 avg rating β€” 9,614 ratings
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Command Decision
Command Decision
by: Tom Lohr
3.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
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Okay Okay: Holy Sh*t Vietnam
Okay Okay: Holy Sh*t Vietnam 4.62 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Fish Out of Water
Fish Out of Water 4.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Quest for War: And One Green Beret's Subsequent Evolution
Quest for War: And One Green Beret's Subsequent Evolution 4.62 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue
A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredible Rescue 4.27 avg rating β€” 801 ratings
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