Two other really great novels by Herman Wouk, a very good story teller, Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. What really rang my bell was that...
Just finished it. Great book! Thank you!
Or maybe The Cruel Sea Retold!
I see there is another, titled, The Cruel Sea Retold! Sounds like a double feature! Thank you!
Yes, definitely this book belongs in the "It could have happened". I read it decades ago and thought I was reading actual history. Thanks for...
Thanks, Lou! I will check it out.
Wow, that b-17 story sounds good. Thanks for the information. Both books look like good adds to my reading list.
[ATTACH] Thanks for the information. I've actually been on that destroyer in Galveston at Sea Wolf Park. I didn't realize that was the ship....
This might be opening a Pandora's box, but has anyone read any good WWII novels? To me a good historical novel is one that I put down and say,...
Just finished it! Outstanding book. Thanks!
Happy Thanksgiving to all! I have a lot to be thankful for this year. Thank You, Lord!
! Thanks, Rich! What part of PA? My wife comes from a little town southeast of Sunbury, called Trevorton!
Thanks! I am always amused at how much an Army, any army stays basically the same over time. Years ago I was doing some research on an ancestor...
LOL! Yes, and this comes under the heading of shoulda, coulda, woulda! We turned all those files over to the guys at Carlisle Barracks when he...
Kinda like the Curse of Oak Island! Except we know there is no gold here! Just family history.
Not unlike genealogy research!
Yes, I knew about the fire. My son's records were lost in it. Mine weren't. It must have been some fire to burn all those files. I've sent...
Just finished Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors. Incredible detail in this book. Parts of it broke my heart, the missed opportunities to rescue...
Thank you! Do you know if these would still be kept at the National Archives? I have sent requests three times without reply, but suspect since...
Thank you, each and every one of you for the warm welcome. Here's a question I have been unable to find an answer. What was the discharge...
