MadMath
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Post by MadMath on Feb 3, 2006 13:39:52 GMT -5
This is the place to talk about that great story that you just read.
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Post by Major Destruction on Feb 3, 2006 14:46:24 GMT -5
I know of lots of good books. One that is great for WWII history buffs is called Flyboys. It documents the attack on Chichi Jima and the months preceding and after the attack. This is the attack in which former President Bush was shot down and rescued by a US u-boat. Other books I have really enjoyed are the submarine warfare books by Joe Buff, Michael DiMercurio, and Patrick Robinson.
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drcomm
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Post by drcomm on Feb 3, 2006 16:18:36 GMT -5
One of my favorites is "Fate is the Hunter", an autobiography by Ernest Gann. This is a great look into the life of an aviator who flew during WWII and later flew for several airlines and cargo outfits. The book is more like a log of some of his more memorable flights and some of the the problems he encountered. "Fate" in this story is "death" and the book tells how he tried to avoid it while flying. This is a must read book for anyone interested in aviation history.
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Post by <>Major_Havoc<> on Feb 3, 2006 18:06:09 GMT -5
A good book for Leaders is a book called "An Enemy Called Average" it has lots of good advice for the new leaders. It talks a lot about avoiding a life lived in the defensive and taking the offensive. One of my favorite quotes from the book is "We should learn as if we shall live forever and live as if we are going to die tommorow."
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Post by Honey on Feb 3, 2006 18:50:01 GMT -5
Vince Flynn writes a lot of good books, the first series I ever really got into. It is all about this top secret CIA operative who hunts terrorists.
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MadMath
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Post by MadMath on Feb 3, 2006 18:53:19 GMT -5
Ever heard of the Home School Detectives. It is a series by John Bibee.
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Post by <>Major_Havoc<> on Feb 4, 2006 0:29:30 GMT -5
Clive Cussler writes a lot of good books even though he is a secular writer. He writes some amazing books.
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Post by firstknife on Feb 7, 2006 1:10:35 GMT -5
The Traveler's Gift is an excellent book which includes 7 leadership traits as the story goes along
John Maxwell is one of my favorite leadership writers 21 Law of leadership alot of good lessons
The Bourne Legacy was a good book it picks up 20 years later from the original trilogy (quite different from the movies) when jason bourne is retired from the CIA and is a college professor.
Another is The Kitchen Boy it's about a servant in the Romanov household who remained with them when they were exiled and later executed. it's pretty cool because it's a theory behind why they couldnt find one of the two missing bodies when the Romanovs were executed and it is a well written historical fiction.
I'm currently trying to read three other books but I dont have time while I'm in school
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Post by mjgreen on Jul 12, 2006 20:43:13 GMT -5
The hobbit it is very cool
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Post by firstknife on Jul 13, 2006 4:29:56 GMT -5
I just got a new book called Flags of our Fathers. its about the six men who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. and its also supposed to be a movie that is going to be released later this year
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Post by Major Destruction on Jul 13, 2006 7:51:13 GMT -5
I would like to borrow that when you are done. I have the other book that the author (Bradley?) wrote called "Flyboys" that is a similar story of the attack on the island of Chichi Jima. This was the attack in which former president Bush was shot down and rescued by a US sub minutes before being captured by the Japanese.
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Post by firstknife on Jul 14, 2006 2:02:00 GMT -5
Walmart has it in paper back for $5 I would suggest it to all honor guard members and future candidates considering how much we do with the flags on memorial day weekend
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Post by Major Destruction on Jul 14, 2006 8:36:58 GMT -5
OK, I'll just pick up a copy. I didn't realize they were available in paper back. Mine is hardback and it was $20 I think.
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Post by firstknife on Jul 16, 2006 4:23:27 GMT -5
I might go back and get it in hard back just for my personal library
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