9 must-read world war ii books like Joe Foss Flying Marine: The Story of his Flying Circus by Joe Foss

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Joe Foss Flying Marine: The Story of his Flying Circus

By: Joe Foss

4.06

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Joe Foss was one of the deadliest Marines to ever sit in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. With 2…

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Cover of The Coastwatchers: Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific by None, Eric A. Feldt

1. The Coastwatchers: Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific

By: None , Eric A. Feldt

4.00

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

The Coastwatchers , first published in 1946, is the story of the brave men and women who served beh… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson

2. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

By: Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan fo… read more

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  • history
  • military history
  • biography
  • war

3. Hell from the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack

By: None

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force … read more

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4. The Mosquito Fleet

By: None

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

The story of the PT Boats in World War II. read more

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5. War For the Hell of It: A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam

By: Ed Cobleigh

4.43

Format: 250 pages,

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Cover of Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific by Robert Leckie

6. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

By: Robert Leckie

4.22

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Now the inspiration behind the HBO series THE PACIFIC Here is one of the most riveting first-per… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • military history
  • world war ii
"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

"There was no feeling of dedication because it was absolutely involuntary. I do not doubt that if the Marines had asked for volunteers for an impossible campaign such as Guadalcanal, almost everyone n…"

-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Cover of Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians by Herman Lehmann

7. Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

By: Herman Lehmann

4.17

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lehmann's memoir is quite fantastic-sounding at times, but is regarded as one of the best of that … read more

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  • history
  • biography
Cover of Heat of Autumn (Innocent No More, #3) by Andrew Wareham

8. Heat of Autumn (Innocent No More, #3)

By: Andrew Wareham

4.36

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

Squadron Leader Thomas Stark is stationed on the south coast near Beachy Head in July 1940. The squ… read more

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9. TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH

By: W. R. Shepherd

4.52

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

A classic and favorite of aviation enthusiasts for many decades. And a well liked television series… read more

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10. Tempest Glory (Harry Rose Novels #5)

By: Russell Sullman

4.41

Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition

After four years of brutal war, peace is finally on the horizon. Harry Rose’s courage has earned hi… read more

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11. Voyage To Crusoe

By: Leif Beiley

4.42

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

VOYAGE TO CRUSOE, is the spellbinding story of Cliff Demont, whose comfortable, suburban middle-cla… read more

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12. Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

By: Charles A. Lockwood

4.23

Format: 454 pages, Kindle Edition

Sink ’Em All, was originally published in 1951 by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, the U.S. Navy c… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military history
  • history
  • war
Cover of They Call It Pacific: An Eye-Witness Story of Our War Against Japan from Bataan to the Solomons by Clark Lee

13. They Call It Pacific: An Eye-Witness Story of Our War Against Japan from Bataan to the Solomons

By: Clark Lee

4.40

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

Clark Lee was an AP reporter stationed in Manila when World War 2 broke out and the Japanese invade… read more

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  • world war ii
  • military history
  • history
  • war
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14. Joe Foss Flying Marine: The Story of his Flying Circus

By: Joe Foss

4.06

Format: 134 pages, Kindle Edition

Joe Foss was one of the deadliest Marines to ever sit in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. With 2… read more

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  • military history
  • world war ii
  • aviation
Cover of South From Corregidor by John H. Morrill

15. South From Corregidor

By: John H. Morrill

4.46

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

At the outbreak of the Second World War U.S.S. Quail was in the Philippines sweeping mines to provi… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of On Valor's Side: A Marine's Own Story of Parris Island and Guadalcanal by T. Grady Gallant

16. On Valor's Side: A Marine's Own Story of Parris Island and Guadalcanal

By: T. Grady Gallant

4.16

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

On August 7, 1942, the First Marine Division launched the first successful American land assault in… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
Cover of And I Lived to Tell the Tales: The Life of a Fighter Pilot by Ed Cobleigh

17. And I Lived to Tell the Tales: The Life of a Fighter Pilot

By: Ed Cobleigh

4.38

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Lt. Col. Ed “Fast Eddie” Cobleigh flew as a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, the US Navy (TOPGU… read more

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18. The Coastwatchers (Illustrated): Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific

By: Eric A. Feldt

4.15

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

The Coastwatchers is the  story of the unsung heroic civilian spotters of World War 2 who roamed th… read more

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  • history
  • military history
Cover of All the Colours of Polynesia by Jasna Tuta

19. All the Colours of Polynesia

By: Jasna Tuta

4.43

Format: 237 pages, Kindle Edition

Fifteen tropical islands, fifteen chapters filled with adventure. This book lets you hop aboard a l… read more

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20. The Story of Wake Island

By: James P.S. Devereux

4.38

Format: 164 pages, Kindle Edition

On 8th December 1941, just hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, thirty-six Japanese bombers atta… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Mission Beyond Darkness by J. Bryan III

21. Mission Beyond Darkness

By: J. Bryan III

4.29

Format: 136 pages, Kindle Edition

When the pilots flew from the carriers of the Task Force 58 they knew they had little hope of retur… read more

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  • world war ii
  • aviation
  • history

11 best-selling history books like Joe Foss Flying Marine: The Story of his Flying Circus by Joe Foss

Transform Your Habits

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Marcus Luttrell , Patrick Robinson

3.67

Transform Your Habits

Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Robert Leckie

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Nine Years Among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan Among the Indians

Herman Lehmann

4.17

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Sink 'Em All: Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

Charles A. Lockwood

4.23

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24 Top history books like They Call It Pacific: An Eye-Witness Story of Our War Against Japan from Bataan to the Solomons by Clark Lee

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Massacre at Malmedy: The Story of Jochen Peiper's Battle Group, Ardennes, December, 1944 (Forgotten Aspects of World War Two)

Charles Whiting

4.27

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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Robert Leckie

4.22

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Hey Doc!: The Battle of Okinawa As Remembered by a Marine Corpsman

Ed Wells

4.36

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Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

Daniel James Brown

4.49

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