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Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Non-fiction book, D-Day with the Screaming Eagles
... Non-fiction book...soft cover non-fiction book... Non-fiction book D-Day with the Screaming Eagles soft cover ...101st Airborne June 6 1944 George E. Koskimaki is a former paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on June 6, 1944, as General Maxwell Taylor’s radioman. He went on to become a preeminent historian of the 101st Airborne Division, having interviewed hundreds of fellow veterans for their firsthand accounts. He currently lives in Northville, Michigan non-fiction novel written by 101st Airborne paratrooper...soft cover non-fiction bookhighlighting noted and some personal notes visible on some pages. -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non-fiction book, In Good Company, 1987
... soft cover non-fiction book...Soft cover non fiction book... soft cover non-fiction book In Good Company Soft cover non ...Vietnam War veteran An enthralling account of an Australian infantryman and his companions in the Vietnam War. On Friday 8th March 1968, 20-year-old Gary McKay lost the lottery. He was conscripted. From a comfortable and carefree life of surfing and rugby football, he was drafted into the deadly serious preparation for war in the jungles of South Vietnam. In Good Company is his story told in his own words. It begins with induction and selection for the officer academy for national servicemen at Scheyville, a six-month 'pressure cooker' course which produced second lieutenants ready to lead troops into action against the Viet Cong. It ends three and a half years later with a burst of NVA machine-gun fire during a battle among enemy-held bunkers in the hills of Nui Le. Here is a grass-roots account of the blood, sweat and tears shared by a rifle platoon in jungle warfare, a straightforward story of the fears and the camaraderie which soldiers experience in combat. Gary McKay fashioned this account from his experience in action, leading his platoon. The detail is provided from the 80 letters he wrote to his wife while he served. He wrote his story for the reader who wants to know what the soldier on the ground went through - in the fetid jungle, in battle. Anyone who wants to understand what service in South Vietnam meant to those who were there should read this book. 'Reading In Good Company leaves a vivid and disconcerting impression of how the Vietnam War smelt, felt and sounded. One of the most honest and affecting war memoirs which Australians have so far published.' - Mark Thomas, Canberra Times 'An enthralling, accurate account of infantry soldiering in the Vietnam era. Very readable; a must for those who have never experienced combat and a vivid reminder for all veterans.' - Major General M. P. Blake, AM, MC, former CO 5th Battalion RARGary John McKay MC (born 1947) is a writer and former Australian Army officer. He was awarded the Military Cross while serving with the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment during the Vietnam War.[1] He later served as Commanding Officer of 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment between 1988 and 1990Soft cover non fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non-fiction book, Prisoners of War From Gallipoli to Korea, 1992
... soft cover non-fiction book...soft cover non-fiction book... soft cover non-fiction book Prisoners of War From Gallipoli ...The traditional image of a prisoner of war is that of an emaciated, diseased and ill-treated figure humiliated by incarceration. Prisoners of War challenges this image. Using dozens of interviews with former POWs, Patsy Adam-Smith shows the strength and courage of Australians taken prisoner in World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Says Patsy: 'This book has not been written for ex-prisoners: they know the homesickness of exile, the tyranny of bondage; it was written for those people of today who know little of the experiences of these men and women, of their courage, endurance and pain. It has been written for the generations to come.soft cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Nautic Presentations, D-Day: Dawn to midnight June 6, 1944, 1974
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non-fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book D-Day: Dawn to midnight June 6 ...Information contained in the book came from reports, secret planning papers drawing from memoirs and diaries.Foreward by Lord Mountbattenhard cover non-fiction booksticker on the inside jacket: P.Cooper (personal details noted) Sticker The Library United Service Institution of Victoria -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Berrima District Historical and Family History Society, Prisoners in Arcady German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919, 1999
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non-fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book Prisoners in Arcady German Mariners ...German mariners interned into camps in WW1Australia interned some 300 german aliens and POWs during WW1.hard cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, D-Day From The Normandy Beaches to the Liberation of France, 1994
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book D-Day From The Normandy Beaches ...Known as the start of the end of WWII, D-Dayforeward by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein CBEhard cover non fiction bookSticker with personal contact details of P.Cooper -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Book Club Associates, The Intelligence War, 1983
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non-fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book The Intelligence War hard cover non ...Penetrating the secret world of today's advanced technological conflictChief Author & Consultant: Colonel William V.Kennedyhard cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Weldon-Hardie, Lest we Forget, 1986
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book Lest we Forget hard cover non ...History of the Returned & Services League 1916-1986hard cover non fiction bookStamped " Highett Returned & Services Club, 1 Station St, Highett. -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Warriors and Fighting Men, 1971
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non-fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book Warriors and Fighting Men hard ...Examines the epic battles of fighting men from ancient times to today (1971)hard cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, HMAS Mk II The RAN's second book, 1943
... hard cover non-fiction book...Hard cover non fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book HMAS Mk II The RAN's second book ...written by serving personnel of the RANpublished for RAN by the Australian War MemorialHard cover non fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, HMAS Mk III, 1944
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book HMAS Mk III hard cover non fiction ...written and prepared by serving personnel of the RANWritten by serving personnel and published b y the Australian War Memorialhard cover non fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Australian War Memorial, RAAF Saga The RAAF at WAR, 1944
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non-fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book RAAF Saga The RAAF at WAR hard ...Prepared by the RAAF Directorate of the Public Relations. Published b y the Australian War MemorialForeword by Air Vice-Marshal, Chief of Staffhard cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non-fiction book, Military Intelligence Blunders, 1999
... soft cover non-fiction book...soft cover non fiction book... soft cover non-fiction book Military Intelligence Blunders soft ...an historical look at military intelligence mishapsIn this controversial, eye-opening book, a long-serving professional military intelligence officer examines and analyzes the mistakes in military judgment that have resulted in some of the major catastrophes in the air, at sea, and on the battlefield since the crushing defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. Colonel John Hughes-Wilson not only explores how events have conspired to cause disasters in modern military history but also demonstrates why -- and the reason more often than not lies in the failure of politicians and seasoned generals alike to understand and appreciate fully the value of crucial intelligence information. Hughes-Wilson shows how, for one instance, American bureaucratic bungling and inter-service rivalries collaborated with the Japanese in their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor -- despite the fact that the US was monitoring Japan's top-secret radio traffic -- and he reveals why, for another, the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive of 1968 took the world's most technologically advanced army completely by surprise. In Hitler's Berlin as in Saddam Hussein's Baghdad, this book discloses the lapses, errors, miscalculations, and under-estimations of military intelligence that have shaped our wars and defined our timessoft cover non fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Hard cover non-fiction book, Australian War Memorial, SIGNALS Story of the Australian Corps of Signals, 1944
... Hard cover non-fiction book...blue hard cover non-fiction book... Hard cover non-fiction book SIGNALS Story of the Australian ..."Signals" is an outline of the achievements of the Australian Corps of Signals over the years from the campaigns in the Middle East to the present day of the victories in New Guinea.The rise of the Australian Signal Corpsblue hard cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non-fiction book, Pan Macmillan (duffy & snellgrove), war letters of general monash, 2002
... soft cover non-fiction book...small soft cover non-fiction book... soft cover non-fiction book war letters of general monash small ...Letters covering the period of the Gallipoli and the subsequent evacuationGeneral Monash considered to be one of the best strategists of WW1. The letters from Monash to his wife were deeply moving.small soft cover non-fiction booksticker on the cover of the book Property of: Program Resource Centre ABC- Southbank Centre sticker on the inside of the book: Acc no 26856 call no. 940.394. MON -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Hard cover non-fiction book, Australian War Memorial, On Guard With the Volunteer Defence Corps, 1944
... Hard cover non-fiction book...grey hard cover non-fiction book... Hard cover non-fiction book On Guard With the Volunteer Defence ...The volunteer defence corps was raised and maintained in the early years by the RSL. The early members of the corps were men with distinguished service from WW1.the early formation and activity of the volunteer corps.grey hard cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Random House, Roden Cutler, V.C, 1998
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non-fiction book with jacket... hard cover non-fiction book Roden Cutler, V.C. hard cover non ...An autobiography of the life of Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, through his military career and life after the armylongest serving Govenor of NSWhard cover non-fiction book with jacket -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non fiction book, Beneath Hill 60, 2010
... soft cover non fiction book...soft cover non-fiction book with 272 pages... soft cover non fiction book Beneath Hill 60 soft cover non ...Book based on movie made about the Hill battlesoft cover non-fiction book with 272 pages -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Non-fiction book, Heimdal, The D.Day Landing Beaches, The Guide, 1957
... Non-fiction book...soft cover non-fiction book with 95 pages... Non-fiction book The D.Day Landing Beaches, The Guide soft ...Georges Bernage is an expert in the 1944 Normandy invasionsoft cover non-fiction book with 95 pages -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Australian War Memorial, SOLDIERING ON, 1942
... hard cover non-fiction book...red coloured hard cover non-fiction book... hard cover non-fiction book SOLDIERING ON red coloured hard ..."Soldiering On" continues the practise of the soldiers contributing to the development of the bookred coloured hard cover non-fiction bookwater damage to pages -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, The Military History of World war II, Temple Press Aerospace
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non-fiction book maps and diagrams... hard cover non-fiction book The Military History of World war ...Prelude to conflict -- Blitz in the West -- Britain alone -- Italy falters -- Hitler strikes South -- Enter Rommel -- Barbarossa -- The War against Japan -- The onslaught continues -- From Moscow to the Crimea -- Turning point in the desert -- Stalingrad to Kursk -- Victory in the desert -- The Convoy battles -- Hitting back against the Japanese -- The Italian armistice -- To the Gustav Line -- Approaches to the Philippines -- War over the Reich -- The invasion of France -- Destruction of the Army Group Centre -- The Seine to Arnhem -- The Empire's last throw -- Victory in Italy -- The end in Europe -- Victory over Japanhard cover non-fiction book maps and diagramsInscription on the first page "To Dad Happy Birthday, with love Jenny xxx 1987" Glued into the same front page is an article cut from the AFR Dec 22-27 2011. -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, The Anzacs
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non fiction book with photos and diagrams... hard cover non-fiction book The Anzacs hard cover non fiction ...Author is former servicewoman.Gallipoli was the final resting place for thousands of young Australians. Death struck so fast there was no time for escape or burial. And when Gallipoli was over there was the misery of the European Campaign. Patsy Adam-Smith read over 8000 diaries and letters to write her acclaimed best-seller about the First World War. These are the extraordinary experiences of ordinary men – and they strike to the heart. The Anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of Australia's involvement in the First World War.hard cover non fiction book with photos and diagrams -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Hard cover non-fiction book, Australian War Memorial, Stand Easy After the defeat of Japan, 1945
... Hard cover non-fiction book...khaki green coloured hard cover non-fiction book... Hard cover non-fiction book Stand Easy After the defeat ...Completion of WW2 after the defeat of Japan.After the sudden completion of the war, this book was revised to include pictures of the final scenes of the war.khaki green coloured hard cover non-fiction book -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non-fiction book, The Long Gray Line, West Points to Vietnam, 1989
... soft cover non-fiction book...soft cover non-fiction book with 592 pages with photos... soft cover non-fiction book The Long Gray Line, West Points ...A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist's eye for detail, Rick Atkinson illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved―from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Atkinson's masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreamsFollowing the lives of 3 graduates, from cadets through to post war and their integration back into a changes Americasoft cover non-fiction book with 592 pages with photos -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Reed Books, ANZACS, Australians at War, 1991
... hard cover non-fiction book...hard cover non-fiction book with jacket and library plastic... hard cover non-fiction book ANZACS, Australians at War hard ...A narrative history by A.K.Macdougall, outlining the Australia participation from the Boer War to the Gulf War.hard cover non-fiction book with jacket and library plastic coveringInside book is a newspaper clipping outlining key dates in Gallipoli campaign -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, RAAF SAGA, 1950
... hard cover non-fiction book...khaki coloured green hard cover non-fiction book with 200... hard cover non-fiction book RAAF SAGA khaki coloured green hard ...Outlines development of the war in the airPrepared by R.A.A.F Dirctorate of Public Relations. Published for the Royal Australian Air Force by Australian War Memorial. 1944khaki coloured green hard cover non-fiction book with 200 pages -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
soft cover non-fiction book, The Amazing SAS, the inside story of Australia's special forces, 2005
... soft cover non-fiction book...soft cover non-fiction book covering the SAS from East... soft cover non-fiction book The Amazing SAS, the inside story ...interviews from Peter Cosgrove, Prime Minister John Howard, Chief of the Army, former SAS commanding officers and serving soldiers and officers.covers selection and training and recent deployments of Australia's SASsoft cover non-fiction book covering the SAS from East Timor to Iraq. -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
Book - non-fiction book, As you were 1949. Stories from serving WWII service men and women, 1949
... non-fiction book...non-fiction... non-fiction book Book As you were 1949. Stories from serving ...stories written by service personnel both men and womenkhaki green hardcover bookas you were, 1949, non-fiction, world war two, second world war, wwii, ww2 -
Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
Book - The Western Front Diaries 940.4144 Historical / Non-Fiction Jonathan King 2008, The Western Front Diaries, 2008
... The Western Front Diaries 940.4144 Historical / Non... Historical / Non-Fiction Jonathan King 2008 Simon & Schuster... Front Diaries 940.4144 Historical / Non-Fiction Jonathan King ...Hard cover book 001B The Western Front Diaries 940.4144 Historical / Non-Fiction Jonathan King 2008 Simon & Schuster Australia ISBN 1513N 9780731814398 23/4/2012 940.4144, historical / non-fictionisbn 1513n 9780731814398 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Vietnam reader: the definitive collection of American fiction and non-fiction on the War
... fiction and non-fiction on the War.... fiction and non-fiction on the War. Book Book O'Nan, Stewart ed. ...vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives