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Just wanna pipe in that I bought and read: To the limit. It was flipping awesome. Everyone should read it.
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Once again I need to come in here and thank the gently caress out of the people who recommended books! Little America: Holy poo poo! Afganistan is hosed, but still the author manages to make me not catatonic from sadness and depression. The book describes all that is wrong with both the military and civilian side of the foreign intervention into Afganistan and provides a lot of history to the whole subject. If you in any way shape or formed liked the documentary "This is what winning looks like" this is the book for you. The last stand of the tin can sailors: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! The greatness of this book is only a small fraction of the bravery and kick-assness of the sailors abord the 3 destoryers and 3 destroyer escorts of Taffy 3, and it's one of the best books I've ever read. It has big-rear end cannons, it has David vs. Goliath style-showdowns of piddly DEs facing down heavy cruisers and it has a torpedo bomber pilot flying upside down over a Japanese ship emptying his service revolver in the hope of doing any sort of damage. Or at least distracting the might Japanese ships from mercilessly destroying several US Carrier Escorts. Please read this book, other highlights are: Sharks, first Kamikaze ever, first (only?) carrier being downed by naval gunfire, fist Kamikaze kill, one dude saving a downed pilot by landing on a jap airfield picking the dude up and lifting of while strafing! List of totally awesome books I've read from this thread: To the limit, Little America, Last stand of the tin can sailors. Next: Achilles in Vietnamn, Matterhorn. Keep them recommendations going! Ninja edit: the big balled dude firing his revolver from his plane at a cruiser was the same dude that picked up the pilot on an enemy airfield. How did he get his plane in the air with such big balls?
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