Don DeNevi

Custer’s Best; The Officer Corps of Custer’s Seventh Cavalry; Fort Abraham Lincoln Dakota Territory

Being there . . . . to become personally involved with George Armstrong Custer (1839 – 1876)via a new slant a la Schiffer Publishing style. Three new titles are introduced by the youngnonpareil, each with its own oblique opinions, new inclinations, the chief book by LeeChambers, a controversial revelation in itself. See Lee’s book below, …

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Clean Sweep

Being there . . . . seated behind one of our boys piloting a P-47C Thunderbolt from the 62 ndFighter Squadron of the 56 th Fighter Group aligned in formation over the English Channel in May1943 to protect B-17s and B-24s on their way to crush and smash into smithereens Germanmarshalling yards, storage grounds, railroad …

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Longstreet at Gettysburg; Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War; More Than Just Grit

Being there . . . . to meet a host of sympathizing Civil War confederates banding together in aloose league of southern states backed by the Army of the Confederacy. Among them, you willbe privileged to greet honorable Lieutenant-General James Longstreet (1821 – 1904), anAmerican soldier born in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. Although …

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The Art of Clear Thinking; IWO, 26 Charlie; The Sniper; Total Empire

Being there . . . . to serve as your own “Critic’s Choice” book reviewing columnist for one ortwo, or perhaps even all four, of St. Martins Press’s latest best military offerings thus far thisSpring. With Springtime waning fast, and early summer’s first crop of new titles due soon, andyour current season’s stack of unread …

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To Hell with the Kaiser Volume I; To Hell with the Kaiser Volume II

Being there . . . . to watch what was an earthshaking event in mid-1914, the US Army’s entryonto the stage of World War 1 in Europe, touching the lives of millions. As American authorAlexander F. Barnes writes in the Preface of his incredible two volume set, “To Hell With theKaiser – – America Prepares …

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Operation Rype

Being there . . . . to participate in the Norwegian sabotage attacks on their country’s NordlandRailway to prevent German troops being redeployed from all over Norway to take part in thefinal battles of World War II. In addition, meet and participate with the brave and courageousmembers of NORSO, the ultra-secret Norwegian Special Operations Group, …

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Down to Earth

Being there . . . . in the predawn morning hours of D-Day, June 6 th , 1944, when the invasion ofnorthern France, “Operation Overlord”, had urgent first call use of all American and Britishground and air forces in that part of the Atlantic. The COSSAC, “Chief of Staff to the SupremeAllied Commander (Designate)”, PLAN …

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The Dallas Story

Being there . . . . to do your share in America’s “Arsenal of Democracy” (President Roosevelt’sconcept) between 1941 and 1945 when our people built more than 255,000 aircraft, almost100,000 tanks, some 350 destroyers, and 225 submarines, to say nothing of over 100,000 oddwar products. Far from the front lines of the Pacific War and …

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