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Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
"That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of
Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite
military forces on the planet. Whether they are rescuing citizens
injured and freezing in the Alaskan wilderness or saving wounded
Rangers and SEALS in blazing firefights at war, the PJs are the
least known and most highly trained of America's warriors. Never
Quit is the true story of how Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan shoe store
clerk, became a Special Forces Operator and war hero. After being
shot in the head during a dangerous high mountain operation in the
rugged Watapur Valley in Afghanistan, Jimmy returns to battle with
his teammates for a heroic rescue, the bullet fragments stitched
over and still in his skull. In a cross between a suicide rescue
mission and an against-all-odds mountain battle, his team of PJs
risk their lives again in an epic firefight. When his helicopter is
hit and begins leaking fuel, Jimmy finds himself in the worst
possible position as a rescue specialist - forced to leave members
from his own team behind. Jimmy will have to risk everything to get
back into the battle and bring back his brothers. From
death-defying Alaskan wilderness training, wild rescues, and
vicious battles against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, this is an
explosive special operations memoir unlike any that has come
before, and the true story of a man from humble beginnings who
became an American hero.
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"The first book-length account of a story too long
overlooked"
Claro Solis wanted to win a gold star for his mother. He
succeeded--as did seven other sons of "Little Mexico."
Second Street in Silvis, Illinois, was a poor neighborhood
during the Great Depression that had become home to Mexicans
fleeing revolution in their homeland. In 1971 it was officially
renamed "Hero Street" to commemorate its claim to the highest
per-capita casualty rate from any neighborhood during World War II.
Marc Wilson now tells the story of this community and the young men
it sent to fight for their adopted country.
"Hero Street, U.S.A." is the first book to recount a saga too
long overlooked in histories and television documentaries.
Interweaving family memories, soldiers' letters, historical
photographs, interviews with relatives, and firsthand combat
accounts, Wilson tells the compelling stories of nearly eighty men
from three dozen Second Street homes who volunteered to fight for
their country in World War II and Korea--and of the eight,
including Claro Solis, who never came back.
As debate swirls around the place of Mexican immigrants in
contemporary American society, this book shows the price of
citizenship willingly paid by the sons of earlier refugees. With
"Hero Street, U.S.A.," Marc Wilson not only makes an important
contribution to military and social history but also acknowledges
the efforts of the heroes of Second Street to realize the American
dream.
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