Non Fiction Tom Brokaw goies out into America,to tell through thestories of individual men and women the story of a generation, America's citzen heroes and heroines who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America. 4

In this memorable audio, history comes alive and is preserved in people's own words through reflections on World War II. A young soldier writes his parents about the horrors he witnessed first hand at Buchenwald. A black nurse tells of her encounter with wartime segregation. Other members of the greatest Generation describe their war -- in such historic episodes as the D-Day invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the dropping of the bomb on Nagasaki...

Although more than 400 Navajos served in the military during World War II as top-secret code talkers, even those fighting shoulder to shoulder with them were not told of their covert function. And, after the war, the Navajos were forbidden to speak of their service until 1968, when the code was finally declassified. Of the original twenty- nine Navajo code talkers, only two are still alive. Chester Nez is one of them. In this memoir, the eighty-nine-year-old...

South Dakota Stories features the author's collection of articles, interviews, and research of the many men and women from South Dakota who served in World War II. The stories highlight the lives of those who served, the battles in which they fought, and their fate during and after the war.

Leckie provides one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of WWII. Follow his odyssey, from basic training to the raging battles in the Pacific.

The story of Joe Foss's many lives: as WWII Marine ace and winner of the Medal of Honor, organizer with others of the Air National Guard in South Dakota as well as Brigadier General and Chief of Staff, member of the S.D. House of Representatives, youngest governer of the state of South Dakota, popular host of two television programs, organizer with others of the Crippled Children's School and Hospital in Sioux Falls, president of the South Dakota...