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The Soldier's Truth
- Ernie Pyle and the Story of World War II
- Narrado por: David Chrisinger
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A beautiful reckoning with the life and work of the legendary journalist Ernie Pyle, who gave World War II a human face for millions of Americans even as he wrestled with his own demons
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In The Soldier's Truth, acclaimed writer David Chrisinger brings Pyle’s journey to vivid life in all its heroism and pathos. Drawing on access to all of Pyle’s personal correspondence, his book captures every dramatic turn of Pyle’s war with sensory immediacy and a powerful feel for both the outer and the inner landscape. With a background in helping veterans and other survivors of trauma come to terms with their experiences through storytelling, Chrisinger brings enormous reservoirs of empathy and insight to bear on Pyle’s trials. Woven in and out of his chronicle is the golden thread of his own travels across these same landscapes, many of them still battle-scarred, searching for the landmarks Pyle wrote about.
A moving tribute to an ordinary American hero whose impact on the war is still too little understood, and a powerful account of that war’s impact and how it is remembered, The Soldier's Truth takes its place among the essential contributions to our perception of war and how we make sense of it.
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“Chrisinger teases out the exquisite, often painful balancing act Pyle had to perform as a war correspondent . . . An excellent reassessment of a singular American journalist.”—Booklist (starred review)
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May 1940: The world is stunned as Hitler's forces invade France with a devastating blitzkrieg aimed at Paris. Within weeks, the French government has collapsed, and the City of Lights, revered for its carefree lifestyle, intellectual freedom, and love of liberty, has fallen under Nazi control — perhaps forever.
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- De Mike From Mesa en 01-11-22
De: Martin Dugard
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Every Man a Hero
- A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War
- De: Ray Lambert, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Kaleo Griffith
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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Seventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now, Ray Lambert, 98 years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of our time, a tour de force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated World War II medic who risked his life to save the heroes of D-Day.
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- De Mary A. en 09-18-19
De: Ray Lambert, y otros
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Unknown Valor
- A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima
- De: Martha MacCallum
- Narrado por: Martha MacCallum
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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In honor of the 75th anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, the popular primetime Fox News anchor of The Story with Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito - among them, a member of her own family, Harry Gray.
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What a storyteller
- De Kathleen F Gallop en 02-27-20
De: Martha MacCallum
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The Long Gray Line
- The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
- De: Rick Atkinson
- Narrado por: Adam Barr, Rick Atkinson
- Duración: 28 h y 32 m
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A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the 25-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.
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His First Book-It Stands With All the Others
- De Richard Bretzing en 07-22-21
De: Rick Atkinson
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The Women Who Wrote the War
- The Riveting Saga of World War II's Daredevil Women Correspondents
- De: Nancy Caldwell Sorel
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 14 h y 30 m
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Nancy Sorel’s portrait pays homage to these unsung heroes. They came from Boston, New York, Milwaukee, and St. Louis; from Yakima, Washington; Austin, Texas; and Sioux City, Iowa; from San Francisco and all points east. They left comfortable homes and safe surroundings for combat-zone duty. As women war correspondents, they brought to the battlefields of World War II a fresh optic, and reported back home what they witnessed with a new sensibility.
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Nonfiction Account of WW2 Female News Reporters
- De DHackney en 08-30-13
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Marine!
- The Life of Chesty Puller
- De: Burke Davis
- Narrado por: Bill Thatcher
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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In the glorious chronicles of the US Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller. The only fighting man to receive the Navy Cross five separate times - a military honor second only to the Congressional Medal of Honor - he was the epitome of a professional warrior.
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good book, God awful reading.
- De Amazon Customer en 12-28-21
De: Burke Davis
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I Marched with Patton
- De: Frank Sisson, Robert L. Wise
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 21 m
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Now a spry 94 years old, Frank Sisson looks back at his life and his service in the Third Army. Born in rural Oklahoma, Frank grew up fatherless during the Great Depression. In 1944, at age 18, he enlisted and was deployed to France where he marched with Patton, taking part in many of the key Allied movements of the war. Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge, nearly died crossing the Rhine with Patton, and was among the first American soldiers who liberated the notorious Dachau concentration camp.
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I really hate rating this so low.
- De S. H. Moore en 10-25-20
De: Frank Sisson, y otros
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Bringing Mulligan Home
- The Other Side of the Good War
- De: Dale Maharidge
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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Sgt. Steve Maharidge, like many of his generation, hardly ever talked about the war. The only sign he'd served in it was a single black and white photograph of himself and another soldier tacked to the wall of his basement workshop. After Steve Maharidge's death, his son Dale, now an adult, began a 12-year quest to understand his father's preoccupation with the photo. What had happened during the battle for Okinawa, and why had his father remained silent about his experiences and the man in the picture, Herman Mulligan? In his search for answers, Maharidge sought out the survivors of Love Company.
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Very good book
- De chris en 02-10-16
De: Dale Maharidge
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Slightly Out of Focus
- De: Robert Capa
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 5 h y 21 m
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In this book, Capa recounts his terrifying journey through the darkest battles of World War II and shares his memories of the men and women of the Allied forces who befriended, amused, and captivated him along the way. His photographs are masterpieces - John G. Morris, Magnum Photos' first executive editor, called Capa "the century's greatest battlefield photographer" - and his writing is by turns riotously funny and deeply moving.
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Perfectly Named
- De J.Brock en 08-24-21
De: Robert Capa
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The Rifle
- Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand
- De: Andrew Biggio
- Narrado por: Shawn Compton
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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The Rifle is the inspirational story of a 28-year-old US Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all - WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years.
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A must read
- De david cohen en 06-03-21
De: Andrew Biggio
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And If I Perish
- Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II
- De: Evelyn M. Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 21 h y 56 m
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In World War II, 59,000 women voluntarily risked their lives for their country as US Army nurses. For more than half a century these women's experiences remained untold, almost without reference in books, historical societies, or military archives. After years of research and hundreds of hours of interviews, Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee have created a dramatic narrative that at last brings to light the critical role that women played throughout the war.
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Mind blown! I learned so much!
- De Christine Ciana Calabrese en 05-08-22
De: Evelyn M. Monahan, y otros
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Whatever It Took
- An American Paratrooper’s Extraordinary Memoir of Escape, Survival, and Heroism in the Last Days of World War II
- De: Henry Langrehr, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Mike Ortego
- Duración: 6 h y 28 m
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Published to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, an unforgettable never-before-told first-person account of World War II: the true story of an American paratrooper who survived D-Day, was captured and imprisoned in a Nazi work camp, and made a daring escape to freedom. Now at 95, one of the few living members of the Greatest Generation shares his experiences at last in one of the most remarkable World War II stories ever told.
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Inspirational book
- De David S. en 02-11-21
De: Henry Langrehr, y otros
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Congo Mercenary
- De: Mike Hoare
- Narrado por: Mike Hoare
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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Col. Mike Hoare tells how his force of mercenaries, 5 Commando, put down a Comunist-backed rebel uprising in the Congo. As they restored law and order, town by town, he and his men freed 1800 nuns and priests. His men also learned what it means to be real soldiers.
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Nice to hear an unapologetic account
- De S. H. Moore en 01-16-20
De: Mike Hoare
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Flags of Our Fathers
- De: James Bradley, Ron Powers
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 13 h y 23 m
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In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America.
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awesome
- De Thomas en 11-29-06
De: James Bradley, y otros
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No Surrender
- A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism That Continues to Live on Today
- De: Christopher Edmonds, Douglas Century
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is the inspiring true story of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives - then and now.
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Personal and impactful
- De Rodney en 10-10-19
De: Christopher Edmonds, y otros
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What does it take to be one of the world's best high-altitude mountain climbers? A lot of fundraising; traveling in some of the world's most dangerous countries; enduring cold bivouacs, searing lungs, and a cloudy mind when you can least afford one. It means learning the hard lessons the mountains teach. Steve House built his reputation on ascents throughout the Alps, Canada, Alaska, the Karakoram, and the Himalaya that have expanded possibilities of style, speed, and difficulty.
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A life-changing book
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James Hatch is a former special ops Navy SEAL senior chief, master naval parachutist, and expert military dog trainer and handler. His fateful final mission in Afghanistan went south, and Hatch was left with a shattered femur from an AK-47 round and the SEAL dog who fought alongside him was dead. As a result of his horrific leg wound, his 24-year military career came to an end - and with it the only life he’d ever known. In Touching the Dragon, we witness his long road to recovery.
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Rare Honesty - Raw and Well Written
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A sad but true tale of the decline of America
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The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino
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No Barriers
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Erik Weihenmayer is the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Descending carefully, he and his team picked their way across deep crevasses and through the deadly Khumbu Icefall; when the mountain was finally behind him, Erik knew he was going to live. His expedition leader slapped him on the back and said something that would affect the course of Erik’s life: “Don’t make Everest the greatest thing you ever do.” No Barriers is Erik’s response to that challenge.
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well it sounded promising.
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The Hardest Job in the World
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Couldn’t wait for this book!
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In Full Flight
- A Story of Africa and Atonement
- De: John Heminway
- Narrado por: John Heminway
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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As a member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of 50 years, earning herself the cherished nickname “Mama Daktari” - “Mother Doctor.” Yet few knew that what drove her from post-World War II Europe to Africa was a past marked by rebellion, submission, and personal decisions that earned her another nickname - this one sinister - while working as a “doctor” in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Exceptionally well done!
- De Eric P. Jack en 12-29-18
De: John Heminway
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- John
- 07-03-23
An Important Life to Remember
My guess is that most Americans have never heard of Ernie Pyle despite the fact that he was a national celebrity 80 years ago. This book does a really good job of covering Ernie's life, especially the war years. Ernie won fame an accolades for his plain spoken columns covering the war from the perspective of the soldier on the front line.
Ernie's chosen line of work was not easy. In addition to the stress of war, he was dealing with a troubled marriage on the home front, where his wife "Jerry" was suffering from mental illness. Chain smoking and heavy drinking took a toll. Although Ernie was only 44 when he died, he looks 20 years older in contemporary photos.
Through it all, Ernie produced remarkable columns from the front that were beloved on the home front, and especially by the soldiers. It is probably difficult in the current environment--where news comes from disparate and often incoherent sources--to understand the importance of this one modest reporter. The book does a good job of explaining that.
I wish that David Chrisinger had not narrated his own book. He narrates as if telling a bedtime story to a child--it's competent, but it's just reading. There is no performance here. A good narrator could have improved this tremendously.
One more shortcoming: The book is largely about the complicated relationship of Ernie and Jerry. It includes a graphic description of Jerry's attempted suicide. Despite that, we are told nothing about what happened to Jerry after Ernie's death. It just seems like a big omission.
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- Louis Vasquez III
- 03-07-24
The author's clear depiction of Ernie Pyle's life and experiences.
Loved that the author was hands on with his writing, experiencing the locations Ernie Pyle had written his columns from.
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- Annie
- 06-12-23
A Different Kind of "War" Story
This book is part travelogue, part biography, and a tiny bit part memoir. It tells the story about war while rarely talking about actual "war." Instead, we read about the people and places affected by this war. Ernie's story is fascinating, and you get to explore Europe, Africa, the Pacific, and even New Mexico while learning about Ernie Pyle's life. I highly recommend this book.
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- Duckie Doc
- 02-22-24
Exceptional
This Ernie Pyle biography was even better than I expected. It is well narrated by the author despite the midwest flatness. The book did well to use Ernie's letters and pieces of his columns to flesh him out. I believe he captured Ernie and his essence as best as can be done at this distance. Highly recommended for WW2 buffs. Sherman told us that war is hell and Ernie reported from purgatory at ground level.
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- Paul
- 07-08-23
Important Story
I enjoyed all aspects of this Ernie Pyle audiobook. I highly recommend it to anybody interested in a story of the road less traveled.
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- Parker
- 11-04-23
Story So Good It Survives Flat Perormance
Pyle and his story are both significant and important. Chrisinger’s flat affect and odd cadence in narration diminish the overall quality of the experience Thankfully, the story is of such high quality that it survives the curious indifference of the authors performance. Listening evokes an unsure public speaker at a lectern, eyes down, woodenly plodding through the prose as if the recording was a sound check.
Still - great book. Chrisinger may console himself, if not his Audible audience, with the undeniable claim that he is a first rate writer.
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