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15 Days of Hell: One Man's Battle for PeleliuLew Shuman and Jordan WinerPaperback134 Pages2015 The diary and memoir of Dr. Jordan Winer and his personal un-edited words of his time as a navy corpsman on the island of Peleliu during the invasion of...

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War IIby Sonia PurnellHardcover368 Pages2019 The never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of...

U.S. Air Force Roundel Messenger Bag Carry a piece of history with this olive drab messenger bag, proudly displaying the iconic roundel of the U.S. Air Force. Originally used as a military aircraft identifier since World War I, this roundel has been the...

Alice on the Island: A Pearl Harbor Survival StoryBy: Mayumi Shimose Poe (Author) and Matt Forsyth (Illustrator)Paperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.5 inchesAge Range: 8-12 YearsGrade Level: 3-7 In 1941, thirteen-year-old Alice's days...

American Soldier of WWII: D-Day, A Visual Reference Denis Hambucken Paperback 104 pages 2013 On June 6, 1944, 75,000 American men landed on the beaches of Normandy. The opening act in the liberation of Western Europe was the most ambitious military...

Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War IIBy: Jerry E. StrahanPaperback382 Pages Allied commander-in-chief Dwight Eisenhower called him "the man who won the war for us". Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II is the...

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor By: Gordon W. Prange Paperback 912 Pages At 7:53 a.m., December 7, 1941, America's national consciousness and confidence were rocked as the first wave of Japanese warplanes took aim at the U.S...

Keep your place in your favorite book with this B-17 Logo Leather Bookmark, featuring the iconic Flying Fortress. A thoughtful gift for readers and aviation enthusiasts alike.

Band of Brothers/The PacificDVDRunning Time: 1235 minutesNot Rated 2011 Band of Brothers- Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne...

Battle Briefings: D-Day and the Normandy Campaignby David Reisch Paperback128 Pages2018 Stackpole’s Battle Briefings series offers accessible and insightful summaries of battles, commanders, and other military history topics. This inaugural...

Beyond the Beach: The Allied War Against Franceby Stephen Alan Bourque Hardcover376 Pages2018 An important rethinking of the Normandy war narrative Beyond the Beach examines the Allied air war against France in 1944. During this period, General Dwight...

Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War From D-Day to VE-Dayby James HollandHardcover592 PagesNovember, 2021 Celebrated military historian James Holland chronicles the experiences in World War II of the legendary tank unit, the...

Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story by William GuarnerePaperback320 Pages2008 Tom Hanks introduces the “remarkable” (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable...

Brown Leather Military Tech BagRothco's Brown Leather Tech Bag is part of Rothco's premium collection of rugged military style leather bags. The tech bag features a padded interior that is the perfect fit for an iPad or tablet, with antique brass...

Chester Nimitz and the Seaby Jane Sutcliffe (Author) Craig Kodera (Illustrator)Hardcover32 pagesAges: 7-10yearsGrade: K-3September, 2013 Celebrate the exciting life of a World War II naval hero! When Pearl Harbor was bombed, Pres. Franklin D...

Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacificby Craig B. SmithPaperback288 Pages2018 Counting the Days is the story of six prisoners of war imprisoned by both sides during the conflict the Japanese called the "Pacific...

D-Day 1944 (4)Ken Ford,authorKevin Lyles, illustratorPaperback96 Pages2002 Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military operation in history. At the heart of the invasion and key to its success were the...

D-Day 1944: The Making of Victory Anthony Tucker-Jones Hardcover 304 Pages 2019 Two years earlier the Dieppe Raid had ended in disaster – despite their meticulous planning the Allies feared Operation Overlord might go the same way. Instead D-Day...

D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabatoged the Nazis, and helped Win World War IIby Sarah Rosehardcover400 pages2019 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain’s elite...

D-Day in History and Memory: The Normandy Landings in International Remembrance and Commemoration By: John BuckleyHardcover320 pages Over the past seventy years, the Allied invasion of Northwestern France in June 1944 has come to stand as something more...

D-Day in Photographsby Andrew WhitmarshPaperback120 PagesOctober, 2012 This visual history collates images relating to all aspects of D-day and the Normandy landings. Beginning with the lead up to D-day, it encompasses the equipment, planning, troops,...

D-Day Landing Bookmark Made in the USA Finish: Solid brass, electro-plated with non-tarnishing silver finish, giclee print Dimensions: Approx. 1" W x 3.5" L

D-Day: The Campaign Across France By: Jay Wetz Hardcover 304 Pages A Unique Collection of Firsthand Accounts in Their Own Words A Lasting Tribute to the Veterans as Only They Could Tell It D-Day: The Campaign Across France, the second...

D-DAY: June 6, 1944 By: Stepen E. Ambrose Paperback 656 Pages Stephen E. Ambrose draws from more than 1,400 interviews with American, British, Canadian, French, and German veterans to create the preeminent chronicle of the most important day in...

D-Day The Invasion of Normandy, 1944by Rick AtkinsonPaperback240 PagesMay 5, 2015Ages 8-12 Adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times–bestselling The Guns at Last Light, D-Day captures the events and the spirit of that...

Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History  by: Kevin MaurerPaperback320 PagesApril 2023 From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day―comes...

Day of Infamy: The Story of the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Tangled History)By: Steven Otfinoski (Author)Paperback112 Pages2015Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.2 x 0.3 inchesAge Range: 8 - 14 yearsGrade Level: 3 - 4 The quiet Sunday morning was shattered as...

D-Day: The Battle for Normandy By: Antony Beevor Paperback 608 Pages D-Day: The Battle for Normandy is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of...

D-Day Illustrated Edition: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War IIBy: Stephen AmbroseHardcover768 pages10.9 X 8.8 X 2.3 inchesNow illustrated with an extraordinary collection of over 125 photos, Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day is the definitive...

D-Day Survivor: An Autobiography By: Harold Baumgarten Hardcover 256 Pages It was the bravery and heroism of the 116th Infantry that began one of the longest days of combat in American war history. In the face of heavy fire and despite...

D-Days in the Pacificby Donald L. MillerPaperback448 Pages Although most people associated the term D-Day with the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, it is military code for the beginning of any offensive operation. In the Pacific theater during World...

"Destination Normandy" Destination Normandy follows the men of three American regiments in D-Day, June 6, 1944. G.H. Bennett follows the 507th Parachute Infantry of the famed 82nd Airborne Division as they stop the advances of an SS division. He...

Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe Patrick K. O'Donnell Paperback 305 Pages 2013 An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the...

  Dorie Miller: Greatness Under FireMr. Dante R. Brizill Paperback64 PagesNovember 2018   The story of December 7th, 1941 is very familiar to us. It changed the history of this country and the world, but few people may know of the story of...

Drawing D-Day: An Artist's Journey Through War Ugo Giannini Hardcover 192 Pages 2019 Drawing D-Day: An Artist's Journey Through War offers an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind testimony in words and images by a soldier and artist who participated in...

Ernie Pyle Bookmark Ernie Pyle was born on August 3, 1900 and was killed by enemy fire on Iejima (then known as le Shima) during the Battle of Okinawa on April 18, 1945. Pyle won a Pulitzer Prize for his stories about ordinary "dogface" American...

Everything We HaveDr. Gordon H. "Nick" MuellerHardcover256 Pages2019 June 6, 1944 will be a day forever remembered as the largest naval, air, and land operation in history: D-Day. An estimated 160,000 troops landed by sea and air, with nearly 20,000...

Franklin Roosevelt Bookmark Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945), also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century,...

General Patton Bookmark George Smith Patton, Jr. was an officer in the United States Army best known for his leadership as a general during World War II. He also developed a reputation for eccentricity and for sometimes-controversial gruff outspokenness...

Helmet for My Pillow By: Robert Leckie Paperback 305 Pages In January 1942, in the aftermath of the infamous Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Robert Leckie enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. From boot camp on Parris Island, to the bloody war...

This unique and meaningful set includes a bookmark and bracelet, designed by renowned artist Hanka Kornfeld Marder. Part of the Holocaust Remembrance Collection, each piece is a tribute to the lives lost and the resilience of those who endured the...

I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 By: Lauren Tarshis (Author) and Scott Dawson (Illustrator) Paperback 118 pages 2011 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 5.2 x 7.8 inches Age Range: 7-10 years Grade Level: 2-5 70 years later, the bombing of...

Japanese American Incarceration: The Camps and Coerced Labor during World War II by Stephanie D. HinnershitzHardback336 pages2021 Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from...

LCVP Bookmark Dawn on the 6th of June 1944, D-Day, soldiers began landing on the beaches of Normandy under heavy fire from gun emplacements. Obstacles such as wooden stakes, metal tripods, and barbed wire, made the landing more difficult and dangerous...

Major and Mrs Holt's Definitive Battlefield Guide to the D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches: 75th Anniversary Edition with GPS ReferencesBy: Valamai Holt and Tonie HoltPaperback350 Pages2019 Already the best-selling English-language guide to the area,...

Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany by Donald MillerSpecial Edition Paperback688 PagesJanuary 2024 The inspiration for the major Apple TV+ series The riveting history of the American Eighth Air Force in...

Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud Jeff Stoffer Hardcover 118 Pages 2010 This is the story of one remarkable woman, whose devotion to a generation of heroes transcended all boundries. Madame Simone Renaud witnessed the liberation of...

My Pearl Harbor Scrapbook 1941: A Nostalgic Collection of MemoriesBy: Bess TaubmanPaperback87 pages Through the "look and feel" of a WWII period scrapbook, each two-page spread illuminates a specific aspect of the Pearl Harbor story with the use of...

Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landingsby Craig L. SymondsHardcover440 Pages Seventy years ago, more than six thousand Allied ships carried more than a million soldiers across the English Channel to a fifty-mile-wide strip of the...

Author: James D. Hornfischer Pages: 544 Published: March 6, 2012 Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal is a gripping account of one of the most pivotal and brutal naval battles of World War II. Bestselling author James D. Hornfischer brings to...

Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory Adrian R. LewisPaperback400 Pages2003   Adrian Lewis presents a critical analysis of the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach, exploring the mistakes, miscalculations, and heroism that shaped this historic battle. Omaha Beach:...

P-51 Mustang Tornado Fountain Pen The P-51 Mustang was an American long-range fighter that flew in World War II and the Korean War. They were best known for being flown by the Tuskegee Airmen that were the first African-American military squadron in the...

Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Island By: John Wukovits Paperback 336 pages 2004 It happened in the shadow of Pearl Harbor-mere hours after the first attack on the day that would "live in infamy." But few know the full story of Wake Island...

Pacific Payback: The Carrier Aviators Who Avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway by Stephen L. Moore Paperback448 Pages2015 Sunday, December 7, 1941, dawned clear and bright over the Pacific.... But for the Dauntless dive-bomber crews of the USS...

Pearl Harbor 1941: The Day of Infamy Carl Smith Paperback 96 Pages 2001 December 7, 1941 was one of the single most decisive days of World War II (1939-1945) - the day that brought the USA into the fight. Six Japanese aircraft carriers disgorged...

Pearl Harbor and the Day of Infamy (World War II Comix) By: Jay Wertz and Wes Locher Paperback 24 pages 2017 Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.1 x 10.1 inches Age Range: 10 and up Starting with the background of Japan’s rise to military prominence...

  Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to GreatnessBy: Craig NelsonPaperback544 Pages 2017 “A valuable reexamination” (Booklist, starred review) of the event that changed twentieth-century America—Pearl Harbor—based on years of...

Pearl: December 7, 1941 By Daniel Allen ButlerHardcover360 PagesOctober, 2020 A new, readable account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.What happened at Pearl Harbor?What really happened?The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is one of those rare...

Poppy Flower Bookmark and Bracelet The red poppy is an internationally recognized symbol of remembrance to commemorate those soldiers who have died in war serving their county. In 1915, Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote the...

Author: Dr. Nick Mueller Pages: 400 pages Published: June 5th, 2025 In Preserving the Legacy, Dr. Nick Mueller, the founding president of The National WWII Museum, shares the inspiring journey of how a small idea transformed into one of the world’s...

Quotations of Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt Hardcover32 Pages2010 America's 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to the country's top office four times, making him the only president to serve more than two terms. FDR led the...

Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor CampChristopher R. BrowningPaperback416 pagesProduct Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.3 inches In 1972 the Hamburg State Court acquitted Walter Becker, the German chief of police in the Polish city of...

Remember Us by Robert M. Edsel, bestselling author of The Monuments Men, is a powerful and deeply moving story of courage, survival, and humanity during one of history’s darkest chapters. Focusing on the untold experiences of Holocaust survivors...

Rosie the Riveter Bookmark Rosie the Riveter was the symbolic American woman who took on men’s factory jobs during World War II making airplanes and other war supplies. Her work freed up men to fight in the war. She also made a powerful statement that...

Scrimmage For War: A Story of Pearl Harbor, Football, and World War IIBill McWilliamsHardcover400 Pages2019 In late November 1941, two college football teams—Willamette University and San Jose State—set sail for Honolulu for a series of games...

Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the Legendary Shar pshooter from the Band of Brothers by Marcus BrothertonPaperback304 Pages2012 From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography...

Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Parisby John KeeganPaperback416 Pages1994 Acclaimed military historian John Keegan’s investigation into World War II and the Normandy Invasion The armies of six nations met on the battlefields...

Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–1941 (War in the Far East)by Peter Harmsen Hardcover288 Pages2018 War in the Far East is a trilogy of books comprising a general history of the war against Japan; unlike other histories it expands the narrative...

Surprise Attack!: Nickolas Flux and the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Nickolas Flux History Chronicles) Terry Collins, author Amerigo Pinelli, illustrator Paperback 40 Pages 2014 Age Range: 8 - 14 Grade Level: 3 - 4 When a spontaneous time leap sends...

The Bedford Boys: One American Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrificeby Alex KershawPaperback328 Pages June 6, 1944: Nineteen boys from Bedford, Virginia - population just 3,000 in 1944 - died in the first bloody minutes of D-Day. They were part of Company A of...

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944By: Rick AtkinsonHardcover823 Pages In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the...

The Day the Nazis Came: My Childhood Journey from Britain to a German Concentration Camp by Stephen R. Matthews (Author)  Hardcover229 PagesDecember 2016   By the time he was six years old, Stephen had been bombarded by the...

  The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan   By: Sam Kleiner PaperbackMay 2019 304 Pages   The thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the...

The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and Peace David Woolner Hardcover 368 Pages 2017 A revealing portrait of the end of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's life and presidency, shedding new light on how he made his momentous final policy decisions The...

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettoby Judy BatalionHardcover576 pagesApril 2021 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston...

The Lou Conter Story: From USS Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero by Louis Conter, Annette Hull, and Warren HullPaperback239 PagesJanuary 2021 The Lou Conter Story: From USS Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero tells the incredible story...

The Monuments Men: Allied Heros, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History By: Robert M. Edsel Hardcover 496 Pages At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and...

The Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal By: Jay Wertz Hardcover A Unique Collection of Eyewitness Accounts A Lasting Tribute to the Veterans in Their Own Words The Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, the first in the planned 10-volume...

The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940- 1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl HarborBy: Paul Dickson416 pagesJuly 2020 The dramatic, untold story of how the American Army was mobilized from scattered outposts two years...

The Split History of the Attack on Pearl HarborBy: Steven OtfinoskiPaperback64 pages2018Age Range: 10 - 14Grade Level: 5 - 6 Every battle has two sides, and the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II is no different. Experience the event from...

The United States Navy in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa By Mark Stille Hardcover 304 Pages 2021 A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations, and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945.  

The World War II Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DKHardcoverJune 2022336 Pages Learn about the rise of Adolf Hitler, Pearl Harbour and the D-Day Landings in The WWII Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics...

Turning Point: The Story of the D-Day LandingsBy: Micheal BurganPaperback112 Pages2017Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.8 inchesAge Range: 9-12 YearsGrade Level: 3-9 In an immersive, exciting narrative nonfiction format, this powerful book follows a...

Tuskegee Airmen Bookmark The pioneering African American WWII flyers known as the "Tuskegee Airmen" overcame racism and discrimination for the chance to show their country and the world that they had what it took to be the very best. Their legendary...

Uncle Sam Bookmark With the initials U.S., Uncle Sam has become the national personification of the American government. Mentioned as early as 1810, Uncle Sam got his standard appearance - white hair and a goatee, wearing a white top hat with white...

Under the Blood-Red Sun By: Graham Salisbury Paperback 256 Pages Age Range: 8 and up Grade Level: 3-7 Fiction Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems...

Mark your place in history with this Fringed Leather Bookmark featuring The National WWII Museum logo. Durable and stylish, it’s perfect for history books, journals, or daily reading.

VJ Day The Kiss Bookmark When U.S. president Harry Truman declared the end of the war with Japan on August 14, 1945, there were spontaneous acts of joy throughout the United States. In Times Square a sailor grabbed a nurse and gave her a big kiss...

Voices from D-Dayby Jonathan Bastable Paperback312 Pages2018 D-Day - June 6, 1944 - was a pivotal day in human history. This was the great turning point of the Second World War, when the largest armada ever assembled took a third of a million Allied men...

Voices of Pearl Harbor By: Sherry GarlandIllustrated by: Layne JohnsonHardcover40 PagesAge Range: 8 and upGrade Level: 3 and up2013 Japan’s surprise attack on December 7, 1941, devastated the American Naval Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and forced...

War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945 Nigel Hamilton Hardcover 592 Pages 2019 Nigel Hamilton's celebrated trilogy culminates with a story of triumph and tragedy. Just as FDR was proven right by the D-day landings he had...

What Was D-Day? By: Patricia Brennan Demuth Paperback 112 pages 2015 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7 In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied...

What Was Pearl Harbor? By: Patricia Brennan Demuth Paperback 112 pages 2013 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.3 x 7.6 inches Age Range: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7 On December 7, 1941, Japanese war planes appeared out of nowhere to bomb the American...

Willy and Sherman: Battle on the BeachBy: Dave DeVisserPaperback104 pages2018 Willy, a spirited military jeep and Sherman, a cautious army tank meet on a WWII supply ship headed for Europe. They become best friends, and train together in England for the...

Winston Churchill Bookmark Widely regarded as one of the most influential people in British history, Sir Winston Churchill is best known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. In addition to serving as Prime Minister,...

With the Old BreedE.B. SledgeOkinawa Paperback352 Pages2007 An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war’s famous 1st Marine Division—3rd...

World War II: The Encyclopedia of the War Years, 1941-1945 (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) By: Norman Polmar and Thomas B. Allen Paperback 960 Pages An authoritative and comprehensive survey of the World War II era, this reference features...

The National WWII Museum Guide 60 Pages Whether you're looking for a memento from your visit or just wanting an overview of the museum, this guide book is the perfect comprehensive outline of The National WWII Museum. Includes images and...