What They Signed Up for
What They Signed Up for

Author: Jeb Wyman

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 9780984406388

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They grew up on wheat farms in Eastern Washington, on a reservation in Oklahoma, in military housing on an Air Force base in Arizona. They signed up to be Marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors, and they became medics, truck drivers, mechanics, and infantrymen. They enlisted to honor family tradition, to find purpose in their lives, to lift themselves out of poverty, to be patriots. And they went to war. In What They Signed Up For, eighteen American veterans tell their stories of going to war and life after they came home. In the cities of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, they witnessed the carnage of IEDs and survived daily mortar attacks. They put friends in body bags and saw others grievously wounded. But for many veterans, the war didn't end when they took off their uniform. The invisible wounds of war run deeper, and are more painful, than America wants to know. The cost of war continues back home.

For You They Signed
For You They Signed

Author: Marilyn Boyer

Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1614583315

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In 1776, 56 men signed their names on a document that they knew might well mean their certain deaths as traitors to England. Standing on principles of faith and liberty, these men forged a powerful call for freedom and human dignity still resonating today in America. Yet, historical revisionists have distorted or attempted to wipe away every trace of this nation's Christian heritage, including the heartfelt faith of these founding fathers. More than simply facts and figures, For You They Signed provides an abundance of resources within one volume, including: • A full year of life-changing, challenging family or group devotional character studies • Over 90 illustrations, biographical summaries, and insightful quotes • Character quality definitions, Patrick Henry's speech delivered to the signers, the Christian nature of state constitutions, and the Christian nature of America's universities. The Declaration of Independence remains one of history's most enduring achievements, and this text will help you value those freedoms these men fought for in an insightfully fresh way. It will also assist you in catching the God-given vision of these faithful new Americans, igniting a fire for your family, community, and the generations to come. Here is a volume that should be found in every private and public library in America... a meticulously documented look back to the true birth of our nation. They pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor so that we could be free! "This is certainly a work for 'such a time a this'... It is my prayer that this resource will find a way into every home so that this generation can know the sacrifice required to establish the God-inspired design of our nation." -Stanley John, Senior Vice President, Focus on the Family

Super Soldiers
Super Soldiers

Author: Jason Inman

Publisher: Mango Media Inc.

Published: 2019-06-18

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1633539954

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A military veteran and comic book expert explores the link between superhero legend and real-life combat in this fascinating book. Comic book superheroes have been influenced by the true heroes of our armed forces for decades. From Captain America punching Hitler in the jaw on his first cover, to The Punisher’s tour of duty in Vietnam, there are countless instances when military history has crossed over to the pages of comic books. A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, author Jason Inman re-discovered his childhood love of comic books during long days at the Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq. He started to wonder about the phenomenon of superhero service members. What kinds of soldiers were these fictional characters? And how were they changed by war? Super Soldiers looks at the intersection between war and pop culture to understand these questions and more. Each chapter revisits military comic book characters and compares them to personal stories from Inman’s military career; describing superhero soldiers from DC comics and Marvel comics, including lesser-known characters lost to time.

Signing Their Lives Away
Signing Their Lives Away

Author: Denise Kiernan

Publisher: Quirk Books

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1594743304

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Presents the lives, deaths, and scandals involving the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, including John Adams, John Hancock, and Thomas Jefferson.

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution
If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution

Author: Elizabeth Levy

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780590451598

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This behind-the-scenes study of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 details the events of the convention, the debate over constitutional issues, and the delegates

This Isn't the Life I Signed Up For
This Isn't the Life I Signed Up For

Author: Donna Partow

Publisher: Bethany House

Published: 2010-05

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0764207911

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This popular book is now structured for individual or group study; for women who are frustrated or unhappy with a life they didn't sign up for.

For You They Signed
For You They Signed

Author: Marilyn Boyer

Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 561

ISBN-13: 0890515980

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Presents the lives of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, discussing their early accomplishments and participation in the events of the American Revolution.

The Man in the Arena
The Man in the Arena

Author: Eddie Gallagher

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-08

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781733428002

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On September 11, 2018, Navy SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher-a highly-decorated combat veteran with deployments to war zones in Cosovo, Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq-was arrested for war crimes at the TBI medical clinic where he was receiving treatment. His incarceration was the culmination of a year-long whisper campaign started by a group of disgruntled underlings after a successful deployment decimating ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. After that deployment, Chief Gallagher was named the #1 Chief at SEAL Team 7, nominated for a Silver Star for valor on the battlefield, and listed for promotion. A few junior members of the platoon whom Chief Gallagher had called out for cowardice and ineptitude decided they couldn't let those things stand, and escalated minor leadership complaints into false accusations of stabbing a captured ISIS fighter and shooting noncombatants. Fighting against a corrupt investigation and a deceitful prosecutor who would be removed from the case for spying on defense attorneys, Chief Gallagher was found innocent on all major charges, and freed from prison. But only after he and his family were put through hell. President Trump had to intervene for Chief Gallagher to have access to his lawyers before trial, then restored his rank and insured his Trident pin was not taken after the acquittal. This tell-all exposes a military justice system designed to break and persecute our country's warfighters, told by a family who was targeted by it. While heavily covered in the media, the full story of how a war hero was railroaded and nearly sent to prison for life for crimes he didn't commit has never been told. Chief Gallagher did not testify at his trial and has spoken in little detail about how this travesty came about. Until now. A shocking, raw, exposé that pulls no punches and calls out each and every bad actor in this surreal story."People always tell me, if our life was a movie, no one would believe it." -Andrea Gallagher

I Feel Like Going On
I Feel Like Going On

Author: Ray Lewis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1501112376

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The legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker assesses the state of football while recounting his troubled youth, his rise to athletic fame, and the allegations that threatened his NFL career.