The Veteran’s Experience:
True Stories from Beyond the Battlefield

Fox Valley Veterans: A Salute to Hometown Heroism
George Rawlinson
305.90697 RAW

Forever a Soldier: Unforgettable Stories of Wartime Service
The Library of Congress Veterans History Project
355 FOR

Operation VFW Memories
Austin Rose
355 ROS

Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words: Extraordinary Stories of Courage from World War II to Vietnam
Larry Smith
355 SMI

When Janey Comes Marching Home: Portraits of Women Combat Veterans
Laura Browder
355.0082 WHE

What It Is Like to Go to War
Karl Marlantes
355.0019 MAR

The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds and Souls of Our Soldiers
Nancy Sherman  
355.0019 SHE

The Dogs of War: The Courage, Love, and Loyalty of Military Working Dogs
Lisa Rogak
355.424 ROG

The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan
Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
362.86 BOU

Soldier Dogs: The Untold Story of America’s Canine Heroes
Maria Goodavage     
636.70886 GOO

Private Pictures: Soldiers’ Inside View of War
Janina Struk     
778.9935502 STR

Keep Your Head Down: A Memoir
Doug Anderson                     
811.54 AND

Hotels, Hospitals and Jails: A Memoir
Anthony Swofford     
818.6 SWO

The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War
David Laskin     
940.3089 LAS

Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation’s Troubled Homecoming from World War II
Thomas Childers     
940.531 CHI

No Turning Back: One Man’s Inspiring True Story of Courage, Determination and Hope
Bryan Anderson                    
956.70443 AND

Joker One: A Marine Platoon’s Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
Donovan Campbell     
956.70443 CAM

The Good Soldiers
David Finkel     
956.70443 FIN

Black Hearts: One Platoon’s Descent Into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death
Jim Frederick     
956.70443 FRE

On Call in Hell: A Doctor’s Iraq War Story
Richard Jadick     
956.70443 JAD

Marines in the Garden of Eden
Richard S. Lowry     
956.70443 LOW

Black Knights: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad
Oliver Poole 
956.70443 POO

None Left Behind: The 10th Mountain Division and the Triangle of Death
Charles W. Sasser 
956.70443 SAS

The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier’s Education
Craig M. Mullaney 
958.1045 MUL

War
Sebastian Junger 
958.1047 JUN

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Doug Stanton 
958.1047 STA

SEAL of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN
Gary Williams 
958.1047 WIL

The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam
Tom Bissell 
959.7043 BIS

Born on the Fourth of July
Ron Kovic 
959.7043 KOV

The Cat from Hué: A Vietnam War Story
John Laurence 
959.7043 LAU

We Were Soldiers Once – and Young: La Drang, the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Harold G. Moore and Joseph Galloway 
959.70432 MOO

The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life that Follows
Brian Castner 
956.70443 CAS

From Baghdad to America: Life After War for a Marine and His Rescued Dog
Jay Kopelman 
956.70443 KOP

Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital
Heidi Squier Kraft 
956.70443 KRA

The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life After War
Mike Scotti 
956.70443 SCO

Nightcap at Dawn: American Soldiers’ Counterinsurgency in Iraq
J. B. Walker 
956.70443 WAL (NEW)

Dust to Dust: A Memoir
Benjamin Busch
B BUSCH

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