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World War II Through American Eyes

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Illinois Veterans History Project
Veterans History Project
This is a sampling of materials that relate to the American experience of World War II. These items are available at the St. Charles Public Library either in regular print, large print, audiobook, DVD, VHS, or CD. This list, however, is not exhaustive. Please contact Readers Services for more suggestions or for help locating these materials.
 

Fiction

Articles of War, Nick Arvin

Warning of War: A Novel of the North China Marines, James Brady

Such Sweet Thunder, Vincent O. Carter

Road to Purgatory, Max Allan Collins

The Magic of Ordinary Days, Ann Howard Creel

The Neptune Strategy,* John J. Gobbell

Another Green World, Richard Grant

The Dark Side of the Dream, Alejandro Grattan-Domínguez

Night Train to Lisbon, Emily Grayson

Waterloo Station, Emily Grayson

Burnt Umber, Sheldon Greene

Color of the Sea, John Hamamura

Across the River and Into the Trees, Ernest Hemingway

To Have and Have Not, Ernest Hemingway

The Ambassador’s Son, Homer H. Hickam

From Here to Eternity, James Jones

Hart’s War, John Katzenbach

A Gesture Life, Chang-rae Lee

The Tristan Betrayal, Robert Ludlum

Blue Night, Cindy McCormick Martinusen

Miracle at St. Anna, James McBride

The Deadly Embrace: A Novel of World War II, Robert J. Mrazek

The Climate of the Country, Marnie Mueller

Fast Eddie: A Novel in Many Voices, Robert L. O’Connell

Reunion, Michael Oren

When the Emperor Was Divine, Julie Otsuka

Toward the Sunrise, Judith Pella

The Lighthouse Keeper, James Michael Pratt

Why She Left Us, Rahna R. Rizzuto

Liberation Road: A Novel of World War II and the Red Ball Express,
David L. Robbins

Double Cross Blind, Joel N. Ross

Resistance, Anita Shreve

December 6, Martin Cruz Smith

The Pilots, James Spencer

Jewels, Danielle Steel

The Twilight of Courage, Bodie Thoene

The Forger, Paul Watkins

The Winds of War,* Herman Wouk

Prisoners of War, Steve Yarbrough

Prisoners, Burt Zollo

*part of a series about World War II

Nonfiction

World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts That Riveted a Nation,
Mark Bernstein  070.92 BER

No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai’i During World War II,
Franklin Odo  305.8956 ODO

Calculated Risk: the Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle, Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero,
Jonna Doolittle Hoppes  629.13092 HOP

Grandma’s Wartime Kitchen: World War II and the Way We Cooked,
Joanne Lamb Hayes  641.5973 HAY

Kilroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II,
Charles Osgood, editor  940.53 KIL

Sayo, Born into Two Cultures: The True Story of One Woman and Her Family’s Struggle for Survival through World War II and Beyond,
Sayo Fujiwara  940.5308 FUJ

An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generation,
Tom Brokaw  940.54 BRO

The Interpreter,
Alice Yaeger Kaplan  940.54 KAP

A Soldier’s Story,
Omar Nelson Bradley  940.542 BRA

Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII’s Forgotten Heroes,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  940.5421 ABD

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normany to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest,
Stephen E. Ambrose  940.5421 AMB

One Soldier’s Story: A Memoir,
Bob Dole  940.5421092 DOL

The Bedford Boys: One American Town’s Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice,
Alex Kershaw  940.542142 KER

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour, James D. Hornfischer  940.54259 HOR

Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima,
James Brady  940.5426 BRA

Lady GI: A Woman’s War in the South Pacific: The Memoir of Irene Brion,
LARGE PRINT 940.5426 BRI

The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid—America’s First World War II Victory,
Craig Nelson  940.5429 NEL

The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany, 1944-45,
Stephen E. Ambrose  940.5449 AMB

In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors,
Doug Stanton  940.545 STA

Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment,
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston  940.5472 HOU

Given Up for Dead: American GI’s in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga,
Flint Whitlock  940.547243 WHI

Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945, John Glusman  940.547252 GLU

What a Way to Spend a War: Navy Nurse POWs in the Philippines,
Dorothy Still Danner  LARGE PRINT 940.547252092 DAN

The Greatest Generation,
Tom Brokaw  940.5481 BRO

Honoring Sergeant Carter: Redeeming a Black World War II Hero’s Legacy,
Allene G. Carter  940.5481 CAR

Visions from a Foxhole: A Rifleman in Patton’s Ghost Corps,
William A. Foley  940.5481 FOL

When It Was Our War: A Soldier’s Wife on the Home Front,
Stella Suberman  940.5481 SUB

To Hell and Back,
Audie Murphy  940.548173 MUR

Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II,
Charles Osgood  975.26042 OSG

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: The Memoirs of General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle,
James Harold Doolittle  B DOOLITTLE

Videorecordings

For nonfiction titles, look on the Mezzanine under 940.54

The Best Years of Our Lives
DVD BES
VIDEO BES

The Bridge on the River Kwai
DVD BRI
VIDEO BRI

A Bridge Too Far
VIDEO BRI

Casablanca
DVD CAS
VIDEO CAS

From Here to Eternity
DVD FRO
VIDEO FRO

The Guns of Navarone
DVD GUN
VIDEO GUN

Hart’s War
DVD HAR

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
VIDEO HEA

Midway
VIDEO MID

Patton
DVD PAT
VIDEO PAT

Saving Private Ryan
DVD SAV
VIDEO SAV

Rodger & Hammerstein’s South Pacific
VIDEO SOU

The Thin Red Line
VIDEO THI

To Have and Have Not
VIDEO TO

U-571
VIDEO U

Sound Recordings

The World at War, Carl Davis
CD 781.546 DAV

Salute! The World War II Tribute Album
CD 781.599 SAL

V Disc [The Songs That Went to War]
CD 781.63 V

We’ll Meet Again
CD 781.64 WEL

The Words & Music of World War II
781.64 WOR

G.I. Jukebox: Songs From World War II
CD 781.654 GI

 

Illinois Veterans History Project

Illinois Veterans History Project
Veterans Histor
y Project

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White initiated the Illinois Veterans' History Project to create a permanent record of the names and stories of Illinois war veterans and civilians who served our state and country during war, so that their contributions will not be forgotten.

Jesse White invites you to honor the patriots in your family — living and deceased — so their sacrifices will not be forgotten. Please complete this form and share your remembrances on the back or on a separate sheet of paper. As State Archivist, Secretary of State Jesse White will ensure that your loved one’s history is appropriately archived in Springfield. You will receive an official Certificate of Appreciation for your participation in this project.


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