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World War, 1939-1945

In Harm's Way

Doug Stanton

Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima; a

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Hiroshima

John Hersey

An account of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, from the viewpoint of the people who lived through it.

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Going Solo

Roald Dahl

As a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, Roald Dahl recounts his adventures living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.

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Desert Exile

Yoshiko Uchida

The author tells the story of her Japanese-American family's imprisonment in a U.S. internment camp during World War II.

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In Harm's Way

Doug Stanton

Tells the story of the "USS Indianapolis," a battle cruiser torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, shortly after delivering parts of the atom bomb that would be dropp

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A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich

Lucas Delattre

Examines the life of Fritz Kolbe, a member of the German foreign ministry who became an important spy for the U.S.

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Dear Miss Breed

Joanne Oppenheim

Tells the story of what happened to a number of young Japanese American citizens through the letters they wrote to a young San Diego librarian named Clara Breed during their internment.

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History of World War Ii

Presents a comprehensive discussion of the origins, events, campaigns and personalities of World War II.

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Haven

Ruth Gruber

Ruth Gruber, special assistant to Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, tells about her experiences carrying out a mission to bring one thousand Jewish and Christian refugees from Italy in 1944, and

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Japan 1945

Joe O'Donnell

A collection of photographs by U.S. Marine Joe O'Donnell that capture the people, places, and horrors he witnessed in Japanese cities after the U.S. bombing raids.

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