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A Polio Memoir    by Agnes V. Axtell
Price: $6.99 USD. 25640 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on April 2, 2011. .

Captain Bob Axtell fought in battles in the Pacific during WWII and survived, he also survived fifteen months in the Korean Conflict, but he didn’t fight his toughest battle until he returned home. In a matter of days, he went from being a healthy man to the isolation ward at William Beaumont Army Hospital — he had become one of the early polio statistics in 1952's polio epidemic.
Soldiers’ Tales - As told to the folks back home    by Barbara Hayes
Price: $1.99 USD. 26230 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on April 20, 2011. .

Genuine tales told by soldiers from the Boer War of 1899 to Afghanistan in 2011. The clear unvarnished truth from men who were in the tranches of World War I, who flew bombing missions over Germany in World War II, who were captured by the Japanese, who invaded Suez in 1956, who met Russians in the Cold War and much else besides.
Hardship and Hardtack    by CF Duprey
Price: $5.99 USD. 68110 words. Published by Diana Hunter on August 22, 2011. .

Richard Bassett leaves his farm, his wife and two little boys to join the army in order to preserve the Union, not knowing that four weeks into his service, he'll be a prisoner of war and unfairly branded a coward. Based on the letters the very real Richard sent home to his wife during his first year of service, HARDSHIP AND HARDTACK details his struggle to survive in a time of turmoil.
No Safe Haven: Homeland Insecurity    by Ken Hudnall
Price: $2.99 USD. 118960 words. Published by Grave Distractions Publications  on October 10, 2011. .

Retired United States Army Captain, Ken Hudnall, presents a frightening view of America's true risks of terrorism. Using transcripts of pre-September 11th Congressional hearings as the backbone of this text, we are able to see that the United States government was well aware of the vulnerabilities in our border control policy.