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Dear Mrs. Gray    by Cindy Ely
Price: $4.99 USD. 101240 words. Published on August 30, 2010. .

Dear Mrs. Gray is not just another story about overt heroism and life in the U.S. during World War II. From Warren's brushes with fame and reflections on life at Camp Wolters, to Violet's stories of survival on the home front, their love and devotion is expressed through letters to each other. Dear Mrs. Gray is a diary, love story and history lesson that delivers.
The Victors    by Jack Cavanaugh
Price: $3.99 USD. 132850 words. Published on September 25, 2010. .

Book 7, American Family Portrait series. In the darkest days of World War II, four messengers arrive at the Morgan house in San Diego, one after the other. Just like the Old Testament account of Job, each messenger brings bad news regarding Johnny and Laura Morgan’s four children. In one afternoon the Morgans face the possible extinction of an entire generation.
We Came to Fight a War    by Jack Flynn
Price: $8.99 USD. 39490 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

So, you want to know what it feels like on a bomb run in an unpressurized B-17 aircraft at 28,000 feet—40, 50, 60 degrees below zero, knowing that at any millisecond jagged pieces of razor sharp shrapnel can rip through your body. And if you have to jump, it is a little high. As B-17 Pilot, Bill Flynn, used to say, “Don’t worry about the ones you can see. Worry about the ones you can't."
We Can Do It! A Rosie the Riveter Story, a Biography of my Mom.    by The Gifted Learning Project 
Price: $0.99 USD. 7340 words. Published on June 8, 2011. .

This is one woman's story about what it was like to grow up during the World War II era, retold by her son, Mr. G Sagmiller. Read what it was like working as a schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse or as a real-life "Rosie the Riveter". This story is rich with history, and really shows how much times have changed.
The Escape of Edward St. Ives    by Darrell Egbert
Price: $4.99 USD. 74830 words. Published by Publisher's Place  on June 22, 2011. .

The biggest undercover operation of the War against Germany is in the hands of a single pilot. He knew full well he would be captured and tortured for the information he had. Would he be able to risk his life to preserve a lie? This is a historical suspense novel based in part on a true story.
Sergeant Beasley: Memoirs of a WWII P.O.W.    by Pete Partin
Price: $3.99 USD. 54610 words. Published on July 25, 2011. .

Sergeant Beasley: Memoirs of a WWII P.O.W. is a compilation of the memories of Sergeant Charles Palmer Beasley. It chronicles his life from youth in the hills of Crawford County, Indiana to the Civilian Conservation Corps to the Army Air Corps and as a prisoner of war at the Keifheide (Stalag Luft IV) P.O.W. camp in Germany.
Broken Heart    by Gary Whitmore
Price: $0.99 USD. 50180 words. Published on November 15, 2011. .

While a confirmed bachelor tells the story on how his true love broke his heart during World War II, he finally learns the truth as to why she married another man.
Three Romance Stories    by Gary Whitmore
Price: $2.00 USD. 195360 words. Published on December 6, 2011. .

Broken Heart - While a confirmed bachelor tells the story how his true love broke his heart during World War II. Follow Your Heart – A women accidentally time travels back to 1947 where she falls in love with another man. Girl Of My Dreams - Unhappily married man who has recurring dreams of loving a beautiful woman in 1918 then falls in love with a woman.
Belly Gunner: Remembering My Han    by Will Pascoe
Price: $0.99 USD. 3980 words. Published on March 5, 2012. .

In this short story, the life of a World War Two ball turret gunner changes in 1997 when his grandson sends him a review of Star Wars on that movie's 20th anniversary release.