Product Description: This book covers the history of Dyess Air Force Base from 1941 to the present. The reader is led from the construction and World War II training operations through the Cold War with the Soviet Union, to bomber and missile nuclear alert, and to the transition of a world-wide conventional weapons response capability with the B-1B and air mobility options provided by the C-130 Hercules transport...read more

Product Description: Until now, Army Air Force Bases in Nebraska during World War II had never before been presented in a single book (most of the photographed structures are no longer visible). These stories and photographs mostly focus on America s Greatest Generation, which fought and won World War II...read more

Product Description: Merriam Press Military Monograph 139. First Edition (August 2012). This is the story of the author's father's service in WWII as a Seabee in the US Navy. And it is also the story of the war in the Pacific, in particular the invasion and capture of Tinian and, later, Okinawa...read more

A revised edition of the lavishly illustrated, authoritative guide to the architectural traditions of Chicago features a wealth of new photography and a new final chapter that covers the signature works of the past twenty years, including Frank Gehry's Millennium Park band shell. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: Take to the skies on a tour of military aviation. From the Sopwith of World War I to the modern day stealth bomber, this comprehensive guide covers the complete conflict-by-conflict history of military aircraft as developed by the United States, its allies, and its enemies.