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Ambrose, Stephen E BAND OF BROTHERS: E COMPANY, 506TH REGIMENT, 101ST AIRBORNE FROM NORMANDY TO HITLER'S EAGLE'S NEST. Simon & Schuster, (June 2001) 336 p. ISBN: 0-743-21638-5

Bando, Mark A & Anderson, Christopher J.(Editor), Koskimaki, George E. 101ST AIRBORNE: THE SCREAMING EAGLES AT NORMANDY. Motorbooks International, (April 15,2001) 156 p. ISBN: 0760308551

Bando, Mark A VANGUARD OF THE CRUSADE: THE US 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION IN WW II. The Aberjona Press, (June 2003) 320 p. ISBN: 0971765006

Bowen, Robert FIGHTING WITH THE SCREAMING EAGLES: WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE FROM NORMANDY TO BASTOGNE. Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, (Sept 2001) 256 p. ISBN: 1853674656

De Trez, Michel AMERICAN WARRIORS: PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PARATROOPERS PRIOR TO NORMANDY July, 1998, D-Day Pub, 212 p. ISBN: 2960017609

Koskimaki, George E D-DAY WITH THE SCREAMING EAGLES Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, 356 pp September 11, 2002 ISBN: 1932033025

Koskimaki, George E HELL'S HIGHWAY: CHRONICLE OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION IN HOLLAND, SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1944 Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, 453 pp March 1, 2003 ISBN: 193203305X

Koskimaki, George E THE BATTERED BASTARDS OF BASTOGNE: A CHRONICLE OF THE DEFENSE OF BASTOGNE, DECEMBER 19, 1944 - JANUARY 17, 1945 Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, 484 pp December 1, 2002 ISBN: 1932033068

McDonough, James Lee & Gardner, Richard S. SKY RIDERS-HISTORY OF THE 327/401 GLIDER INFANTRY The Battery Press Inc. 162 pp, 1980 ISBN: 0898390346

Rapport, Leonard & Norwood, Arthur RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY- HISTORY OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION. Konecky& Konecky, 830 pp 1948 ISBN: 1568523762

Rentz, Bill GERONIMO! U.S. AIRBORNE UNIFORMS, INSIGNIA,& EQUIPMENT IN WORLD WAR II Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 192 pp 1999 ISBN: 0764306774

Richlak, Jerry L. GLIDE TO GLORY Cedar House 457 pp 2002 ISBN:0971283907

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Sky Riders, McDonough and Gardner

Rendezvous with Destiny, History of the 101st Airborne Division, Rapport and Norwood Jr.
D-Day with the Screaming Eagles, George Koskimaki

Hells Highway, George Koskimaki

Battered Bastards of Bastogne-- George Koskimaki,

The Road to Arnhem, Donald Burgett

Seven Roads to Hell-- Donald Burgett,

Beyond the Rhine-A Screaming Eagle in Germany--Donald Burgett,

Currahee-A Screaming Eagle at Normandy--Donald Burgett

Arnhem 1944, Osprey books

Ardennes 1944, Osprey books

D-Day 1944 Part 1 (Omaha Beach) and 2 (Utah Beach and Airborne Landings), Osprey books

WWII Infantry Tactics- Squad and Platoon, Osprey books

US Infantryman in WWII part 1 (Pacific), 2 (Mediterranean), 3 (ETO), Osprey books

US Army Infantryman in Vietnam 1965-1973, Osprey books

NUTS-The Battle of the Bulge, Goldstein, Dillon, Wenger

Fighting With the Screaming Eagles, Robert Bowen

Beyond Valor-- Patrick Odonnell,

Band of Brothers--Stephen Ambrose,

Biggest Brother-The Life of Major Dick Winters, Larry Alexander

Beyond Band of Brothers-The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, Major Dick Winters and Colonel Cole C. Kingseed

Let's Go!-The Story of the Men Who Served in the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, Wayne Pierce

Silent Wings at War Combat Gliders in WW2-- John L. Lowden,

Glide to Glory--Jerry Richlak,

Ridgeway's Paratroopers--Clay Blair

Vanguard of the Crusade-The 101st Airborne Division in WWII, Mark Bando

101st Airborne- Screaming Eagles at Normandy, Mark Bando

American Warriors- A Pictorial History of American Paratroopers Prior to D-Day, Michel De Trez

At the Point of No Return-A Pictoral history of the American Paratroopers in the Invasion of Normandy, Michel De Trez

Silent Ones, WWII Invasion Glider Test & Experiment, Charles L. Day

The US Army 1941-1945, Osprey books

US Paratroopers 1941-1945, Osprey books

Geronimo-US Airborne Uniforms, Insignia, and Equipment of WWII, Rentz

US Infantry Weapons of WWII, Canfield

US Army's European Theater of Operations Collectors Guide, Henri-Paul Enjames

Jimmy Stewart- Bomber Pilot, Starr Smith

They Fought Together- A Photographic Tribute to Redcathers of the 199th LIB, Robert J. Gouge

These are My Credentials- the 199th Light Infantry Brigade in the Republic of Vietnam, 1966-1970, Robert J. Gouge

Warriors- An Infantryman's Memoir of Vietnam, Robert Tonsetic

U.S. Army Uniforms of the Vietnam War, Shelby Stanton

The Only War We Had, Michael Lee Lanning

Vietnam 1969-1970: A Company Commander's Journal, Michael Lee Lanning

Light Infantry Tactics for Small Teams, Christopher Larsen

The French and Indian War 1754-1763, Seymour Schwartz

Their Bearing is Noble and Proud- Volume 1 and 2, James O'Neil II

Trade Ornament Usage Among the Native Peoples of Canada, Karlis Karklins

Sketch Book 56 Vol I Roger's Rangers, Ted Spring

Sketch Book 56 Vol VI Indian Allies, Ted Spring

Indian Clothing of the Great Lakes 1740-1840, Sheryl Hartman

Journey into Mohawk and Oneida Country 1634-1635 the Journal of Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, Charles Gehring and William Starna

The Manitous, Basil Johnston

Ojibway Ceremonies, Basil Johnston

Ojibway Heritage, Basil Johnston

Ojibway Tales, Basil Johnston

Chippewa Child Life and Its Cultural Background, M. Inez Hilger

Chippewa Customs, Frances Densmore

A Dictionary of the Ojibway Language, Frederic Baraga

The Revolution Remembered- Eyewitness accounts of the War for Independence, John Dann

America's First World War- The French and Indian War 1754-1763, Timothy Todish

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier, Joseph Plumb Martin

The Mohicans of Stockbridge, Patrick Frazier

The Mohican World 1680-1750, Shirely Dunn

Indian Sign Language, William Tomkins

American Woodland Indians, Osprey books

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades, Jonathan Riley-Smith

The Knights of Christ, Osprey books

Knight Templar 1120-1312, Osprey books

Armies of the Crusades, Osprey books

Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1097-1192, Osprey books

Saxon, Viking, and Norman, Osprey books

The Vikings, Osprey books

Viking Hersir 793-1066 AD, Osprey books

Viking Longship, Osprey books

Enemy at the Gates- The Battle for Stalingrad, William Craig

Blood Red Snow- The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front, Gunter Koschorrek

Those Damned Glider Pilots, W.D. Knickerbocker

Glidermen of Neptune- The American D-Day Glider Attack, Charles Masters

Unfulfilled Promise- The Soviet Airborne Forces 1928-1945, Leroy Thompson

Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West, Bill Yenne

INDIAN WAR VETERANS: Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864-1898, Jerome Greene

Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars 1492-1890, Jerry Keenan

The Spanish War: An American Epic—1898, G. J. A. O'Toole

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 1898 (Brassey's History of Uniforms), Ron Field

The War with Spain in 1898, David F. Trask

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, James M. Mcpherson

The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States), Robert Middlekauff

The First World War, Hew Strachan

Four Years with the Iron Brigade: The Civil War Journal of William Ray, Seventh Wisconsin Volunteers, Lance Herdegen , and Sherry Murphy

The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name, Lance J. Herdegen

The Iron Brigade: A Military History (Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War), Alan T. Nolan, and Wilson K., III Hoyt

The War of 1812: Second Fight for Independence, Alden R. Carter

The American Revolution: War for Independence, Alden R. Carter