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A Selection of Classic Comic Anecdotes
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From basic training to World War II to the Gulf War, America's veterans share their funniest stories in this collection of Reader's Digest's popular "Humor in Uniform" column. Beneath the horror of war lies a rich tradition of comedy and satire, and these anecdotes have entertained fans for decades. Stars of the TV and movie versions of America's favorite military comedy, M*A*S*H, read equally hilarious pieces from all four branches of the armed forces. Whether poking fun at the higher echelons of army power or joking about retired sergeants adjusting to civilian life, Humor in Uniform earns its stripes with laughter.
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Major General Sid Shachnow was ten-years-old when he escaped the notorious Kovno concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Lithuania. Later, he traveled to post-war Germany, and he earned a living as a courier for his mother's black market business. His family eventually came to America where he struggled to get an education, held down three jobs, and courted the girl of his dreams, whom he would marry and raise four daughters with.
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5 out of 5 stars
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riveting
- De Rob en 02-07-08
De: Sid Shachnow, y otros
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Semper Fi
- The Corps, Book 1
- De: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,857
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,551
From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America’s first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This is the story of the men of the Marine Corps, their loves and loyalties, an elite fraternity united by courage and honor, as they steel themselves for battle, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Cannot Believe I Passed Up Griffin For Years!
- De Chip Atkinson en 04-02-12
De: W. E. B. Griffin
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The Heart of Hell
- The Untold Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima
- De: Mitch Weiss
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II - and one of the bloodiest in United States history - began on February 19, 1945. But what happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote - until now.... On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among a dozen gunboats helping to prepare the area for their invasion two days later. US military leaders thought that they had weakened Japanese forces in the area.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Important History, but Not a Compelling Story
- De Craig en 07-30-16
De: Mitch Weiss
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You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger
- De: Roger Hall
- Narrado por: Rick Adamson
- Duración: 6 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 34
With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. In his droll storytelling style, Hall describes his first parachute jump in support of the French resistance as a comedy of errors that terminated prematurely. Called one of the funniest and most perceptive works ever written about life in the OSS, the book includes a wealth of unforgettable personalities that Hall encountered over the years.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Clipped every chapter
- De Ammon K. en 01-05-25
De: Roger Hall
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The Last Jump
- A Novel of World War II
- De: John E. Nevola
- Narrado por: Mike Ortego
- Duración: 23 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 159
The Last Jump is a war story, a mystery, a love tale, and a tribute to the people who won World War II. Fact and fiction intermix seamlessly to unravel a secret passionately guarded by four aging soldiers. The reader is transported back in time to an imperfect America, with all is incredible virtues and vexing shortcomings struggling with racial and gender issues while fighting for its very survival. It was time when Americans stood shoulder to shoulder to free the world from tyranny.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Story, Too Preachy
- De Michael Brown en 09-15-17
De: John E. Nevola
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Soldier Girls
- The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War
- De: Helen Thorpe
- Narrado por: Donna Postel
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 290
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 250
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 255
Soldier Girls follows the lives of three women on their paths to the military. These women, who are quite different in every way, become friends, and we watch their interaction and also what happens when they are separated. We see their families, their lovers, their spouses, their children. We see them work extremely hard, deal with the attentions of men on base and in war zones, and struggle to stay connected to their families back home.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Valor Knows No Gender
- De Cynthia en 03-21-15
De: Helen Thorpe
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The Green Berets
- The Amazing Story of the U.S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit
- De: Robin Moore
- Narrado por: Jim Frangione
- Duración: 14 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 978
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 887
Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore’s novel features an American major who goes "native" with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer, and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Green Berets Nam and beyond
- De Jawbone en 10-07-17
De: Robin Moore
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Loon
- A Marine Story
- De: Jack McLean
- Narrado por: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
"Kids like me didn't go to Vietnam", writes Jack McLean in his must-listen memoir. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, but decided to put college on hold. After graduation in the spring of 1966, faced with the mandatory military draft, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for a two-year stint. "Vietnam at the time was a country, and not yet a war", he writes. It didn't remain that way for long.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Besides a production issue, excellent.
- De LEE en 05-02-19
De: Jack McLean
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No Ordinary Joes
- The Extraordinary True Story of Four Submariners in War and Love and Life
- De: Larry Colton
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 12 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 33
Their names were Bob Palmer, Gordy Cox, Tim McCoy, and Chuck Vervalin, and in 1941, when they joined the Navy, they were not trying to prove their patriotism - they were just looking for a job that would provide "three hots and a cot". But on April 22, 1943, the war took a terrible turn for them. Their submarine, the USS Grenadier, was torpedoed. Listed as lost in action and given up for dead, all four had in fact miraculously escaped, only to be captured by the Japanese.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Prisoner of War Tale
- De Lynn en 03-20-11
De: Larry Colton
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Absolutely American
- Four Years at West Point
- De: David Lipsky
- Narrado por: David Lipsky
- Duración: 7 h y 7 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
As David Lipsky follows a future generation of army officers from their proving grounds to their barracks, he reveals the range of emotions and desires that propels these men and women forward. From the cadet who struggles with every facet of West Point life to those who are decidedly huah, Lipsky shows people facing challenges so daunting and responsibilities so heavy that their transformations are fascinating to watch.
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5 out of 5 stars
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He got it right.
- De Andrew en 05-15-04
De: David Lipsky
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Fighter Pilot
- The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
- De: Robin Olds, Christina Olds, Ed Rasimus
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 17 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,098
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2,635
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,630
A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—a double ace with twelve aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top Notch Audiobook
- De R. A. Frank en 10-08-10
De: Robin Olds, y otros
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The Guerrilla Factory
- The Making of Special Forces Officers, the Green Berets
- De: Tony Schwalm
- Narrado por: Corey Snow
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 232
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 231
The Navy has the SEALS, and the Army has the Green Berets. They are masters of asymmetrical warfare, trained to immerse themselves in hostile territory, sleeping near their enemies and building relationships with people who may want to kill them. Retired lieutenant colonel Tony Schwalm knows this group well, because he is one of them and he trained them. In The Guerrilla Factory, he provides an unbelievably gripping inside look into the grueling training that every army officer must endure to become one of America's elite Green Berets.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book for Future Officers or Enlisted
- De Amazon Customer en 01-12-16
De: Tony Schwalm
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Sea Stories
- My Life in Special Operations
- De: William H. McRaven
- Narrado por: William H. McRaven
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 8,753
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,943
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,878
Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of bravery and heroism from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Behind-the-scenes look at high level military life
- De N. en 10-23-19
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For Love of Country
- What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice
- De: Howard Schultz, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
- Narrado por: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
A celebration of the extraordinary courage, dedication, and sacrifice of this generation of American veterans on the battlefield and their equally valuable contributions on the home front. Because so few of us now serve in the military, our men and women in uniform have become strangers to us. We stand up at athletic events to honor them, but we hardly know their true measure.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worth the read
- De Peter Baron en 06-17-16
De: Howard Schultz, y otros
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D-Days in the Pacific with the U.S. Coast Guard
- The Story of Lucky Thirteen
- De: Ken Wiley
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 55
The images of soldiers and marines coming ashore on hostile shores are embedded in our collective memory of World War II. But what of the sailors who manned the landing craft, going back and forth under fire with nowhere to take cover, their craft the special targets of enemy gunners? In this book, Ken Wiley, a Coast Guardsman on an Attack Transport in the Pacific, relates the intricate, often nerve-wracking story of how the United States projected its power across 6,000 miles in the teeth of fanatical Japanese resistance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional story depicting the US Coast Guard
- De Jay J. Powell en 03-21-19
De: Ken Wiley
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My American Journey
- An Autobiography
- De: Colin Powell
- Narrado por: Colin Powell
- Duración: 3 h y 41 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 666
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 543
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 537
Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history - including Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, and Desert Storm - but a history that until now has been known only on the surface.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Audio book is abridged!
- De Lydia en 02-11-21
De: Colin Powell