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2) Go for broke
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This is the story of the Japanese Americans who formed the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in 1943 and served in Italy and France in WWII.
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Major Jed Webbe is a brilliant, hard-bitten Army surgeon with a weakness for women and strong liquor. Fresh from the states arrives Lt. Ruth McCara, a naive young nurse ready to save the world. The story of their love and heroism, told against the grimly realistic background of pounding artillery and deadly ambushes, forms the core of the film.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 188 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
U.S. officer Colonel Hugh Kelso has inside knowledge about the imminent and highly secretive D-Day invasion. When he washes ashore behind enemy lines, special agents Harry Martineau and Sara Drayton of the Allied Forces must stage a covert rescue to save his live - or end it - before the Germans acquire the valuable information he possesses. Joined by an Italian naval officer and a Jewish actor-turned-German paratrooper, the agents embark on a rescue...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Captain Craig McCenzie, a disgraced Special Forces officer hand-picked to lead the ultimate extreme vacation. Five super-rich thrill-seekers have paid a premium to have them inserted into a real-life military mission: delivering weapons to the besieged rebels of an island stronghold. But when the plan backfires and all hell breaks loose, McCenzie and his squad of amateur soldiers find themselves fighting a furious battle to survive.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. (with b&w sequences) ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of an experiment -- "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat." These pilots, trained in the "deep South," became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They battled on two fronts: against the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. James' thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A frustrated city girl decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Kirby and he insists on taking her to his military academy after the train is stalled.
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (approximately 1440 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
History marks the advent of modern warfare in the 20th century with this epic DVD collection. Discover how the First World War changed the face of battle forever from hand-to-hand combat to high-tech warfare, in History of WWI: the first modern war. Experience the acrobatic encounters of flying aces high above the battlefield in Dogfights. Watch the Normadny assault in spectacular high definition in D-Day in HD, and learn soldiers' personal stories...
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multi million-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool.
14) Battleground
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a group of soldiers through the Battle of the Bulge.
17) Stop-loss
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver, who served with him in Iraq. Along with their other war buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon's will the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, upending his new...
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. This documentary tells the story of Kazuo Yamane, an elite translator and a Japanese American who played a crucial strategic role in World War II. He and his fellow Nisei from Hawaii combatted prejudice and discrimination to loyally serve their country. Their extraordinary service, mostly untold, ultimately changed the course of U.S. history.
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