The FYFW Reading List
This is not a complete list of books on WW2. But just the ones we feel are good sources for specific types of information.
Our first suggestion is to check out the official U.S. Government books on WW2 available from the Government Printing Office. These are often the best sources available for some types of information, and certainly the best place to start looking for background information. Most are available through libraries, or available for purchase at a reasonable price.
For info on POWs: The Last Escape, John Nichol, Viking New York, 2002. 0-670-032123
For the pre-war Army: The Regulars, Edward Coffman, Belnap Press, Cambridge, MA. 2004, ISBN 0-674-01299-2.
For Army Nurses: And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in WW2 by Evelyn Monahan, Knopf Books, NY 2003. 0-375-415149
For Medics: Fighting for Life, by Albert Cowdry, Free Press, NY, 1994, 0-02-906835-5
For West Point cadetsBlack ’41, Bill Yenne, Wiley and Sons, NewYork, 1991. ISBN 0-47154197-4
D-Day Units Spearheading D-day, By Jonathan Gawne ISBN 2908182793
On the Ranger Battalions Rangers in World War II, by Robert Black, ISBN 0-8041-0565-0 IVY Books, New York, 1992.
For Glider Troops: Silent Wings Gerald Devin, St. Martins Press, New York, 1985. ISBN O-312-72460-8
WWII Order of Battle, Stanton, Selby, ISBN 0811701573
United States Army Unit and Organizational Histories: Vol. 2 WW1 to the Present. by James T Controvich, Scarecrow Press, Lanham Maryland, 2003 ISBN 0-8108-4597-0
Infantry memoirRoll me Over, By Raymond Gantter, Ivy Books; NY 1997 ISBN: 0804116059
Military Burials Safely Rest, David P. Colley Berkley Books, 2004, ISBN 0425198359.
Air Force Combat Units of Word War II: The concise Official Military Record, ISBN 0-7858-0194-4 edited by Maurer, Chartwell Books, Edison NJ, 1994
AAF: The Official Guide to the Army Air Forces, Army Air Force Aid Society, Pocket books, NY 1944.
U.S. Military Patches of World War II, by Christopher Brown.
Turner Publishing, Padukah KY 2002. ISBN 1-56311-830-0
War in the Pacific Touched by Fire: the Land War in the South Pacific, Eric Bergerud, Viking Press, NY,1996, isbn 0-670-86158-8
The History of medals The Call of Duty, by John Strandberg and Roger Bender, ISBN 0-912138548, Bender publishing, San Jose, CA. 1994
Air Force Uniforms Silver Wings, Pinks and Greens by Jon Maquire, 0-88740-578-9 Schiffer Publishing, Atglen PA. 1994.
101st Airborne. Vanguard of the Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division in World War II , by Mark Bando, ISBN 0971765006 . In fact, if you are serious about the 101st He is THE person to read.
Infantry MemoirFootsoldier, by Roscoe Blunt, ISBN 0306810905
Armored Field Artillery memoirHonor Untarnished: A West Point Graduate's Memoir of World War II by Donald V. Bennett, ISBN: 0765306581
Liasion Aircraft (artillery spotter planes) The Fighting Grasshoppers by Ken Wakefield, ISBN 0904597784.
Negro Volunteer Infantry Blood for Dignity, by David P. Colley, ISBN 0312325800
Red Ball ExpressThe Road to Victory, By David Colley, ISBN 0446667684
POW Photos Life Behind Barbed Wire, by Angelo Sinelli, Fordham U Press, NY 0-8232-2305-1
National Guard units Beyond the Beachhead by Joe Balkoski ISBN 0811726827
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