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History and Current Events May 2018 Hillside Movies- Celebrate Armed Forces Day & Memorial Day Hostiles, R, 2hr. 14min., Adventure, Drama, Western; Fri., May 18, 1:30pm Starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi. An Army captain helps transport a Native American chief and his family from Arizona to Montana. Along the way, the group of soldiers and Native Americans must learn to work together in order to make their way through dangerous territory. 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers, R, 2hr. 10min., Action, Drama, History; Fri., May 25, 1:30pm Starring Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña. A U.S. Special Forces unit learns to fight on horseback as part of a mission in Afghanistan to strike back against the Taliban
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The Unknowns
by Patrick O'Donnell
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives millions of visitors each year who pay silent tribute.
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Eyewitness to World War II : Unforgettable Stories and Photographs from History's Greatest Conflict
by Neil Kagan
The unforgettable story of World War II is told through the words of those who lived it-America's greatest generation-both on the battlefield and the home front. Personal writings create a dramatic tapestry of wartime experience, and recollections of Roosevelt, Hitler, and Patton, as well as letters composed by soldiers at battle and diaries of women serving in the military at home, present an absorbing narrative that tells the entire history of the war from several perspectives.
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The Flying Tigers : The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan
by Samuel Kleiner
Sam Kleiner's The Flying Tigers uncovers the hidden story of the group of young American men and women who crossed the Pacific before Pearl Harbor to risk their lives defending China. Led by legendary army pilot Claire Chennault, these men left behind an America still at peace in the summer of 1941 using false identities to travel across the Pacific to a run-down airbase in the jungles of Burma. In the wake of the disaster at Pearl Harbor this motley crew was the first group of Americans to take on the Japanese in combat, shooting down hundreds of Japanese aircraft in the skies over Burma, Thailand, and China.
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American Values : Lessons I Learned from My Family
by Jr. Kennedy, Robert F.
The son and namesake of Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy shares poignant memories from his turbulent childhood and the lessons he has learned from family mentors, including JFK and his father, that shaped his firm democratic belief system.
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Three Days in Moscow : Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire
by Bret Baier
On May 31, 1988, Reagan stood on Russian soil and addressed a packed audience at Moscow State University, delivering a remarkable-yet now largely forgotten-speech that capped his first visit to the Soviet capital. This fourth in a series of summits between Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, was a dramatic coda to their tireless efforts to reduce the nuclear threat. More than that, Reagan viewed it as "a grand historical moment": an opportunity to light a path for the Soviet people-toward freedom, human rights, and a future he told them they could embrace if they chose. It was the first time an American president had given an address about human rights on Russian soil.
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Beyond the Call : Four Intrepid Women on the Front Lines in Iraq and Afghanistan
by Eileen Rivers
They marched under the heat with 40-pound rucksacks on their backs. They fired M16s out of the windows of military vehicles, defending their units in deadly firefights. And they did things that their male counterparts could never do--gather intelligence on the Taliban from the women of Afghanistan. As females they could circumvent Muslim traditions and cultivate relationships with Afghan women who were bound by tradition not to speak with American military men.
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Apostles of Revolution : Jefferson, Paine, Monroe, and the Struggle Against the Old Order in America and Europe
by John Ferling
Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, and James Monroe were in the vanguard of revolutionary ideas in the 18th century. As founding fathers, they risked their lives for American independence, but they also wanted more. Each wished for profound changes in the political and social fabric of pre-1776 America and hoped that the American Revolution would spark republican and egalitarian revolutions throughout Europe, sweeping away the old monarchical order. Ultimately, each rejoiced at the opportunity to be a part of the French Revolution, a cause that became untenable as idealism gave way to the bloody Terror.
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Ruthless Tide : The Tragic Epic of the Johnstown Flood
by Al Roker
An Emmy Award-winning weather anchor presents an account of the 1889 Johnstown Flood that traces the conditions that led to the South Fork Dam breach, killing thousands in what remains the deadliest flood in U.S. history.
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