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    By Bradley, James, 1954-
     2004., Adult, Back Bay Books Call No: BIOG 940.54 05 09528   Edition: 1st Back Bay paperback ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Examines the disappearance of eight American airmen shot down and taken prisoner on the remote island of Chichi Jima in World War II and the secrecy that surrounded the events for decades, and discusses the violence inflicted by both sides in the Pacific War.
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    -- Great Depression and World War Two (1929-1945)
    By Gitlin, Marty
     c2008., 5-8; 8.1, Weigl Publishers Call No: J HIST 973.09    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Presidents of the United StatesSummary Note: Chronicles the presidential administrations of Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt that profiles their early years, political careers, presidency during the Great Depression, Roosevelt during World War II, and the legacy that each leader left behind.
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    -- Hedy Lamarr's double life: Hollywood legend and brilliant inventor
    By Wallmark, Laurie  Wu, Katy
     [2019]., Ages 5-9, Sterling Children's Books Call No: J BIO 791.4302    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers. In this biography, meet the real Hedy Lamarr : not only a beloved film star, but a visionary scientist who helped create the world we live in today.
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    -- Greatest POW rescue of World War II.
    By Hopkinson, Deborah
     2023., Ages 9-12; Grades 4-6, Scholastic Focus Call No: J HIST 940.54 7252095991   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: True stories in focus.Summary Note: " A thrilling account of the most daring American POW rescue mission of World War II. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entered World War II, and a new theater of battle opened up in the Pacific. But US troops, along with thousands of Filipino soldiers who fought alongside them, were overtaken in the Philippines by a fiercely determined Japanese navy, and many Americans and Filipino fighters were killed or captured.These American and Filipino prisoners of war were forced to endure the most horrific conditions on the deadly trek known as the Bataan Death March. Then, the American servicemen who were held captive by the Japanese military in Cabanatuan Camp and others in the Philippines, faced beatings, starvation, and tropical diseases, and lived constantly under the threat of death. Unable to forget their comrades' fate and concerned that these POWs would be brutally murdered as the tides of war shifted in the Pacific, the US Army Rangers undertook one of the most daring and dangerous rescue missions of all time. Aided by the "Angels of the Underground," the Sixth Ranger Battalion and courageous Filipino guerrilla soldiers set out on an uncertain and treacherous assignment. Often called the Great Raid, this remarkable story remains largely forgotten. Sibert Honor author Deborah Hopkinson presents an extraordinary and unflinching look at the heroic servicemen and women who courageously weathered the worst of circumstances and conditions in service to their country, as well as those who answered the call to save their fellow soldiers"--
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    By Hillenbrand, Laura
     c2010., Adult, Random House Call No: BIOG 940.54   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.