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English
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"America has been at war since the fall of 2001, and a sizeable percentage of the soldiers deployed have been women. Soldier Girls follows the lives of three of them over twelve years on their paths to the military, overseas to combat, and back home--then overseas again for two of them. Quite different in every way, we watch as they become friends, interact, and also separate. We see the effects on their friendships and their families. Deeply reported,...
Author
Publisher
Casemate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
viii, 268 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Not even old enough to drink, Corporal Savannah Cannon is a young enlisted United States Marine deployed to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan in 2010. As a tactical data networking specialist, she is sent away from everyone she knows and attached to a Regimental Combat Team where women are not allowed to repair communications. Her experiences over the next few months shed light on the unique and difficult positions women are placed...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of First Lieutenant Ashley White and a groundbreaking team of female American warriors who served alongside Special Operations soldiers on the battle field in Afghanistan.
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Series
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Continuing this propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman once persecuted by the Taliban shares her journey to becoming a community activist. As a girl and as part of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan, Freshta Tori Jan was persecuted relentlessly. Her family faced kidnappings and daily murder attempts on the bus, on the way to school, in the workplace, and beyond. Freshta's school was shut down by the Taliban, and many of her friends...
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On June 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings 'MJ' Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Despite being wounded, she fought the enemy and saved the lives of her crew and their patients. But soon she would face a new battle: to give women who serve on the front lines the credit they deserve..." -- Dust jacket.
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"One of the few women to pilot the Kiowa Warrior helicopter, Amber Smith flew into enemy fire in some of the most dangerous combat zones in the world. The Kiowas' mission, armed reconnaissance, requires pilots to stay low and fly fast in support of ground troops, so the helicopters are perilously close to--and in--the fight. Now in her riveting memoir, the first written by a Kiowa pilot engaged in high-intensity warfare, Smith takes you into the heat...
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