Find out how war smells, looks, and feels to fighting men, and how courage grows from their desperate will to live. These are five true stories of World War II. 1. Survival 2. The Battle of the River 3. Nine Men on a Four-Man Raft 4. Borie's Last Battle 5. Front Seats at Sea War A famous war correspondent takes readers aboard John F. Kennedy's doomed PT-109, into the horror of Guadalcanal, and on onto a death raft in the Southwest Pacific....

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times). Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima...

Ansel Adams photographs, an essay by John Hersey, and historical commentary document the day-to-day life in a World War II internment-camp.

The war lover: In England during World War II, bomber pilots fall for the same girl, but only one will make it through the war to ask for her hand. Hellcats of the Navy: Highlights the daring exploits of a submarine commander whose mission is to chart the minefields in the waters of Japan during World War II. This is Ronald and Nancy Reagan's only screen appearance together. Anzio: A war correspondent paints a vivid portrait of one of the bloodiest...