Browse Items (12 total)
- Tags: Personal narratives
Improvised, explosive, & divisive
'Improvised, explosive, & divisive', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2003-; 2006; 2006-1-1; 21st century; American; Bissell, Tom; Engineering; Insurgency; Iraq; Iraq War; Mechanical Engineering; Military policy; Personal narratives; United States
When the cruise missiles came
'When the cruise missiles came', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1991; 1991-4-1; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Baghdad; British; Engineering; Iraq; John Simpson; Persian Gulf War; Personal narratives; Simpson, John
Journal of a plague year
'Journal of a plague year', Harpers
Tags: 1961-1975; 1970s; 1972; 1972-2-1; American; Armed Forces; John A. (John Albert) Parrish; Medical care; medical personnel; Medicine; Parrish, John A. (John Albert); Personal narratives; Staffing, Funding and Institutions; United States; Vietnam; Vietnamese Conflict
24 hours of a bomber pilot
'24 hours of a bomber pilot', Harpers
Tags: 1939-1945; 1940s; 1944; 1944-8-1; Aerial operations; Aeronautics and Aerospace; American; Bomber pilots; Engineering; Personal narratives; United States; World War II
Corvette in action
'Corvette in action', Harpers
Tags: 1939-1945; 1940s; 1943; 1943-1-1; British; Corvettes (Warships); Engineering; Great Britain; Mechanical Engineering; Monsarrat, Nicholas; Nicholas Monsarrat; Personal narratives; World War II
Combat over Coventry
'Combat over Coventry', Harpers
Tags: 1939-1945; 1940; 1940s; 1942; 1942-6-1; Aerial operations; Aeronautics and Aerospace; American; Berry, Graham; Bombardment; British; Coventry; Coventry (England); Engineering; England; Fighter plane combat; History; Kennerly, Byron; Personal narratives; World War II
The bomb hit the cruiser
'The bomb hit the cruiser', Harpers
Tags: 1939-1945; 1940s; 1941; 1941-12-1; Aerial; Aerial operations; Aeronautics and Aerospace; bombing; British; Engineering; German; Hubler, Richard Gibson; Naval operations; Personal narratives; World War II
Squadron 71, scramble! A day in the Eagle Squadron, R.A.F.
'Squadron 71, scramble! A day in the Eagle Squadron, R.A.F.', Harpers
Tags: 1939-1945; 1940s; 1941; 1941-7-1; Aerial operations; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Air pilots; American; Berry, Graham; British; Byron Kennerly; Engineering; Great Britain; Great BritainRoyal Air ForceEagle Squadron; Kennerly, Byron; Military; Personal narratives; World War II
Evelyn the truck-driver
'Evelyn the truck-driver', Harpers
Tags: 1930s; 1936-1939; 1939; 1939-2-1; American; Civil War; Engineering; Evelyn Hutchins Rahman; Foreign; History; Mechanical Engineering; Participation; Personal narratives; Spain; Stowe, Leland; Women truck drivers
I fly for Spain
'I fly for Spain', Harpers
Tags: 1930s; 1936-1939; 1938; 1938-1-1; Aerial operations; Aeronautics and Aerospace; Air pilots; American; Civil War; Engineering; Eugene Finick; Finick, Eugene; Foreign; History; Military; Participation; Personal narratives; Spain; United States
The Anglo-American polar expedition
'The Anglo-American polar expedition', Harpers
Tags: 1900s; 1906-1908; 1908; 1908-2-1; American; Anglo-American Polar Expedition; Arctic regions; Earth Sciences; Ejnar Mikkelsen; Ernest de K. (Ernest de Koven) Leffingwell; Eskimos; Geography; Personal narratives; Scientific expeditions; Social life and customs; Stefansson, Vilhjalmur; Vilhjalmur Stefansson
The log of a forty-niner
'The log of a forty-niner', Harpers
Tags: 1900s; 1906; 1906-11-1; California; Engineering; Gold discoveries; Gold miners; Gold mines and mining; Mining and Explosives; Morgan, William Ives; Muzzy, Florence Emlyn (Downs); Personal narratives; Production; William Ives Morgan