Celebrate military families and all they do when their loved ones are away in this sweet book.

Whether in the Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Army or Marines, those serving the country have family serving at home. This book has beautiful text and watercolor paintings. The story shines a light on the work and dedication of families waiting for their loved ones to come back to them. It talks about those at home taking care of a beloved pet, attending special events, or raising grandchildren.

They marched under the heat with 40-pound rucksacks on their backs. They fired weapons out of the windows of military vehicles, defending their units in deadly battles. And they did what their male counterparts never could: gather intelligence on the Taliban from Afghan women. As females, they circumvented Muslim traditions. They built relationships with local women, who were forbidden from speaking to American military men. Their work in local villages helped empower these Afghan women. They provided the education and financial tools necessary to rebuild the nation. Ultimately, they gave them the courage to push back against the destructive insurgency. For the women warriors of the military’s Female Engagement Teams (FET) it was dangerous, courageous, and sometimes heartbreaking work.

Beyond the Call follows the groundbreaking journeys of three women as they first fight military brass and culture and then enemy fire and tradition. And like the men with whom they served, their battles were not over when they returned home.

A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking work of Vietnam War fiction and a meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.

In this landmark collection of stories, The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path.

As green and inexperienced as the men who went to Vietnam to fight, Frankie struggles as the chaos and destruction of war overwhelm her. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep, though an instant can shatter them. In war, she meets–and becomes one of–the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost.

But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.

Private Bartle, age twenty-one, and Private Murphy, age eighteen, cling to life in Al Tafar, Iraq. Their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. The two young men have been bound together since basic training. There, Bartle promised to bring Murphy safely home. Now, the military has dropped them into a war that neither soldier is prepared for.

In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other. Forces press in on them from every side. They face insurgents, physical fatigue, and constant, stressful danger. Soon, reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare. Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him. Meanwhile, Bartle takes actions he could never have imagined.

The United States is at war, and sixteen-year-old Ned Begay wants to join the cause—especially when he hears that the Marine Corps is specifically recruiting Navajos. Driven by this news, he claims he’s old enough to enlist, breezes his way through boot camp, and suddenly finds himself involved in a top-secret task, one that only Navajos perform. Through this vital mission, he has become a code talker. His experiences in the Pacific-from Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima and beyond-will forever change him.

Throughout World War Two, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo Code Talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. When the war ended, they weren’t able to tell anyone-not even their families-about their true contribution.

On a stifling day in 1975, the North Vietnamese army is poised to roll into Saigon. As the fall of the city begins, two lovers make their way through the streets to escape to a new life. Helen Adams, an American photojournalist, must take leave of a war she is addicted to and a devastated country she has come to love. Linh, the Vietnamese man who loves her, must grapple with his own conflicted loyalties of heart and homeland. As they race to leave, they play out a drama of devotionand betrayal that spins them back through twelve war-torn years, beginning in the splendor of Angkor Wat, with their mentor, larger-than-life war correspondent Sam Darrow, once Helen’s infuriating love and fiercest competitor, and Linh’s secret keeper, boss and truest friend.

There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games, and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero’s welcome upon his return to America.

Now it’s decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war—from training to invasion to the village people say he saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there’s more to the story than what people have told him his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather’s heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and the importance of genuine valor.

In this spectacular memoir, Luis and Tuesday brought their healing mission to the next level, showing how these beautifully trained animals could assist soldiers, veterans, and many others with mental and physical disabilities. They rescued a forgotten Tuskegee airman, battled obstinate VA bureaucrats, and provided solace to war heroes coast-to-coast.

As Luis and Tuesday celebrated exhilarating victories, a grave obstacle threatened their work. Luis made great progress battling his own PTSD, but his physical wounds got so bad that he began using a wheelchair. He needed to decide whether to amputate his leg and carry on with a bionic prosthesis. Even as he struggled with dramatic emotional and physical changes, ten-year-old Tuesday was lovingly by his side through it all.

Luis’ death in December 2016 was another terrible tragedy of the invisible wounds of war. This book was his last letter of love to his best friend, Tuesday, and to veterans, readers, friends, and fellow dog lovers everywhere.