VMF Film and Book Recommendations March 2024


FILM RECOMMENDATION

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Medal of Honor is a mix of interviews, reenactments and archive film footage. Eight people represent four battles in WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Produced by Netflix in 2018. 8 Episodes, available on Netflix.


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BOOK RECOMMENDATION

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The Guns of August by historian Barbara W. Tuchman is considered a brilliant piece of military history. In it, She recreates the first month of WWI, which determined the course of the war. Modern Library has selected it as one of the best nonfiction books of all time. Presidio Press, 2005, wherever books are sold.