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 Free Download Paul H. Silverstone - US Warships Since 1945 Naval Institute Press | 1987 | ISBN: 0870217690 | English | 248 pages | PDF | 134.47 MB Provides descriptive and statistical information on United States warships, including aircraft carriers, submarines, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and amphibious craft.  Free Download Jim Mesko, Don Greer - US Tank Destroyers - Armor Walk Around Number 3 Squadron/Signal Publications | 2003 | ISBN: 0897474562 | English | 82 pages | PDF | 104.88 MB Squadron/Signal Publications 5703  Free Download William Green, Gordon Swanborough - US Army Air Force Fighters: Part 2 (WW2 Aircraft Fact Files) Macdonald & Jane's | 1978 | ISBN: 0354010719 | English | 92 pages | PDF | 114.3 MB  Free Download UNCONVENTIONAL: A true story of oil, intelligence, and consequence. 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