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Saluting those who serve
With Veterans Day coming up Tuesday, here are three books that honor their service.
First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit (Da Capo) by Patrick K. O'Donnell delves into the little-known World War II origins of the extraordinary military unit that is much in the news today.
For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism, and Sacrifice (Knopf) by Howard Schultz and Rajiv Chandrasekaran is a collaboration by the Starbucks CEO and a Washington Post senior correspondent that celebrates veterans' accomplishments in battle and at home.
13 Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War (Simon & Schuster) by Sen. John McCain and Mark Salter offers compelling biographies of soldiers from each of our nation's major conflicts, from the American Revolution to the Iraq War.
Colette Bancroft, Times book editor