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I thought of some more.
Mr. Roberts (became the movie) by Thomas Heggen
Von Ryan's Express (became the movie) by David Westheimer
Wings Over Summer by Ron Powell
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis (2 books, WW2 but time traveling Sci/Fi and really excellent story with lots of researched detail about the Blitz) Should not miss reading these.
Sword of Honour By Evelyn Waugh
The Complete McAuslan by George MacDonald Fraser
The Dirty Dozen and it's sequel A Dirty Distant War by E.M. Nathanson
Piece of Cake (and it's sequels) by Derek Robinson
Many ww2 books by Jack Higgins, Len Deighton, Helen McInnes and Alistair MacLean
The Berkut by Joseph Heywood
The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton
Night Over Water and Eye Of The Needle by Ken Follett
King Rat by James Clavell
Mila 18 and Battle Cry by Leon Uris
Dive in the Sun (and about a barrel full of other good ww2 books) by Douglas Reeman
Night over the Solomons by Louis L'Amour
Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw
The Last Convertible, and The Big War by Anton Myrer
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan (WW2 era, not really military, but good)
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