Gregory A. Freeman Books in Order

In 1921 Georgia, a plantation owner responds to a federal investigation of forced labor by ordering workers killed. This account follows the murders, the people drawn into them and the trial that exposed brutality persisting decades after slavery’s legal abolition.

An accidental rocket launch ignites a catastrophic fire aboard the USS Forrestal during the Vietnam War. Drawing on the experiences of the crew, this history reconstructs their struggle to save the carrier and examines the causes behind the deadly disaster.

This account reconstructs Operation Halyard, the 1944 mission to rescue hundreds of Allied airmen trapped in occupied Yugoslavia. Interviews and declassified records reveal how intelligence officers, local supporters and the stranded men organized an escape behind German lines.

Army psychologist Larry James recounts his assignment to Abu Ghraib after the prisoner-abuse scandal. Co-written with Gregory Freeman, the book presents his account of attempts to change practices and the conflicts between military responsibilities, psychological care and interrogation.

A racially divided confrontation erupts aboard the USS Kitty Hawk during its 1972 Vietnam deployment. Using eyewitness testimony and naval records, Freeman reconstructs the violence and challenges official interpretations while examining its consequences for race relations within the Navy.

This separately published supplement examines the Tuskegee Airmen’s role in providing fighter protection for Operation Halyard. It connects the pioneering Black pilots with the rescue of Allied airmen in Yugoslavia and revisits the mission described in The Forgotten 500.

After American airmen are attacked by civilians in wartime Germany, two Army officers investigate their fate. Drawing on records, interviews and letters, this history follows the victims’ families and the prosecution that sought accountability before the Nuremberg proceedings.

As Hurricane Sandy approaches, the sailing ship Bounty sets out on a voyage that becomes a struggle for survival. Accounts from crew members and Coast Guard rescuers reconstruct the ship’s final hours and the dangerous effort to save those aboard.