Once a Marine: Collected Stories by Enlisted Marine Corps Vietnam Veterans - Their Lives 35 Years LaterAuthor House, 2005-03-23 - 308 psl. The former enlisted Marines whose stories you will read in this book have a common thread. The common thread is that they became one of the few, the proud, the Marines. They joined and entered the Vietnam war when their country called. They fought and returned home to adjust to normal lives by themselves. These are the life stories, told in their own words, of how Marine Corps vets came home, built families, businesses and are living the American dream today. Many still live their lives today with the same traditions and values taught to them by the Marine Corps and have adjusted after the traumatic experience of a war. Marine Corps values are easy to state as: Honor, Courage, and Commitment. The Marine Corps defines these values in the following way: Honor as demonstrating integrity in all one does, and accepting responsibility and accountability for ones actions. Courage as doing the right thing, in the right way, and for the right reasons. Commitment as devotion to the Corps and ones fellow Marines. All Marines, former and active duty, live and fight under this same creed. Read about these men who left the Corps and the war behind and used this experience as a stepping stone to success and happiness. |
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... hard and painful life. He died by himself in New Orleans after having been to sea for many months. I am sure his liver failed. I think he was 53 years old, and I know he was totally spent. I borrowed the money to fly to New Orleans and ...
... hard to say the words “good decision.” This is particularly true in the case of Vietnam. I can't see that we accomplished anything in Vietnam, but still value the time I was there. It literally made me what I am today. I started the ...
... hard for me to understand how such a young man could have been so mature and, for want of a better word, good. Hunt was a hard-ass but completely devoted to his squad. Everyone got food and water before he did. If one of us was so ...
... hard. He must persistin the face of disappointment and rejection. And it doesn't help that the public perception of trial lawyers is overwhelmingly unfavorable. But the thrill of winning in the courtroom is only trumped by surviving a ...
... hard for me to take without making an ass out of myself. I've known only a few gifted people in my life and their gifts came with a heavy price tag. I generally ended up liking the kids and only tolerating their parents. I was ...
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Arthur W McLaughlin Jr | 31 |
James Thiel | 55 |
Manning | 73 |
John Stoddard | 91 |
Wadlow 101 Doc Raymond W Knispel 121 Thomas G Casey | 145 |
Doc Dev Slingluff | 167 |
Joseph Kee | 189 |
McClintick Sr | 203 |
REUNION Pat Murphy 215 Lessons Taught Commentary | 227 |
And Lessons LearnedConclusions 241 Appendix | 249 |
DeShazo MD | 263 |