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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... thoughts, and family situation. Someone once observed that all families are in some measure dysfunctional, so we have not felt it necessary to delve into psychoanalysis. The book is not an attempt at a psychological study anyway. We ...
... thought for herself and tried every way possible to make our life comfortable. The problem was, of course, this was impossible with dad around. On the other hand, I don't know what a middle-aged woman with five kids could do in those ...
... thought about re-enlisting but the chance to make some decent money pulled me to civilian life. I separated from the Corps in April of 1969 and immediately went to work during the day as a furniture mover for the local Mayflower ...
... thought possible but there was little money could buy that was valuable to me. I never bought into the American dream of suburban or country club living. My friends were always promoting their children like a political handler presents ...
... thought I had a fighting chance. I was a first rate trial lawyer and enjoyed a good reputation for honesty and integrity. I was never involved in the toxic social issues that spell death to many nominations. To this day, I have never ...
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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 |