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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... that the vast majority of young people who serve in the Marines move on. They do so by living useful, productive lives. That this fact is not publicized, widely recognized, or self-evident is the inspiration for this xvi.
... young men as they once were, often accompanied by more recent ones from a generation later showing wives, children, and grandchildren. We set out in an almost innocent way to gather lessons learned and to reaffirm, “Once a Marine ...
... young man, and even drunk and crippled he could still hit like a mule kicks. The difference between a really good fighter and a so-so brawler is that the former doesn't have to get set to deliver a staggering blow. It doesn't comes ...
... young men in my platoon did not have parents who could afford the trip to San Diego. I actually liked infantry training. My young body had hardened, and the runs up and down the mountains with weapons in hand were satisfying if not ...
... 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 exhausted that we were having difficulty ...
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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 |