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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... Vietnam that were called into question by his comrades. He recorded for future use scenes of combat situations with himself staged as central character, then exited the field at his first opportunity. More noteworthy, he gave testimony ...
... Vietnam already have been replaced once. Now, still another generation is distinguishing itself in Afghanistan and Iraq. Over four million men and women who served in Vietnam are growing older. Prominent among them were the ones who ...
... 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 process on a Saturday morning. I told mom and dad that I was going to enlist in the ...
... Vietnam. It was a miserable trip. I was seasick and didn't eat for weeks. Finally, on my eighteenth birthday, I was in Vietnam and assigned to K Company Third Battalion First Marines. It was raining when we were loaded on the trucks in ...
... Vietnam. I'm fortunate to have survived. The statistics are that the casualty rate for line company Marines was a ... Vietnam and made a career out of the Marine Corps. I would very much like to see him again and thank him for his fine ...
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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 |