Marines Dodging Death

Sixty-Two Accounts of Close Calls in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Most Marine and Navy Corpsmen who have seen active combat have, at one time or another, experienced a close call when they were seconds or perhaps inches from death yet survived because of a quick reaction, divine intervention or just plain luck.From Pearl Harbor to Baghdad, this volume contains the stories of 62 Marines who narrowly escaped death while fighting in America's wars. Inspired by the author's own close call in May 1968, it recounts a great variety of harrowing experiences. Personal background from before and after the close calls provides a more human facet while additional research adds historical information to these fascinating stories of Marines and Navy Corpsmen.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-12-26
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt458 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor347
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786438211

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Maps Preface PART ONE: WORLD WAR1. USMC Sergeant John Egan 2. USMC Lieutenant Bob Johnson 3. USMC Private First Class Harry Drendall 4. USMC Private First Class Jack Porter 5. USMC Corporal Earl Dunlap 6. USMC Corporal Andrew Samo 7. USMC Private James Seidler 8. USN Hospital Corpsman First Class Beryl Bonacker 9. USMC Sergeant George Peto 10. USMC Corporal Jim Anderson 11. USN Hospital Corpsman Second Class Benton Corry 12. USMC Private First Class Charles Nichols 13. USMC Private First Class Kenneth Stevens 14. USMC Warrant Officer-1 George Green 15. USMC Private George Smyth 16. USMC Private First Class William Byrd 17. USMC Private First Class Lee Bergee (Part 1 of 2) PART TWO: KOREA18. USMC Private First Class Herbert Luster 19. USMC Sergeant Kermit Wilhelm 20. USMC Staff Sergeant Lee Bergee (Part 2 of 2) 21. USMC Sergeant Joe Ohman 22. USMC Corporal Renald Valkenburg 23. USMC Private First Class John Bastian 24. Korea: “Hell Fire Valley” 25. USMC Sergeant Elbert Koonce 26. USMC Sergeant Forest Heistermann 27. USMC Sergeant William Palizzolo 28. USMC Private First Class Richard Aiple 29. USMC Private John Graham 30. USMC Acting Sergeant James Larkin 31. Korea: “Calls of Nature” PART THREE: VIETNAM32. USMC Private First Class Bruce Horton 33. USMC Captain John McLaughlin 34. USMC Corporal Robert Simonsen 35. USMC Lance Corporal Arthur Riordan 36. USMC Corporal John Wear II 37. USMC Corporal Jay Vincens 38. USMC Private First Class Mike Stagner 39. USMC Sergeant Ralph Bohannon PART FOUR: THE WARS AGAINST TERRORISM40. Beirut: Bombing of the Marine Barracks 41. Iraq: Female Search Force 42. Afghanistan: “The Nightfighters” 43. USMC Gunnery Sergeant Michael Burghardt 44. Iraq: Combat Train One 45. Iraq: Kevlar Helmet Headshots 46. Iraq: Body Armor Shots 47. Iraq: Combat Photographers Chapter Notes Bibliography Index