Download or read book CORPSMAN UP SEMPER FI written by William Rohr and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corpsman in the Marine Corps during Vietnam war. 1966. Spiritual struggle while in combat.

Download or read book Corpsman Up written by Paul Baviello and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Corpsman Up" is the cry that echoes across the battlefield whenever a Marine is wounded in combat. The book tells the story of men at war from a unique perspective; that of a medical specialist assigned to a Marine combat platoon. It is 1969; Hospital Corpsman Mike Lombardo arrives in Vietnam determined to follow in the footsteps of his Dad and Grandfather in war. He quickly discovers there is nothing glamorous or heroic about war. Through Mike's eyes you go on a journey into a living hell and experience the thrills and horror of combat, the agony of the wounded and dead and see foxhole relationships develop between blacks and whites, farm boys and city kids. Experience the anguish, and concern with Mike, when friend after friend is wounded and he knows that their lives are in his hands and then wonders for the rest of his life if he did the right things.

Download or read book WIA Corpsman Up written by Frank Murphy and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A face on the Action Reports of WIAs. 17 Marines and one Corpsman tell their stories. It starts with a brief of their childhood, why they wanted to go in the Marine Corps or Navy, first day of boot camp, their training and first combat. Then, the events that led up to their being wounded followed by their recuperation and their life after military service. The last story is from a Navy Nurse who served aboard the hospital ship, USS Repose in the waters of Vietnam. She tells her impressions of what war does to our young fighting men and how that experience shaped her future.

Download or read book The Untold Experiences of a Navy Corpsman written by C. Gilbert Lowery and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A US Navy Hospital Corpsman with a US Marine Corps Reconnaissance Patrol Team in the 1950's on covert Korean missions." I could add that "The five missions made by 'Doc Gentry' (assumed name for covert missions) with the Recon Patrols were all successful but, sadly, they suffered casualties on each mission."

Download or read book A Corpsman s Legacy written by Stephanie Hanson and published by . This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the touching story of a young lady's search for her biological father. It is also a compelling story of the Marines who took in Stephanie as one of their own because her father was a Navy Corpsman. There is no person more respected and loved by Marines then their "Doc"--Their Corpsman who shares the hardship and misery of combat to save Marines lives, sometimes sacrificing their own. Stephanie's dad is a true hero to all of us who wore the Marine uniform. LtGen Micheal A. Hough, USMC(ret) Former Deputy Commandant for Aviation (taken from the back cover of book)

Download or read book Always Faithful written by William W. Putney and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-02-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-three-year-old Bill Putney enlisted in the Marines in 1943 in search of military glory. Instead, Putney, a licensed veterinarian, was relegated to the Dog Corps. Putney became the Commanding Officer of the 3rd War Dog Platoon, and later the chief veterinarian and C.O. of the War Dog Training School at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. At Lejeune Putney helped train America's dogs for war in the Pacific. He later led them into combat in the invasion of Guam in 1944, the first liberation of American soil in World War II. Always Faithful is the story of the dogs that fought in Guam and across the islands of the Pacific, a celebration of the four-legged soldiers that Putney both commanded and followed. It is a tale of immense courage, but also of incredible sacrifice. On Guam, as on islands such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese were infamously tenacious, refusing to surrender as long as there was a hole left to crawl into. Rooting out the enemy was an awful, painstaking job. To this task, Putney's dogs were well suited. Used for scouting, attack, carrying messages, detecting mines, and also as guards, the war dogs were so well trained that they could locate nonmetallic mines that had been buried for months deep underground; their hearing was so precise they could detect enemy trip wires by listening to them "sing" in the breeze. Their record in action was perfect. More than 550 patrols on the island of Guam were led by dogs; not one patrol was ambushed. But for this success, the dogs, always out in front, paid a terrible price. Although Putney worked feverishly as veterinarian and C.O. to keep the dogs alive, many were lost. After the war, Putney returned home only to discover that the dogs he had served with were being put to sleep. These dogs were ex-household pets, recruited from civilians with the promise that they would someday be returned. Outraged, Putney fought for the dogs' right to go home. He won, and headed the overwhelmingly successful program to "detrain" the dogs so they could return to their families. Alas, quickly learned, the lesson was quickly forgotten. The dogs of Korea and Vietnam did not come home. Then, in the final days of his administration, President Clinton signed into law a bill that allows military handlers to bring home the dogs with which they work. Once again, Putney was at the front of the charge. For anyone who has ever read Old Yeller, or the books of Jack London, here is a real-life story, never before told, that beats any fiction. At once wistful tribute and stirring adventure, Always Faithful describes what may be the greatest man-dog effort of all time. It will both astound and move you.

Download or read book The Twins Platoon written by Christy W. Sauro and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the evening of June 28, 1967, 150 young Americans were sworn into the Marine Corps as part of the pre-game ceremonies of a Minnesota Twins baseball game. Before the end of the fourth inning these volunteers were being hustled on to buses, on their way to boot camp. It was a journey that would take them from a boyhood of baseball in the American heartland to manhood on the killing fields of Vietnam. Christy Sauro was one of the Twins Platoon, and in this book he tells what it was like-from the pomp and ceremony of induction to the all-too-real initiation by fire that would shortly follow: in mere months, he and most of the Twins Platoon were on the ground in Vietnam and promptly faced with some of the toughest fighting of the war, the Siege of Khe Sanh and the Tet Offensive, including the brutal Battle for Hue. From baseball to boot camp to brutal combat, his is a firsthand story of American life being lived at the limits-and changed forever.

Download or read book Semper Fi Vietnam written by Edward F. Murphy and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From their early days in 1965 when the order of the day was to drive the insurgent Viet Cong from the villages around Da Nang to the final, dramatic evacuation of Saigon ten years later, Semper Fi—Vietnam relates the whole gutsy, glorious saga of the Marines in Vietnam in stark, riveting detail. Acclimating to their strange new surroundings occupied the Marines’ first few weeks in South Vietnam. . . . Throughout the day, peasants dressed in pajama-like clothing and sporting conical hats worked the paddies behind the heaving water buffalo. . . . If daytime scenes appeared bucolic, the arrival of sunset quickly changed that perception. Gunfire and explosions erupted at dusk. Marines nervously watched bright tracers cut colorful swaths across the night sky. From distant bamboo thickets, mortar shells flew skyward to crash in the paddies. The Marines were learning that the war in South Vietnam was unlike anything for which they’d been trained.

Download or read book USMC Vietnam Helicopter Association written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Just Cause Marine Operations in Panama 1988 1990 written by Nicholas E. Reynolds and published by Department of the Navy. This book was released on 1996-09-13 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researched and documented by Benis M. Frank. Tells the story of the Marines who served in Panama around the time (1988 to 1990) of Operation Just Cause.

Download or read book Semper Mars written by Ian Douglas and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Year is 2040. The Marines have landed on Mars to guard the unearthed secrets of an ancient and dangerous alien race: Ourselves. Scientists have discovered something astonishing in the subterranean ruins of a sprawling Martian city: startling evidence of an alternative history that threatens to split humanity into opposing factions and plunge the Earth into chaos and war. The USMC -- a branch of a military considered, until just recently, to be obsolete -- has dispatched the Marine Mars Expeditionary Force, a thirty-man weapons platoon, to the Red Planet to protect American civilians and interest with lethal force if necessary. Because great powers are willing to devastate a world in order to keep an ancient secret buried. Because something that was hidden in the Martian dust for half a million years has just been unearthed . . . something that calls into question every belief that forms the delicate foundation of civilization . . . Something inexplicably human.

Download or read book Semper Human The Inheritance Trilogy Book 3 written by Ian Douglas and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final conflict has arrived...

Download or read book Corpsman Up written by Charlie Rose and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a gutsy and honest portrayal of one man's experience as a corpsman in the Vietnam War which is both heart-rending and uplifting.

Download or read book Leading Marines McWp 6 10 Formerly McWp 6 11 written by Us Marine Corps and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine Corps Warfighting Publication MCWP 6-10 (Formerly MCWP 6-11) Leading Marines 2 May 2016 The act of leading Marines is a sacred responsibility and a rewarding experience. This publication describes a leadership philosophy that speaks to who we are as Marines. It is about the relationship between the leader and the led. It is also about the bond between all Marines that is formed in the common forge of selfless service and shared hardships. It's in this forge where Marines are hardened like steel, and the undefinable spirit that forms the character of our Corps is born. It draws from shared experiences, hardships, and challenges in training and combat. Leading Marines is not meant to be read passively; as you read this publication, think about the material. You should reflect on, discuss, and apply the concepts presented in this publication. Furthermore, it is the responsibility of leaders at all levels to mentor and develop the next generation of Marine leaders.

Download or read book We Ll All Die as Marines written by Colonel Jim Bathurst USMC (Retired) and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For seventeen-year-old high school dropout Jim Bathurst, the Marine Corps’s reputation for making men out of boys was something he desperately needed when he enlisted in March of 1958. What began as a four-year hitch lasted nearly thirty-six years and included an interesting assortment of duty stations and assignments as both enlisted and officer. We’ll All Die As Marines narrates a story about a young, free-spirited kid from Dundalk, Maryland, and how the Corps captured his body, mind, and spirit. Slowly, but persistently, the Corps transformed him into someone whose first love would forever be the United States Marine Corps. It documents not only his leadership, service, and training but also regales many tales of his fellow Marines that will have the reader laughing, cheering, and at times crying. In this memoir, Bathurst reveals that for him—a former DI who was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V”, Purple Heart, and a combat commission to second lieutenant—the Corps was not a job, a career, or even a profession; it was—and still is—a way of life.

Download or read book Semper Fi in the Sky written by Gerald Astor and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, one of America’s most popular military historians re-creates, using their own moving and powerful voices, the true stories of the U.S. Marine pilots who flew the Allies to victory in World War II. These riveting accounts recreate conflicts ranging from the Marines’ gallant defense of Wake Island, where Captain Henry “Baron” Elrod destroyed two enemy planes before joining the fight on the ground, earning a posthumous Medal of Honor in the last-ditch attempt to stave off the Japanese, to the Battle of Midway and Guadalcanal. Running the gamut from Second Lieutenant Alvin Jensen’s single-handed destruction of twenty-four grounded Japanese aircraft on Kahili to Lieutenant John W. Leaper’s sawing off a Kamikaze’s tail with his propeller over Okinawa, these thrilling oral histories of the Pacific war’s air battles bring them to life in all their terror and triumph.

Download or read book Semper Fi Three Five written by David Denny and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RETURN NOW TO THOSE THRILLING DAYS OF YESTERYEAR! THE PSYCHEDELIC, SIZZLING SIXTIES! FOR A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF THE ERA. JUST DROP OUT AND DROP IN TO SEE WHAT CONDITION YOUR CONDITION IS IN. SEE THE BURNING BUDDHIST MONKS OF ASIA, THE ASSASSINATIONS OF JFK, RFK, AND MLK. THE FIGHT OVER CIVIL RIGHTS BETWEEN BLACKS, WHITES, AND THE KKK. THE BRITISH INVASION AND THE INFESTATION OF BEATLES IN OUR MUSIC. HIPPIES EVERYWHERE ARE HEADED WEST – CALIFORNIA DREAMING DURING THE ’67 SUMMER OF LOVE. AMERICA TAKES A STAND IN A FAR AWAY LAND – VIETNAM. UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU! BURN YOUR DRAFT CARDS? LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT? NO VIET CONG EVER HURT ME SCREAMS ALI, AS HE GOES OFF TO FIGHT – FOR A FEE. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE! THE HIPPIES CHANT WHILE THEY WRAP THEMSELVES IN THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. THEY HAVEN’T A CLUE AS TO WHAT A NATION MUST DO TO REMAIN FREE. THEIR VERY RIGHT TO PROTEST, MARCH, SIT IN, AND DEMONSTRATE COMES AT A VERY HIGH RATE. THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID BY THE SACRIFICE OF PATRIOTS LIVES AND BLOOD EVER SINCE 1776. REAL PEACE COMES AT A HEAVY COST, LIVES ARE LOST. WAR IS HELL! BOMB HANOI SEARCH AND DESTROY FROM THE DMZ DOWN SOUTH TO SAIGON, UP TO KESANH AND HUE CITY. BATTLE AFTER BATTLE IS WON; THE TROOPS GET THE JOB DONE. THE U.S. HAS KICKED CHARLIE’S NVA ASS, GET SOME! GET SOME! TET ARRIVES AND TO OUR SURPRISE THE PRESS, UNCLE WALTER AND CBS SAY THAT THE WAR CAN’T BE WON! LBJ’S SICK OF IT ALL AND MAKES THE CALL. IT’S LEFT UP TO TRICKY DICK TO PULL THE PLUG AND A ONCE FREE NATION GOES DOWN THE DRAIN. THE VIETNAM WALL SAYS IT ALL – “FREEDOM ISN’T FREE”. REMEMBER, THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IS NEVER IN VAIN! WE CAN ONLY PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THE USA IN IT’S QUEST FOR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. DAVID L. DENNY