Download or read book Journey Of A Young Navy Corpsman written by Eliz Honegger and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States (with the aid of the South Vietnamese) attempting to prevent the spread of communism. This book is a true personal story of a young Navy corpsman's tour-of-duty with the 1st Marine Division's elite 1st Force Reconnaissance Company in Vietnam during the years of 1967-1968.
Download or read book Rub Up written by Mitchell J. Rycus and published by Mitchell Rycus. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Detroit, Mike Rabin continually hopes for a better future. Wanting to be a free spirit, Mike drops out of Cass Tech's art program in the eleventh grade. But in his neighborhood, he is more likely to end up as a street hustler instead of something more prestigious, a fact that makes him feel pessimistic on more than one occasion. Strongly influenced by his family roots, Mike also feels burdened with wartime angst. During World War II, he wasn't old enough to join the service and avenge the Jewish people, not to mention participate in one of the biggest events of his generation. But when the Korean War breaks out, eighteen-year-old Mike eagerly enlists in the U.S. Navy and is sent to Hospital Corps School. Even though he frequently volunteers to be a fleet marine corpsman, Mike spends the entire Korean War never seeing combat. But Mike's cultural roots and his relationships with the people he meets in the navy influence his attitude-an attitude that pushes him toward hope and away from the cynical pessimism of his youth. Rub Up: Musings of a Navy Corpsman is one sailor's inspiring journey of self-discovery.
Download or read book A Corpsman s Legacy Continues written by Stephanie Caisse and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephanie continues her journey, picking right up where "A Corpsman's Legacy" left off in this fascinating sequel. Having learned that her birth father, Gary Norman Young, was killed in the Vietnam War before she was born, she unraveled the mystery of her father's courage, bravery and finally his death as a Navy Corpsman assigned to the world-famous Marine Corps Purple Fox helicopter squadron. Now, as she uncovers even more information about her father and his crewmembers, Stephanie continues to help Vietnam veterans open up and realize that through all the heartache, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Stephanie's journey also follows the Foxes as a new generation of Marines goes to war, and encounters a stunning twist of fate that ties the Vietnam and Iraq wars together like never before. "A Corpsman's Legacy Continues" chronicles the tremendous kindness and courage of our nation's veterans as they talk openly about a time that shaped their lives forever. And woven throughout the many stories is the power of one man's legacy to heal the wounds of war.
Download or read book My Life in Service written by Dean Serz and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a not so good, bullied, student who joins the Navy and finds a home and a new life, during a troubled time in American History. It begins in grade school where the boy is forced to fight and run for his survival, from bigger, older students and class mates. The boys troubles continues when he is placed in special education classes and not allowed to take part in school sports. It follows the boy into the Navy and his career that follows. From boot camp to “A” school, the hospitals, Fleet Marine Force training then Vietnam. His duty stations and assignments for the next 29 years and beyond. There are funny, sad and spiritual events. From a lost human being to a productive citizen, who has seen more than anyone should have had to.
Download or read book A Corpsman s Story written by Victor L. Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vic Edwards, an Ohio farm boy and college drop-out, was seven years older than the average Marine in Vietnam. About to be drafted, he joined the Navy, went to Hospital Corps School, and was later assigned to the Marine Corps. Destination Vietnam. Though the cause seemed noble at the time, he was hardly prepared for the challenges that lay ahead. Leaving the nurturing support of family and community, he would face physical, moral, and spiritual challenges on a scale never before experienced. Where there are soldiers, vices follow. Confronted with such temptations in seemingly secure areas, he was confronted with trepidation to do as taught and trained, or to give up and give in to the new situation. His spirit reminded him to be faithful to his family and community and to the creed of the corps, "Simper Fidelis," always faithful to God, country, and the Marine Corps. Vic Edwards takes you with him through the crucible of the Vietnam War as he faces the challenges of battle, the mental and emotional roller coaster of grief and loss, and the spiritual struggles with God's claim on his life. He shares with you the humor and pathos of young men sent to a foreign land to bring stability and peace while his own country is rocked with riot and turmoil." --page [4] of cover
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 For Self and Country written by Estate of Rick Eilert and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam was often called a “teenager’s war.” The average age was 19.2, so in the main, the War was fought by 17, 18, 19 and 20 year olds barely out of high school and often without the income, intelligence, inclination, or focus to attend college. For everyone, the draft loomed large in our futures, so you could choose your branch of service or let the draft decide for you. This was the 60’s. Fresh from sock hops and college freshman mixers, young men found themselves in a fight for their lives, from the Delta to the DMZ, on animal trails, numbered hills and in remote jungle outposts. Teenagers witnessed the unspeakable carnage of war while trying to understand the collision of emotions and insult to the senses that is combat. Thousands died there and many thousands more were wounded and maimed. So the hell of combat was replaced by the painful recovery in a military hospital. For me and thousands of others it was Great Lakes Naval Hospital at Great Lakes, Illinois. For Self and Country follows my many months of recovery along with the stories of the brave young men who surrounded me and sustained me with friendship, uncommon humor, and courage. This is a story of family, young love, and the magnificent care administered by the Navy doctors, nurses and revered Corpsmen. Great Lakes was a place of great pain but also recovery, not just from the physical damage we sustained but also the unseen emotional injuries everyone endured but rarely talked about. We helped each other in our recovery by talking to each other about our wartime experiences and how we would need to cope outside the insulated and protected hospital. Most of us had no expectation of surviving Vietnam; now that we had we were unsure what place we would have in civilian life.
Download or read book A Corpsman s Legacy written by Stephanie Hanson Caisse and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopted as a baby, Stephanie began a search for her biological parents without a clue as to where this journey would lead. Early on she discovered her birth father, Gary Norman Young, was killed in the Vietnam War before she was even born. Locating veterans from her father's world revealed his duties as a Navy Corpsman assigned to the Marine Corps as a helicopter crewmember. As the story unravels, the mystery of her father's courage, bravery and finally his death, brings Stephanie in contact with thousands of Marines and their families, including those who died in the helicopter crash with her father. Her journey, itself, becomes a legacy that offers hope and healing to those touched by the tragedies of war while honoring the remarkable relationship that exists between the Marines and their Navy Corpsmen.Finally, with the help of veterans, the Marine Corps Commandant and a United State Senator, Stephanie obtains the medals and honors her father earned for his sacrifice and service – her tribute to the father she never knew.
Download or read book Doc written by Hugh Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh C. Sullivan, Jr., Captain, United States Navy (Ret) was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on 4 November 1942. His military service began in February 1961 when he enlisted in the South Carolina National Guard. His active naval service began in June 1961 and he served sixteen years enlisted service. Hugh is a graduate of George Washington University where he received a BS degree in Hospital Administration, Pepperdine University where he received a Master of Arts Degree in Human Resources Management, and the Armed Forces Staff College. His awards include twenty-two Campaigns and Service Ribbons and Medals, and the Defense Superior Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with four Gold Stars), Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Enlisted Good Conduct Medal (with three Gold Stars) and the Combat Action Ribbon. Captain Sullivan was the 1998 recipient of AMSCON (Association of Medical Service Corps Officers of the Navy) Captain Clarence Gibbs Navy Annual Leadership Award. He was the first Plans, Operations and Medical Intelligence Officer (POMI) to receive this award. Hugh is married to the former Wanda Perdue. They have three daughters and three grandsons, and currently reside in Tampa, Florida.
Download or read book Turnover Files written by Nana Bonsu and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Turnover Files is a book documenting a Sailor's experience from humble beginnings. It is a raw and insightful view from a young man's perspective after he decides to enlist in the United States Navy. Raw and uncut, Nana Bonsu, shares his full experience and his thoughts on some his naval tours and leadership assignments. He even offers a few insights and lessons learned from his mistakes and observations. Follow his challenges, adventures, and perseverance as he eventually grows into a leader and makes an impact in the Navy. Furthermore, as reader, embrace yourself for a journey. Nana's career has not been all glamour and glory. This book is intended to share a different Navy perspective other than what others are used to reading in books about Navy Admirals and Navy Seal leaders. This book has no shooting sprees and blood wrenching stories. Rather, the author seeks to explore the everyday life and challenges of regular Sailors living day to day trying to better themselves personally and professionally. If you know, you know. Thank you for purchasing the book.
Download or read book God Makes Angels and Navy Corpsmen written by Joseph Barna and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was knocked down by a shell. As I found myself laying on my back, the half-full flamethrower tank pinning me to the ground, a North Korean soldier came at me with his bayonet. In his quilted suit, he seemed to come out of nowhere. I can still see his face and smell the garlic on his breath. As he lunged at me, I was able to turn, but he stabbed my upper left arm with his bayonet. I had a double-barrel shotgun taped on the arm of my flamethrower and gave him both barrels. I think I blew him in half. The battle kept going on around me. Weapons fire was all around me, and I heard other boys being hit and falling. I laid there feeling weak as blood from my deep wound seeped out on the Korean dirt. I must have been ready to blackout when I heard a familiar voice say, “Joe, if I don’t close up that wound, you’ll die.” (Paragraph italicized.) From growing up in a small Pennsylvania town, through Marine Corps boot camp and training, and finally, remembering and coping with buried memories decades later, Korean War combat veteran Joseph Barna recounts his life events that will put a tear in your eye and a smile on your face.
Download or read book A Sailor s Journey written by Raymond J Perrotti and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-01-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966, most young men graduating high school in America only saw three options: go to college, wait to be drafted, or enlist. Ray chose enlistment, and for the next three years, embarked on the adventure of a lifetime around the world on a Navy Destroyer. Read firsthand accounts of working with NASA on Apollo capsule retrieval and participating in Naval rituals like crossing the Equator. Lose yourself in memories that have delighted friends and family for decades, now collected in this personal and honest look backward. In A Sailor's Journey, Ray Perrotti shares genuine, personal stories about Navy life during Vietnam. This memoir captures the good, the bad, and the hustle of a not-so-typical enlisted man, just trying to get through his commitment to serve.
Download or read book Leaving Home II written by Bud Hunton and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving home II is the story of a 17-year-old boy from a small town in Ohio. His journey began in 1955 when he dropped out of high school and enlisted in the Navy with his parents' signature. Bud met four draftees from Cleveland, Ohio while he was training as a medical corpsman at the Great lakes Naval Training Center. These four college drop outs would "adopt" Bud as a younger brother and get him started on a more promising career path. Bud's travels would take him to various countries and cultures before his retirement from the Navy in 1975. Leaving Home II will be Buds ninth publication. His final book will be his autobiography titled "Looking Back at Me" and will include his most unusual and interesting experiences such as working with the C.I.A, and F.B.I. while on active duty in the Navy and other occurrences while director of radiology at Grandview Hospital, in Dayton, Ohio.
Download or read book Transformed written by Remi Adeleke and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would it take for one young Black man not only to rise above statistics but also become a Navy SEAL, actor, entrepreneur, writer, and successful husband and father? In Transformed, Remi Adeleke takes you back to stories from his childhood, from living as Nigerian royalty to losing his father early in life and being stripped financially of everything by the Nigerian government. Following his father’s death, he and his mother and brother relocated permanently to the Bronx where his single mother struggled to provide for the family. Statistics tell us that African American males who grow up in a single-parent household are nine times more likely to drop out of high school and twenty times more likely to end up in prison than any other demographic. While it would have been easy to believe that he could never beat those odds, Remi Adeleke refused to fall victim to that premise. Sharing his incredible journey through the struggles of his life, Remi doesn’t shy away from his illegal activities as a young man that threatened to derail his future as a Navy SEAL. He shares: How perseverance transformed his life despite all odds How taking ownership of his mistakes and shortcomings led him to success His hard-earned wisdom gained over years of struggle Belief that the adversities, trials, and tribulations he went through were specific moves by God At every turn, including throughout his naval career, Adeleke found a way to overcome the odds, even when it didn’t make sense. Remi Adeleke’s journey of following God’s voice, rising above statistics, and experiencing true personal transformation will inspire and move you.
Download or read book Short Stories of a Navy Hospital Corpsman written by C. Brian Madden and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navy Corpsmen serve on the ground with the United States Marine Corps, in both ground, air, sea and Reconnaissance groups. We serve on board Submarines, deep under the ocean, in Naval Hospitals across the world and even with the elite Navy SEALS. We are almost everywhere.
Download or read book My Journey to the Ends of the Earth written by Ivan N. Raley and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The old man always sat in front of the five-and-dime, begging nickels, dimes & quarters from those who passed his way. The folks who saw him weren’t sure how he got there most mornings because he didn’t seem to have a soul who cared. Saturday was the day the boy got to come downtown with a few friends and watch a black & white movie at the movie house on Main Street in Jackson, TN The old man was ridiculed by most of the kids because he was so pitiful. “Hey Boy” the old man yelled on that first Saturday encounter. It scared the boy half to death. Because he knew the old man was talking to him. Ivan Raley passed through small towns in Tennessee, South Carolina and the mission fields of Venezuela, Mexico, Belize and Africa on his journey to the ends of the earth. Ivan says he is forever on his way to the ends of the earth and his stories simply reflect that journey. The story of how the old man picked Ivan out of a crowd is just one of hundreds that have unfolded on his journey; but perhaps none is more powerful, especially the way he tells it. When you are able to communicate a story as powerfully as “the boy” can, people like me wonder how in the world he does it. The preacher boy is now Dr. Ivan N. Raley. On his way to the ends of the earth there have been several stints of overseas missionary duty to some of the poorest people on the face of the earth, and for the last 65 years he has been able to do the job he loves best: pastor a church. The stories are warmly & wonderfully woven into the sermons he shares. 1 Read more about the old man and what he wanted from the boy; and many more stories from Dr. Raley on his journey to the ends of the earth. 1 excerpt taken from Bob Hurley article in the Greenville Sun, October, 1997.
Download or read book The Life of a Navy Corpsman to Marine Corpsman to Medical Doctor and Beyond written by Frank Falgout and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep your dream! From small town boy, to warrior, to Doctor.
