Download or read book Letters of a Combat Marine written by David Tucker Brown and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters of a Combat Marine written by David Tucker Brown Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters of a Combat Marine written by David Tucker Brown and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters to Louise written by Russell J Jewett and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-07 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must read for anyone who was in Vietnam or has a loved one deployed to a combat area. An engaging story of a young life, a challenging tale of life in the military service during the Vietnam war, and a heartwarming love affair is all set to captivate anyone’s heart. Letters to Louise is an autobiography about a naive young man coming from a very stable and protected environment enlisting in the navy. As a hospital corpsman, he became a combat medic with the US Marines. This memoir recounts his life in the military service where he experienced living, eating, fighting and sleeping in the mud and jungles of South Vietnam. But more than that, it also chronicles the memories of events and includes the actual text of letters written over a period of four years to his girlfriend who was still back home in high school while he was stationed in the United States, Japan, and Vietnam. Through Letters to Louise, readers will find an interesting journey of life and love through the story of the author. They will find this book entertaining and inspiring while they engross themselves into the pages filled with thrills, excitement, passion, dreams, and love.
Download or read book War and Letters written by Goff Joyner and published by Goff Joyner. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War & Love Letters is a book that gives an insight into the life of the author and those surrounding him for the duration of the war. It shows the history of events from the presective of an individual who experienced it. It shows how the young men of that era adjusted to the duties that they were called upon to perform. Without knowing what was happening to them the gentle youths of America were transformed by there training into tough minded warriors. The importance of the written word becomes most obvious. This is especially so of Letter of Love from family, sweethearts or wife's. The author has shared quotations from letters written from Korea that would have been to private to publish years ago. Beside revealing enter feelings, the letters recall details of combat that would have been censored in World War II. There are many battles described as they occurred. The author participanted in live combat with the American Marines, the Koren Marines, the ROK army and the United States Navy. It is hoped that the increased awareness of the details of war by the American public will help find a cure for this dreadful disease called "war."
Download or read book From Boots to Iwo Jima written by Sidney L. Landau and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From Boots to Iwo Jima, A Marine Corpsman's Story in Letters to his Wife 1943-1945", by Sidney L. Landau, describes vividly and in great detail daily life in boot camp and in the battle zones of Guam and Iwo Jima. The letters, discovered after more than half a century, are sometimes humorous, sometimes sad, but always loving. They show the depth of feeling of a man yearning to see his wife and son again, and the comaraderie of fellow "mates" from all walks of life, living and working together. The letters describe visits to native villages and contain sketches and photographs from Guam and Iwo Jima. Included also are pictures of souvenirs and copies of official documents. "Pays homage to those who put their civilian lives on hold and risked their actual lives in combat - none more valiantly than the corpsmen who rescued and treated the wounded on the battlefield. A fascinating account." - George Rathmell, Literary Historian and Author of A Passport to Hell: The Mystery of Richard Realf "A rarity in the field of military memoirs, successfully combining family interest with combat experiences, creating a unified chronicle." - Oscar Kraines, Military Historian and Retired Professor of Constitutional Law "A truly great love story, interspersed with vivid descriptions of life in the Marines, in and out of battle. I felt as if I were there too, experiencing all of the writer's emotions. And with all, the author's sense of humor and eye for detail shine through brilliantly." - Lucille Small Alter, Former New York City Radio Commentator "A story told in a most unique fashion from letters mailed home. It brought back many shared memories, both good and bad, of that period of our lives." - Robert A. Erion, Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class, 3rd battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division 1944-45
Download or read book Voices from the Front written by Frank Schaeffer and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely collection of writings and letters from soldiers on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan provides a personal inside glimpse of the war and an emotional and human portrait of life in the military, from dangerous patrols to field hospitals to homecoming.
Download or read book Letters to Pat written by Bill Eshelman (Usmc Ret) and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters to Pat chronicles the day by day events of Bill Eshelman, a young Marine Captain writing home to his wife.Hoping to command a U.S. infantry company in combat, Eshelman is instead ordered to advisory duty with a Vietnamese Marine battalion. The ensuing months present new challenges: dealing with US headquarters, the Vietnamese way of doing things and contact with the enemy. Military history buffs will relate to the major battles described. Letters to Pat offers details in what the author believed was necessary to be a successful military advisor, in particular his relationship with his Vietnamese counterparts. "I make no attempt to buy my way into their friendship other than to accept them for who they are, eat their food, live with them, and help with advice when they ask for it . . . and when they need US support, give them everything I can get!"
Download or read book War Love Letters written by Goff Joyner and published by Goff Joyner. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War & Love Letters is a book that gives an insight into the life of the author and those surrounding him for the duration of the war. It shows the history of events from the presective of an individual who experienced it. It shows how the young men of that era adjusted to the duties that they were called upon to perform. Without knowing what was happening to them the gentle youths of America were transformed by there training into tough minded warriors. The importance of the written word becomes most obvious. This is especially so of Letter of Love from family, sweethearts or wife's. The author has shared quotations from letters written from Korea that would have been to private to publish years ago. Beside revealing enter feelings, the letters recall details of combat that would have been censored in World War II. There are many battles described as they occurred. The author participanted in live combat with the American Marines, the Koren Marines, the ROK army and the United States Navy. It is hoped that the increased awareness of the details of war by the American public will help find a cure for this dreadful disease called "war."
Download or read book Letters From A Marine written by Avis Turner and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avis Turner was married to her husband, Elbert Turner, for fifty-six years. She knew she had the letters she transcribed in this book when she went through her home place and stored everything in our basement. Just last spring my book was published about my husband and his battle with Alzheimer's disease. Avis found these letters again in December 2018. She was fascinated with his telling about the two years in the Marines. He was drafted in 1950, called a year later. She knew Elbert Turner from church when we were growing up, but got reacquainted at a picnic in 1954, "orchestrated" by his mother and my aunt. Avis wrote a book about Elbert's struggle with Alzheimer's to help others, caregivers, relatives, etc. These letters will tell who her husband really was.
Download or read book Stained with the Mud of Khe Sanh written by Rodger Jacobs and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes his memoir: "It's based on wartime letters. Upon arriving at the United States Marine Corps Boot Camp one of the first things my drill instructors told me to do was to write at least two letters home a week. I did what they told me. My father, a World War II combat veteran, kept my letters, all 146 of them (and the 250 images I sent home). I continued to write all through my combat tour in Vietnam and my hospital stay in Japan recovering from wounds. I have selected and edited the most meaningful correspondence and added a narrative thread so I could tell the full story of my military experience as a high school kid from rural Ohio transformed into a Marine. The letters describe my further transformation into a war fighting Marine grunt in combat and finally will take you through my metamorphosis into a war-altered ex-Marine but a Marine still."
Download or read book Lines of Battle written by Annette Tapert and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-11-21 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in chronological order, this collection of some 100 letters from soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines offers a very personal view of World War II and a sense of immediacy that is remarkable. The correspondence ranges from a GI's final message, written from Bataan, to a private's advice to his unexpectedly drafted father; from a general's letter of condolence to journalist Ernie Pyle's widow to a marine's revelation to his mother that he lost a leg in battle; from an airman's description of the mercy-killing of a comrade trapped in a burning plane to a soldier's reaction to the news of the A-bombings. Several letters are by well-known figures (William Halsey, George Patton, John Kennedy, among them), but these obviously were included for the eloquence of emotion expressed rather than because of the writer's renown.
Download or read book Letters to Carson written by Jon Olbrych and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters to Carson was written by a Marine Corps Veteran who honorably served for 8 years. 10 years later, after multiple combat tours in Iraq, brushes with death and an uncertain future... He chose to serve his community as a police officer and live a normal life. After getting married, while completing his master’s degree, the next chapter began to write itself. It was time to become a dad! The news hits people in different ways. For him, he began to write letters to the son he would hopefully someday meet. In that process he started reflecting on his life and the journey that brought him to this incredible milestone. Still struggling with PTSD, flashbacks and finding his purpose in life, he discovered the journal he kept while on tour in Fallujah, Iraq. The journal lay silent, dusty and at the bottom of his seabag as if he had just got home from war. This was the first time he read it cover to cover. It was at that moment he realized he needed to share his story with the one person who could pass it along...Carson! This book is for anyone who is struggling to find their purpose. Letters to Carson was written to share intimate feelings and life lessons from a soon to be dad with his unborn son. Within the entries this Veteran father reflects on the struggles and hardship of war. While transcribing his faded journal he relives both the ugly side and the brotherhood of fighting in combat. Letters to Carson a twisted whirlwind of thoughts, ideas, predications and epiphanies shared in a way that a young adult would understand. The final entries reveal something truly incredible that anyone would be left wanting to give their loved ones a hug!
Download or read book War is a Racket written by Smedley Butler and published by Jovian Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book, by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler frankly discusses how business interests commercially benefit (including war profiteering) from warfare. He had been appointed commanding officer of the Gendarmerie during the United States occupation of Haiti, which lasted from 1915 to 1934.
Download or read book Letters to Pat written by Bill Eshelman (Usmc Ret) and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters to Pat chronicles the day by day events of Bill Eshelman, a young Marine Captain writing home to his wife. Hoping to command a U.S. infantry company in combat, Eshelman is instead ordered to advisory duty with a Vietnamese Marine battalion. The ensuing months present new challenges: dealing with US headquarters, the Vietnamese way of doing things and contact with the enemy. Military history buffs will relate to the major battles described. Letters to Pat offers details in what the author believed was necessary to be a successful military advisor, in particular his relationship with his Vietnamese counterparts. "I make no attempt to buy my way into their friendship other than to accept them for who they are, eat their food, live with them, and help with advice when they ask for it . . . and when they need US support, give them everything I can get!"
Download or read book Letters from Tommy J written by Thomas James Holtzclaw and published by Walker Press (GA). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Letters from Vietnam written by Bill Adler and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “No heroes, everyone did their part, and everyone was scared to death.” They are the words of soldier Mark W. Harms in 1968, summing up his combat experience during the Vietnam War. His stunning letter home is just one of hundreds featured in this unforgettable collection, Letters from Vietnam. In these affecting pages are the unadorned voices of men and women who fought–and, in some cases, fell–in America’s most controversial war. They bring new insights and imagery to a conflict that still haunts our hearts, consciences, and the conduct of our foreign policy. Here are the early days of the fight, when adopting a kitten, finding gold in a stream, or helping a local woman give birth were moments of beauty amid the brutality . . . shattering first-person accounts of firefights, ambushes, and bombings (“I know I will never be the same Joe.”–Marine Joe Pais) . . . and thoughtful, pained reflections on the purpose and progress of the entire Southeastern Asian cause (“All these lies about how we’re winning and what a great job we’re doing . . . It’s just not the same as WWII or the Korean War.” –Lt. John S. Taylor.) Here, too, are letters as vivid as scenes from a film–Brenda Rodgers’s description of her wedding to a soldier on the steps of Saigon City Hall . . . Airman First Class Frank Pilson’s recollection of President Johnson’s ceremonial dinner with the troops (“He looks tired and worn out–his is not an easy job”) . . . and, perhaps most poignant, Emil Spadafora’s beseeching of his mother to help him adopt an orphan who is a village’s only survivor (“This boy has nothing, and his future holds nothing for him over here.”) From fervent patriotism to awakening opposition, Letters from Vietnam captures the unmistakable echoes of this earlier era, as well as timeless expressions of hope, horror, fear, and faith.
