2. LCPL Garcia 3. Elbert Hubbard 4. Published in 1977 5. Publisher: Peter pauper press ‚ Inc 6. 32 Pages 7. Price of the book: $7.99 8. (Last page) 9. Initiative‚ Courage and Commitment. 10. I believe that every marine should definitely read this book. This book tells about true commitment and courage is about there is a lot to learn from this book. I agree with all the points that the author gave in his writing and think that this book should remain in the commandant’s
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I thought completing Marine Corps boot camp was my most cherished accomplishment‚ but it merely stood in the shadows of my last deployment’s final work-up. Combat preparation is as stressful as you could imagine‚ and that stress doubles on leadership positions. D. H. Lawrence’s poem sounds like an alarm in my head when things get hard‚ “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself”. You have a choice to make during
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http://www.angloboerwar.com/boer-war. McDonough‚ James R. The Defense of Hill 781: An Allegory of Modern Mechanized Combat. California: Presidio‚ 1993. Swinton‚ Ernest Dunlop. The Defence of Duffer’s Drift. New Jersey: Avery‚ 1986. United States Marine Corps. FMFRP 12-33: The Defense of Duffer’s Drift. http://www.usmc.mil/news/publications/Documents/FMFRP%2012-33%20%20The%20Defense%20of%20Duffer%27s%20Drift.pdf.
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John Basilone John Basilone was the only enlisted Marine in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Basilone‚ the son of Sicilian Napoli immigrants Salvatore Basilone and Dora Bencivenga‚ was born on November 4‚ 1916 in Buffalo‚ New York‚ and was raised in Raritan‚ New Jersey. At age fifteen‚ he completed middle school but did not go on to high school. Enlisting in the Marine Corps in July 1940‚ Basilone was trained at Parris Island in South Carolina. He was stationed at Guantanamo
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and Navy‚ the Marine Corps barred blacks from its war time Women Reserves. In adopting this ban‚ it could cite the expense of building segregated quarters and the fact that enough white applicants were available to maintain the organization at authorized strength. The first African-American to join the Women Reserves‚ Annie E. Graham‚ did not enlist until September 1949‚ four years after Japan’s formal surrender. In time‚ regulations were relaxed so that the wives of enlisted Marines were allowed
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of Valor is the story of an ordinary young American‚ Marine Corporal Jason Dunham‚ who was mortally‚ wounded shielding his fellow Marines from a grenade. Dunham grew up in a working-class family in a small town in upstate New York. An indifferent student but an outstanding athlete‚ Dunham joined the Marine Corps right out of high school. The Marines fit him well‚ and he rose to the rank of Corporal by the time his unit -- 3rd Battalion‚ 7th Marine Regiment -- was alerted for deployment to Iraq in late
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keeping both of us afloat. “You weak bitch‚ get the fuck out of my pool”. As those words echoed through the empty olympic sized pool room I was let go‚ left to reach the side of the deep end under my own power. Already a month and a half in Marine Corps boot camp I was use to the abuse. This was different‚ I could handle all the physical punishment on the land. The countless push ups‚ and being forced to roll around in sand pits at 5 am before breakfast. Being in the best shape of my life at the
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inspiring true story on cruelty of the war in Vietnam from his perspective. From the time he makes his decision to join the Marines in the beginning of the book all the way to making it to Vietnam as a Marine Scout Sniper. Among the Joseph T. Ward‚ Dave Young‚ Mike O’Grady‚ and Nick Herrera (whom all since childhood have been friends with Joseph T. Ward and decided to join the Marines with him) share six purple hearts. This novel shows a particular side of one of America’s most intense wars from a point
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This tactical communication was as code system utilized by the Marine Corps that incorporated the use of the Native American Navajo language. At the initial phases of Second World War‚ Japanese cryptographers had been able to intercept radio communications and had obtained vital US Armed Forces information. In the battle
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The movie is about two marines indicted for the murder of a fellow marine in their platoon. Private First Class (PFC) William Santiago died because of lactic acidosis triggered by the assault inflicted by Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private Lowden Downey. This assault was the result of a direct order by the platoon commander Lieutenant Kendrick. The order was to train Santiago to respect the Code of the Marines and the chain of command. Private Santiago had broken this chain and written directly
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