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How The Few Became The Proud
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Author : Heather Venable
language : en
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2019-11-15
How The Few Became The Proud written by Heather Venable and has been published by Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-15 with History categories.
For more than half of its existence, members of the Marine Corps largely self-identified as soldiers. It did not yet mean something distinct to be a Marine, either to themselves or to the public at large. As neither a land-based organization like the Army nor an entirely sea-based one like the Navy, the Corps' missions overlapped with both institutions. This work argues that the Marine Corps could not and would not settle on a mission, and therefore it turned to an image to ensure its institutional survival. The process by which a maligned group of nineteenth-century naval policemen began to consider themselves to be elite warriors benefited from the active engagement of Marine officers with the Corps' historical record as justification for its very being. Rather than look forward and actively seek out a mission that could secure their existence, late nineteenth-century Marines looked backward and embraced the past. They began to justify their existence by invoking their institutional traditions, their many martial engagements, and their claim to be the nation's oldest and proudest military institution. This led them to celebrate themselves as superior to soldiers and sailors. Although there are countless works on this hallowed fighting force, How the Few Became the Proud is the first to explore how the Marine Corps crafted such powerful myths.
One Of The Few The Proud The Marines
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Author : Thomas Hitchcock
language : en
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Release Date : 2010
One Of The Few The Proud The Marines written by Thomas Hitchcock and has been published by Dorrance Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Hitchcock, Thomas categories.
The Few The Proud
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Author : Sara Sheldon
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-11-30
The Few The Proud written by Sara Sheldon and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-30 with History categories.
On a dark night in February 2005, Sara Sheldon arrived at Camp Fallujah, outside the dangerous ancient city for which it was named. Armed only with a camera, a laptop, and notepads, she was a spectator to the war who secured permission to embed with the 1st MEF and observe and interview Marines who happened to be women then posted at Camp Fallujah. In the time she spent there, Sheldon interviewed women who held ranks from corporal to colonel to gain a broad and varied perspective of the experiences representative of female Marines throughout Iraq. She reveals much about her subjects: the preconceived notions they possessed when they enlisted in the Corps, how the experience of serving in Iraq changed them, and what they ultimately took home from the battlefield. Americans are aware that women are actively serving in the armed forces, but few understand what exactly is expected of women in the military, the duties they perform, and the limitations and restrictions placed on them, especially in a combat zone. Sheldon reveals much about her subjects. In some ways, they mirrored their male counterparts. Some enlisted only for four years to receive educational benefits or for an opportunity to escape their home environment. Others made the Corps their career, serving as commissioned officers. Still others were recalled to active duty to serve with their representative Guard units. Sheldon uncovers their stories: the preconceived notions they possessed when they enlisted in the Corps, how the experience of serving in Iraq has changed them, and what they ultimately took home from the battlefield. She also sheds light on the day-to-day grind all American service personnel face in Iraq. Yet, she never loses her main focus. Far removed from the Green Zone, Sheldon and her subjects spent their days in harm's way, but she avoids a running commentary on policy. Instead, she remains committed to examining how women tasked with field duties and various missions at the lower levels of command are impacted by their experiences.
The Few And The Proud Marine Corps Drill Instructors In Their Own Words
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Author : Larry Smith
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2007-05-17
The Few And The Proud Marine Corps Drill Instructors In Their Own Words written by Larry Smith and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-17 with History categories.
The New York Times bestseller: From the sands of Iwo Jima to the deserts of Iraq, the riveting, real-life stories of training young marines. Beginning with interviews with the last surviving drill instructors of World War II, this powerful oral history offers the voices of veterans from every major war of the last sixty years, concluding with accounts of what it takes to train marines for Iraq today. The Few and the Proud contains revelatory details about the vicious training techniques used to prepare marines for the great battles against Japan in the Pacific; the Ribbon Creek training disaster of the 1950s; and legendary stories by the likes of Iwo Jima veteran "Iron" Mike Mervosh and R. Lee Ermey, the infamous drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket. With death-defying accounts relayed from the MCRD in San Diego and the legendary Parris Island, The Few and the Proud is both a personal history of the 230-year-old U.S. Marine Corps and a repository of heroism, leadership, and determination in the toughest division of the United States military.
The Few The Proud The Undead
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Author : Peter Sankey
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-04-17
The Few The Proud The Undead written by Peter Sankey and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-17 with Fiction categories.
Sergeant J. Torrence had some of the military's best under his command. His platoon was nothing but tough, mean-looking badasses, like The Wild Bunch in camouflage... but no amount of training could have prepared them for this mission! After they're sent deep into enemy territory to recover a crashed spy satellite, things take a turn for the horrific when one of them is savagely attacked by a strange, vicious creature. They're forced to turn their weapons on each other, as one by one they're transformed into hideous, indestructible, ravenous blood-thirsty monsters!
Proud To Be A Marine
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Author : C. Brian Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Release Date : 2017-05-02
Proud To Be A Marine written by C. Brian Kelly and has been published by Sourcebooks, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-02 with History categories.
Behind one of the most celebrated military branches in America are the often little-known actions of its brave warriors. Proud to be a Marine amplifies the human voices amidst the cannon blasts and gun fire — from the American Revolution to modern day — and provides fresh insight that will inspire and excite those interested in the proud legacy of the Marines . . . This one of a kind collection includes: • Union Corporal John Mackie's historic rallying cry as he earned the first ever Medal of Honor for a Marine • The daring actions of Captain Bill Hawkins, the first Marine to step foot on Guadalcanal • ROTC Cadet Vernice Armour's inspiring rise from police officer to first African-American female combat pilot in the history of the United States Marines From the shores of Tripoli to the careful action against deadly IEDs in the Middle East, the anecdotal back stories of these upstanding Marines are proof they have always been ready, and always the "First to Fight."
One Bullet Away
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Author : Nathaniel Fick
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2006
One Bullet Away written by Nathaniel Fick and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An ex-Marine captain shares his story of fighting in a recon battalion in both Afghanistan and Iraq, beginning with his brutal training on Quantico Island and following his progress through various training sessions and, ultimately, conflict in the deadliest conflicts since the Vietnam War.
The Proud Bastards
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Author : E. Michael Helms
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004-02-20
The Proud Bastards written by E. Michael Helms and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-20 with History categories.
A riveting memoir of one marine rifleman's journey from Parris Island through the hell of Vietnam and the Tet Offensive with the Second Battalion, Fourth Marines. In 1967, a young E. Michael Helms boarded a bus to the legendary grounds of Parris Island, where mere boys were forged into hardened Marines—and sent to the jungles of Vietnam. It was the first stop on a journey that would forever change him—and by its end, he would be awarded the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Citation, and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. From the brutality and endurance-straining ordeals of boot camp to the endless horror of combat, Helms paints a vivid, unflinchingly realistic depiction of the lives of Marines in training and under fire. As powerful and compelling a battlefield memoir as any ever written, Helms's “grunt's-eye” view of the Vietnam War, the men who fought it, and the mindless chaos that surrounded it, is truly a modern military classic.
The Very Few The Proud
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Author : Nancy P Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-12
The Very Few The Proud written by Nancy P Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12 with categories.
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Author : Sara A. Sheldon
language : en
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The Few The Proud written by Sara A. Sheldon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Women soldiers categories.