Usmc: 64 books
One Tough Marine
The Autobiography of First Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen, USMC
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
“Searing . . . An inspiring story.”—Publishers Weekly
“This is the . . . powerfully told story of an exceptionally determined human being.”—Booklist
On September 21, 1962, U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen’s life changed forever . . .
During a...
Noble Warrior
The Story of Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret.), Medal of Honor
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
New addition to the "Commandant of theMarine Reading List, 2011"
Major General James E. Livingston received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role as an infantry company commander at Dai Do, Vietnam, during a three-day grinding battle of attrition in which the 2nd Battalion,...
by Major James B. Wellons USMC
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This work comprises an effort to answer the question of how an airman can be qualified to be a Joint Force Commander, using the biographical example of General Roy S. Geiger, USMC. Geiger was the fifth designated Marine Aviator, earning his wings in June of 1917. He then served as a squadron commander...
Out of the Depths
An Unforgettable WWII Story of Survival, Courage, and the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
The Inspiring Story of a World War II Hero's Miraculous Survival at Sea
July 30, 1945--The USS Indianapolis and its 1,196-man crew is making its way toward a small island in the South Pacific. The ship is sailing unescorted, assured by headquarters the waters are safe. It is midnight, and Marine...
Shooting Ghosts
A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
**"A majestic book." --Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score
A unique joint memoir by a U.S. Marine and a conflict photographer whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and souls
"The dueling-piano spirit of SHOOTING GHOSTS...
by Mark Greaney, LtCol H. Ripley Rawlings, IV
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
A Russian military strike against Europe could change the balance of power in the West. A stunningly realistic view of modern warfare from a battlefield commander and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man.
The Russian bear has awakened. Their tanks race across Poland crushing...
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by Lynn Montross, Captain Nicholas A. Canzona USMC
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes over 50 photos and 25 maps.
THIS IS THE second volume of a series dealing with United States Marine Operations in Korea during the period 2 August 1950 to 27 July 1953. Volume II presents in detail the operations of the 1st Marine Division and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing as a part...
by Captain Steven T. Sunderman USMC
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Bien-Hoa Air Base, Republic of South Viet-Nam, fall of 1972. Marine Air Group 12, composed of two Marine fixed-wing, jet attack aircraft squadrons are flying, the A-4 Skyhawk, a light, extremely fast and maneuverable attack dive bomber, in support of South Vietnamese ground troops around the Saigon tactical...
The Lions of Iwo Jima
The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps History
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
"In 1945 my father, John Bradley, and other members of Combat Team 28 raised a flag on Iwo Jima. Now with The Lions of Iwo Jima, [Haynes] helps America understand how it was done."—James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys
Combat Team 28, one of the greatest units...
by Col. Wesley L. Fox, USMC (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2002
Intrigued by the mystique and challenge of the Marine Corps, eighteen-year-old Wesley Fox enlisted in the summer of 1950, shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War. He saw action with the First Marine Division in Korea and was wounded in 1951. After Korea, Fox advanced steadily in the enlisted ranks,...
We’Ll All Die as Marines
One Marine’s Journey from Private to Colonel
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
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...
24 Hours Inside the President's Bunker
9-11-01: the White House
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
After Maj. Robert J. Darling organizes President Bush’s trip to Florida on Sept. 10, 2001, he believes the next couple of days will be quiet. He has no idea that a war is about to begin. The next day, after terrorists crash airliners into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, Maj. Darling...
by Maj. Seth W. B. Folsom, USMC
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
****Winner of the 2007 Military Writers Society of America's Gold Medal Award for Best Memoir****The Highway War is the compelling Iraq War memoir of then-Capt. Seth Folsom, commanding officer of Delta Company, First Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps. Mounted in eight-wheeled...
by Lieutenant Colonel John M. Sullivan Jr USMC
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
After careful study of the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915, why did the British and the Americans come up to contradictory operational conclusions regarding the future applicability of amphibious operations? Divergent views from the lessons of Gallipoli campaign are the result of three differing operational...