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Pages: 342
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Inside the marine corps and what it takes to become "One of the few, the proud, the Marines."
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Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Aaron B. O'Connell
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-29 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Exploring the growth of the Marines from disadvantaged to elite force, this history “offers an excellent analysis of how the marines became the Marines.” (P
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Pages: 338
Authors: Thomas E. Ricks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-07-31 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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"Sixty-three men came to Parris Island to become Marines. Not all of them made it. This is the story of boot camp Platoon 3086, the Marine Corps, and America."-
Preparing for Victory
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: David J Ulbrich
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-15 - Publisher: Naval Institute Press

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Preparing for Victory explains how and why Commandant Thomas Holcomb successfully supervised the dramatic expansion of the Marine Corps from 18,000 officers and
One Bullet Away
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Nathaniel Fick
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
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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 f