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When the first wounded Marines arrived from Korea in the fall of 1950, Charles Hughes was a Navy hospital corpsman working on the wards at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. He was gripped by the stories those young men told. Too young for World War II and having missed that opportunity, Hughes now discovered in himself a strong desire to escape routine ward duties and travel to the country whose existence he had just recently learned about and find out what combat is really like. He and his friend Ollie Langston decided to volunteer for the Fleet Marine Force. Just days after they submitted their request they found themselves undergoing combat training at Camp Pendleton, the Marine base at Oceanside, California. Their desire to see what combat was like was more than satisfied in the months that followed.

Accordion War: Korea 1951 - Life and Death in a Marine Rifle Company is a detailed personal account of combat in the Korean War during its most violent "blitzkrieg" phase, the first third of the three-year war. While the descriptions of battles are up close and graphic, the conflict is also viewed from the perspective of the 21st century, from a keen awareness of the wars since —Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and the war on terror. Interwoven into the narrative is a meditation on life, death and war —on the question of why men spend so much treasure and blood fighting one another. The setting is the Republic of Korea, a beautiful country whose citizens fought for their freedom alongside United Nations forces, a people who have, since the war, emerged from the shadows of history to become cultural and technological leaders in the modern world. But Accordion War is first of all the story of a band of brothers and the battles they fought half way round the world in the rugged mountains of the country known as "the Land of the Morning Calm".

Fifty years before all America and the world were horror-struck by images of exploding planes and falling towers, September 11 was seared into the memories of the men in How Company, Third Battalion, Seventh Regiment, First Marine Division. There is a connection between those two days exactly a half-century apart. That connection can be found not far from Ground Zero in the village of Stewart Manor on Long Island inscribed on a memorial plaque dedicated to victims of 9/11 — and in this book..
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A riveting memoir from the Navy doctor praised as "Hero, M.D." on the cover of Newsweek.

Cdr. Richard Jadick's story is one of the most extraordinary to come out of the war in Iraq. At thirty-eight, the last place the Navy doctor was expected to be was on the front lines. He was too old to be called up, but not too old to volunteer In November 2004, with the military reeling from an acute doctor shortage, Jadick chose to accompany the First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment (the "1/8") to Iraq. During the Battle of Fallujah, Jadick and his team worked tirelessly and courageously around the clock to save their troops in the worst street fighting Americans had faced since Vietnam. It is estimated that without Jadick at the front, the Marines would have lost an additional thirty men. Of the hundreds of men he treated, only one died after reaching a hospital. This is the inspiring story of his decision to enter into the fray, a fascinating glimpse into wartime triage, and a compelling account of courage under fire..
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All his life, Greg McPartlin wanted to be a Marine corpsman, a medic skilled at saving lives. Three months of "bagging-and-tagging" bodies during Vietnam's Tet Offensive took the luster off being a Marine-but not off McPartlin's desire to serve his country

After assisting in the sea-recovery of Apollo 11-the first ship to bring men to the moon-the twenty-year-old McPartlin was redeployed to Vietnam as an elite Navy SEAL. Barred as a medic by the Geneva Convention from the make-or-break training considered vital to service as a Navy SEAL, McPartlin had to show he had what it took.

In a war where soldiers partied with their buddies in Saigon one day and crawled through an enemy-infested jungle hell the next, McPartlin proved that he was not only an outstanding medic but a real Navy SEAL-the toughest of the tough.

Combat Corpsman is McPartlin's account of his year in what had been a Viet Cong stronghold until the SEALs took control. It's the first inside story of a Navy SEAL medic, a man who wanted to heal-not to kill-but did both to save lives..
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The book is the life of a small town boy with big dreams of improving himself to be of service to his countrymen

It started where he was born, in New Iberia, Louisiana, to a very loving Mother and Father. At that time they were living at his Grandfather’s farm, Pierre Babineaux in the community of Coteau, which was a French speaking community, and today is known as Cajun country.

He was the middle child of seven children that moved to the town of Delcambre when he was 12 years old.

He was the first of the Falgout families of Delcambre, Louisiana to graduate from High School. He was the first to join a Military Unit. He was the first to Graduate from a University. He was the first to go to graduate School and become a Medical Doctor.

He became the First Cardiology Specialist in the Cities of Naples, Florida, Lafayette, Abbeville, Louisiana and New Iberia, Louisiana.

He was the person that helped to set up the first Medical ICU in the Cities of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Abbeville, Louisiana and Orange Memorial Hospital, now Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida.

He married a pretty girl, Viola Provost, from Belgrade, North Carolina, and they had two boys, Frank Jr. and James Lee.

He and Vi are now retired in Port Richey, Florida, where they just celebrated their 62nd wedding anniversary.

After he retired in 1993 he continued teaching Advanced Cardiac Life Support to Nurses, Paramedica, and Physicians in five counties in western Florida and the University of South Florida Medical School, which he had been doing for five years before retiring..
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On October 5, 1980, Jacqueline Jane Wurst, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class, United States Navy, left the Naval Hospital at the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, California to go on a four-hour break before her next shift. Her body was discovered the next day after having been brutally murdered, sexually assaulted and thrown into the water at the Kings River. The investigation went dormant for over two years, and only because of absolute determination by investigators would her killer be found and finally brought to justice in 1985. This is a true story of the tragic death of a beautiful, young, caring woman who was victimized on two separate occasions, the last costing her life. The story touches on how HM2 Wurst's life and murder affected her family, her U.S. Navy family and law enforcement investigators. The Relentless Pursuit of the Truth is an American story of one woman who was beloved by her family and valued by the military she served. The story will hold the reader spellbound, while serving as a tribute to a young woman so loved by all she came in contact with during her short life..
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This book is a gutsy and honest portrayal of one man's experience as a corpsman in the Vietnam War which is both heart-rending and uplifting .
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Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Detroit, Mike Rabin continually hopes for a better future. Wanting to be a free spirit, Mike drops out of Cass Tech’s art program in the eleventh grade. But in his neighborhood, he is more likely to end up as a street hustler instead of something more prestigious, a fact that makes him feel pessimistic on more than one occasion.

Strongly influenced by his family roots, Mike also feels burdened with wartime angst. During World War II, he wasn’t old enough to join the service and avenge the Jewish people, not to mention participate in one of the biggest events of his generation. But when the Korean War breaks out, eighteen-year-old Mike eagerly enlists in the U.S. Navy and is sent to Hospital Corps School.

Even though he frequently volunteers to be a fleet marine corpsman, Mike spends the entire Korean War never seeing combat. But Mike’s cultural roots and his relationships with the people he meets in the navy influence his attitude—an attitude that pushes him toward hope and away from the cynical pessimism of his youth.

Rub Up: Musings of a Navy Corpsman is one sailor’s inspiring journey of self-discovery..
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