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Pub. Date
2020
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"A platoon of Marines and CIA operatives clash in a fight to the death with the drug lords and the Taliban, while in Washington, the president seeks a way out. A small team of CIA operatives and Marines commanded by Captain Diego Cruz are protecting a tiny base in Helmand--the most violent province in Afghanistan. In a series of escalating fights, Cruz must prove he is a combat leader, despite the growing disapproval of the colonel in overall charge....
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Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Combat-decorated Marine officer Stuart Scheller speaks out against the debacle of the Afghan pullout as the culmination of a decades-long and still-ongoing betrayal of military members by top leadership, from generals to the commander in chief, comes to light."--Amazon.com.
64) Semper Fi
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From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America's first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, the bestselling author of the acclaimed Brotherhood of war saga brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalties--as they steeled themselves for battle, and prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice ...
65) The marine
Pub. Date
©2006
Description
After marine John Triton is unwillingly discharged from Iraq, his wife Kate is kidnapped by jewel thieves led by a vicious killer.
66) U.S. Marines
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Pub. Date
c2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This high-interest book uses action photography and carefully chosen text to help newly proficient readers learn about the ways the U.S. Marine Corps protects and defends the country"--
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
It's World War II. Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is hard on his marines. His subordinate Captain Carl Griffin thinks the Major is overdoing it, but Kirby proves that there is a method to his madness after all. Director Nicholas Ray incorporates actual battlefield and dogfignt footage.
69) Code talker
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Chester Nez, the last surviving member of the original twenty-nine code talkers, discusses his life growing up in the Checkerboard Area of the Navajo reservation, and shares the story of how he helped the United States develop and implement a secret military language based on his native language during World War II that became the only unbroken code in modern warfare.
71) American son
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Follows a young Marine on four-day leave as he attempts to reconnect with family and friends before leaving for combat duty in Iraq.
74) The lions of Iwo Jima: the story of Combat Team 28 and the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history
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Pub. Date
2009.
Description
The full story of Combat Team 28, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines. The unit, 4500 men strong, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945 and raised the flag atop Mount Suribachi after four days of ferocious combat, yet their battle had just begun.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Gomer Pyle gets himself in and out of one sidesplitting fix after another, much to the exasperation of his bullheaded drill instructor, the thunderous Sgt. Carter. In spite of it all, it's Gomer's kind heart and cockeyed innocence that never fail to win over his cantankerous superior and beloved platoon.
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Series
Confederation novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is a Confederation Marine's marine. She's survived more deadly encounters--and kept more of her officers and enlistees alive--than anyone in the Corps. Unexpectedly pulled from battle, Torin finds herself in an underground POW camp that shouldn't exist, where her fellow marine prisoners seem to have lost all will to escape. Now, Torin must fight her way not only out of the prison but also past the growing compulsion to...
78) U.S. Marines
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Learn about the powerful soldiers who make up the U.S.Marines, including what they do and the training it takes to become one"--
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
The slosh of water in a canteen, the rustle of a uniform, the jangle of extra clips of ammo, all the clinks and clanks of jostling packs of equipment this is the soundtrack that accompanies fully loaded soldiers humping through the bush to their next assignment. This book takes a close look at the commercial revolution in military clothing, packs, and equipment soldiers buying from civilian companies instead of settling for government issue,