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Pennsylvania

In this companion to the HBO miniseries--executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman--Ambrose reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II.

The Pacific

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Hugh Ambrose

Tennessee

Jim Lindsay

Chuck Mawhinney

New York

The Untold Story of the Marine Corps' Greatest Marksman of All Time

Jim Lindsay's The Sniper reveals, for the first time ever, the full story of the deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history, Chuck Mawhinney, who served in the Vietnam war at age 18—written with his full cooperation and participation. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney is a United States Marine who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills (and the second most of any US service member in history), having recorded 103 confirmed kills in 16 months during the Vietnam War. He was also the youngest—killing the enemy as a teenager. In 1967, at the age of 18, Mawhinney joined the Marines and began his assent from recruit to the Marine Corps’ deadliest sniper. During his tours—in one of the most dangerous war zones of Vietnam—his character and charisma helped him deal with life and death in a hell hole with other young men a long way from home. After Vietnam, Mawhinney married and settled into his post-war life, raised a family, and was content that no one knew of his accomplishments in war. Then in 1991 he was startled and dismayed when outed by a fellow Marine sniper, Joseph Ward, who spoke of Mawhinney’s number of kills in his book, Dear Mom. Newspapers picked up the story and Mawhinney’s life changed forever. The notoriety troubled him at first, but then he accepted the fame and used the opportunity to train service men and lawmen in the art of long-distance shooting. At last, Chuck's full story is told, including his heroic exploits in battle and the terrible toll that taking a life exerts on a human being.

The Sniper

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#hardcover #scholastic #vietnam #marinecorps #usnavy #army #friendship #history #ussboston 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Missouri

I Pledge Allegiance 3 book set

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Thomas E. Ricks

Connecticut

61 Men Came to Paris Island to Become Marines, Not All of Them Made It

Ricks, the Pentagon correspondent for "The Wall Street Journal," offers a fascinating, insiders look at Parris Island, the training ground that turns out the best, most disciplined soldiers in the world. 16-page photo insert.

Making the Corps

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

South Carolina

W. E. B. Griffin

Marine Corps bundle

In the fall of 1950, the U.S. Marines confront an uphill battle as they make their way from Inchon across the 38th parallel, dealing with the full force of Chinese military might and the disappearance of an officer's son behind enemy lines.

Retreat, Hell! & A Sniper in the Arizona

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Hans Halberstadt

Previously owned.  Edge, cover and corner wear.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Power Series

Traces the history of the Marines, describes their training, weapons, equipment, uniforms, and traditions, and looks at Marine aviation and modern combat strategy

U. S. Marine Corps

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Iowa

1949 printing.
Back cover has crease and book overall shows signs of wear. See photos for visuals.

Washington

Coral and Brass

Florida

Bestselling author W.E.B. Griffin's epic sixth novel in THE CORPS series--a powerful, dramatic tribute to the courageous men and women who braved WWII.

As Japanese forces close in for an all-out effort to recapture Guadalcanal from the American forces occupying the island, many fates converge and intertwine, finding Captain Charles Galloway, Major Jake Dillon, Sergeant Thomas McCoy and China Marine Killer McCoy in dramatic arenas all over the Pacific.

From the Solomons to Australia to Washington, D.C., the warriors, plus the wives and sweethearts who love them, once more find themselves facing the challenges of their lives...

Close Combat

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Mass mkt paperback, No stickers, notations, underlining or highlights. No page creases. Mild surface, spine, edge wear. Pages mildly tanning due to age


Georgia

Body Count

Tom Young

A remarkable military thriller from one of the most widely acclaimed new suspense writers in years—“Fans of Clancy and Coonts need to add Young to their must-read list” (Booklist).
 
North Africa. A jihadist leader has seized a supply of sarin gas and is wreaking havoc: a nightclub in Sicily, a packed street in Gibraltar. Acting on information, Marine gunnery sergeant A. E. Blount, at six-foot-eight a formidable warrior, the grandson of one of the first black Marines, sets out with his strike force to kill or capture the terrorist.

But it is a trap. Several Marines are killed, some are captured, and the jihadist promises that unless forces withdraw, he will execute one prisoner a day. Immediately, Blount’s friends and colleagues Sophia Gold, now with the U.N., and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson, working for the United States Africa Command, rush to Libya to help coordinate rescue efforts. The ordeal, however, has only begun. Soon they will all be fighting for their lives in the sand and fire of the desert.

Armed Forces Pacific

From Tom Young, author of The Warriors and The Renegades, comes an explosive new novel of the war on terror.

North Africa. A jihadist leader has seized a supply of sarin gas left over from the Gaddafi regime and is wreaking havoc on an escalating scale. Gunnery Sergeant A. E. Blount--a Marine and the grandson of one of the first black Marines--sets out with his strike team to kill or capture the terrorist leader. Instead, they flew into a trap.

Many of the team are killed, the rest captured, and the leader threatens that he will execute one prisoner a day until U.S forces withdraw. Sophia Gold and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson, Blount's friends and colleagues, rush to Libya to help coordinate rescue efforts. But the ordeal has only just begun.

Soon, they will all be fighting for their lives in the sand and fire of the desert.

Sand and Fire

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Nevada

California

-- Item is in used but like new condition with no writing or highlights throughout the book. The book jacket is included. 

-- Items are typically shipped the day after payment has been made. 

-- Orders placed on the weekend will be shipped the Monday following that weekend. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

Ryan David Jahn

In like new condition with no defects

It does have an old book store sticker on the back of the dust cover.

North Carolina

A Novel

The Breakout

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#nonfiction #biography #autobiography #paperback #Vietnam #war #RandyKington #MarineCorps #signed

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

What A Life

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Texas

#fiction #historical #historicalfiction #histfic #hardcover #action #worldwar #MarineCorps #Nazis #war 

Death and Honor (Honor Bound)

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Marion F. Sturkey

Previously owned.  Minor edge, cover and corner wear 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam

U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crews found little glory waiting for them in faraway Vietnam. Instead they became locked in a savage struggle with Sino-Soviet pawns in a desperate battle for survival. The author, a former Marine helicopter pilot, uses After-Action Reports, Unit Diaries, and hundreds of records from Marine Corps archives to build the outline for this riveting chronology. Onto this framework the author weaves personal accounts from helicopter crews and infantrymen. Day by day he breathes life into this eloquent saga of Marines at war. Step through this unique looking-glass into the crucible of combat in Vietnam. Taste the danger and fear, the madness and passion. Experience the love and brotherhood shared by helicopter crews and infantrymen. Their survival became their only victory.

Bonnie-Sue

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#marinecorps #military #usmc #battlehistory

Virginia

A Fellowship of Valor

The Battle History of the U.S. Marines is the only single-volume, definitive combat history of the United States Marines, covering more than two centuries of battles in the air and on land and sea--literally "from the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli," from Suribachi to Somalia. It presents graphic narratives of such epic engagements as Belleau Wood, Wake Island, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu, Saipan, Okinawa, the Chosin Reservoir, Khe Sanh, and many more. You will meet the Marine sharpshooters in the "fighting tops" of our young country's legendary frigates, as they took on the British navy during the American revolution; discover the exploits of Marine pilots in the "Banana Wars," in the skies over the Pacific during World War II, and later over Korea and Vietnam; and share the tension and terror of stalking the enemy on a Marine patrol in the jungles of the Pacific islands and Southeast Asia. An award-winning military historian and a retired Marine colonel, Joseph H. Alexander served two tours of duty in Vietnam. He tells the Marine combat story in a no-holds-barred narrative, with dozens of sidebars full of fascinating vignettes and Marine lore accompanied by nearly one hundred rare combat photographs and vivid sketches and numerous maps.

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