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Jim and Nebs - read these two books
Helmet for my pillow - Robert Leckie
With the Old Breed - Eugene Sledge
Both Marines that served in WWII Pacific. These books were the basis for "The Pacific" HBO series but they are 100 percent better. Must reads.
Also - little known fact, Eddie Albert, from Green Acres fame was one of the drivers of the Higgins boats on the Tarawa landings
My Dad was a Marine. Served from 59-64. When Vietnam started, he tried to re-enlist but they wouldnt take him. I think it always bothered him to some degree that he never saw combat. He was an MP in Okinawa and had some amazing stories, some he couldnt tell me until I was older. He made seargant quickly and for a small town kid from CT, the Marines opened a whole world for him. One of my favorite stories - they were having war games in the deserts in CA. A few guys were sent out to scout for the "enemy". they came back in and said there was a huge rattlesnake out there and that they didnt want to stay in the area. My Dad was standing right there. The commander was a WWII vet and lost it. He went steaming off into the woods, he came back in 5 mins and all you could hear was a sound like a chansaw. The commander had the snake by the head and the snakes rattle was going off like crazy. The snake was over 5ft long. He screamed at the guys and told them they are marines and %^%$##@#@##!!! He took off his knife and cut the snakes head off, threw it on the ground and told them to get there a$$es back out there.
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