This is the second of a series of volumes of informal chronicles of the U.S. Marine Corps in the 20th Century. The genre is fiction but the reader should be aware that many of the episodes could have happened and maybe they did. A different view of the of the Marine Corps and the characters who populated its ranks is shown. It is hoped that the reader will become acquainted with the Marine Corps that many of us knew and loved. Sadly, many of those days and characters are gone forever but their memory is preserved here.
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Wes Hammond is a Naval Academy graduate (a*51) and a retired Marine colonel. He has a M.A. (Int. Law) from Catholic University and another M.A. (Journalism) from Univ. of Nevada He has published more than 50 articles in professional military journals as well as Poison Gas a*" The Myths versus Reality (Greenwood Press, 1999), The Treaty Navy - The Story of the U.S. Naval Service Between the World Wars (Wesley Press 2001) and A Few Marines (Wesley Press2005). He was profiled in Military Review. He commanded a platoon in Korea and an infantry battalion (2nd Bn. Fourth Marines, a*oThe Magnificent Bastardsa**) in Vietnam. On active duty he was editor of the Marine Corps Gazette, the professional journal of the Marine Corps Association. In retirement, he was editor of Shipmate, the monthly magazine of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. He styles himself a double three-time loses a*" three tours as an aide-de-camp and three Purple Hearts. He is not sure which was more painful.
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Absorbing and thoroughly enjoyable,
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As with his first book in this series, A Few Marines, author Wes Hammond's A Few More Marines sweeps the reader along through often unfamiliar currents and eddies of Marine Corps legend and lore. An adroit blend of personal recollections and meticulous historical research, A Few More Marines is the absorbing and thoroughly enjoyable examination of people and events which shaped the USMC during the last century. Humorous, exciting, often heartbreaking, Hammond, a distinguished Marine, extracts the essence of our Corps with a lively march of heroes and rogues, triumphs and blunders, wisdom and "lubberly-ness;" all chronicled with absolute candor and a faithfulness plucked straight from the Marine Corps motto.
Above all, A Few More Marines is an affirmation of the uncompromising code of personal integrity which has made our Corps great. As a former Marine, it reminded me of how proud I am to have earned the privilege of wearing the same uniform as such audacious, steadfast, and honor-bound professionals. Semper fi!
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