Honor the Warrior [Hardcover]

William L. Myers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2000

Honor the Warrior is an anthology. It is a collection of seventeen stories of Marines in combat in Vietnam. All of the stories are factual and well documented. The book also includes a list of all Marines awarded the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross ant the Silver Star. It includes photographs, a bibliography and a name index.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...a treasure...[W]ill get widespread reading from all those who appreciate what uor lads did some thirty years ago." -- George B. Clark, Author of Devildogs, Leatherneck Magazine, September 2000

"...offers an exceptional selection reflecting the combat experiences of the junior officers and enlisted Marines..." -- Kenneth Jordan, Marine Corps Gazette, May 2000

About the Author

William Myers was born and raised in Opelousas, Louisiana. He joined the Marine Corps at the age of seventeen. After serving for four years in the Marines, he earned a Bachelors degree from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana and a Master's degree from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Now retired, Myers coached football and baseball at several Louisiana high schools for twenty-nine years. This is his first book. He lives in Lafayette, Louisiana and continues to work on writing projects.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 294 pages
• Publisher: Redoubt Press (July 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0967436508
• ISBN-13: 978-0967436500
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,428,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honor the Warrior, July 28, 2001

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M.B. Kromis (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honor the Warrior (Hardcover)

Honor the Warrior! What a great and appropriate title for this book. The list of medal winners alone make this book a must buy for students of the war in Vietnam. The book is prodigiously researched and reminds me of the Jane Blakeney classic, Heroes-U.S. Marine Corps 1861-1955. It is about time that a book like this was written. The author does not try to embellish an unpopular war but rather writes about the individual Marines who were fighting and dying in Vietnam. Thank you Billy Myers for writing it. This book should become a classic in Marine Corps literature. I know that it will occupy a prominent place on my bookshelf.

4.0 out of 5 stars Been there done that, April 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Honor the Warrior (Hardcover)

I received this book as a gift from one of the mortarmen who served with me in Lima 3/4. I was in country about the same time as this book but in a different unit.

Since it is excerpts form the writings and thoughts of the Marines on the ground it gives a very good first hand view of what was going on.

Well worth the read.

4.0 out of 5 stars HONOR THE WARRIOR, March 28, 2001

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"thomasce" (VILLA GROVE, ILLINOIS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honor the Warrior (Hardcover)

I VERY MUCH ENJOYED THIS BOOK. IT IS A COMPILATIION OF FIRST PERSON ACCOUNTS RELATING TO THE WAR IN VIETNAM. STORIES AS SEEN BY THE COMMON MARINE, PUT TOGETHER AND TOLD AS ONE MIGHT HEAR THE STORIES IN CASUAL CONVERSATION. THIS IS THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE GIVEN THE BOOK A 5 STAR RATING. I WOULD HAVE, BUT I READ BONNIE SUE JUST BEFORE I READ THIS BOOK. STILL, I THINK ANYONE INTERESTED IN HISTORY AND THE WAR IN VIETNAM WILL VERY MUCH ENJOY THIS BOOK.