A collection of true stories chronicling the experiences of United States Marines from boot camp to war.

"An Adrenaline book"--T.p. verso. "Adrenaline."

from Making the Corps /Thomas E. Ricks 1 -- from Over There / Carl Andrew Brannen 27 -- from Helmet for My Pillow / Robert Leckie 47 -- from Semper Fi, Mac / Henry Berry 65 -- from The Good War / Studs Terkel 87 -- from Flags of Our Fathers / James Bradley, Ron Powers 95 -- from The Long Road of War / James W. Johnston 113 -- from Goodbye, Darkness / William Manchester 135 -- from The Greatest Generation / Tom Brokaw 153 -- from The Coldest War / James Brady 159 -- from The Proud Bastards / E. Michael Helms 177 -- from Fortunate Son / Lewis B. Puller, Jr. 197 -- from Images from the Otherland / Kenneth P. Sympson 209 -- from Keeping Faith / Frank Schaeffer, John Schaeffer 225 -- from Growing Up Empty / Loretta Schwartz-Nobel 241 -- Marine / Mike Sager 251 -- from Jarhead / Anthony Swofford 275.