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Marines dodging death : sixty-two accounts of close calls in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Iraq, and Afghanistan

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The stories of 62 Marines and Naval Corpsmen who narrowly escapced death while serving the United States of America.

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The stories of 62 Marines and Naval Corpsmen who narrowly escapced death while serving the United States of America.

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Preface -- PART 1. WORLD WAR II: 1. USMC Sergeant John Egan : 2. USMC Lieutenant Bob Johnson ; 3. USMC Private First Class Harry Drendall ; 4. USMC Private First Class Jack Porter ; 5. USMC Corporal Earl Dunlap ; 6. USMC Corporal Andrew Samo ; 7. USMC Private James Seidler ; 8. USN Hospital Corpsman First Class Beryl Bonacker ; 9. USMC Sergeant George Peto ; 10. USMC Corporal Jim Anderson ; 11. USN Hospital Corpsman Second Class Benton Corry ; 12. USMC Private First Class Charles Nichols ; 13. USMC Private First Class Kenneth Stevens ; 14. USMC Warrant Officer-1 George Green ; 15. USMC Private George Smyth ; 16. USMC Private First Class William Byrd ; 17. USMC Private First Class Lee Bergee (Part 1 of 2) -- PART 2. KOREA:: 18. USMC Private First Class Herbert Luster ; 19. USMC Sergeant Kermit Wilhelm ; 20. USMC Staff Sergeant Lee Bergee (Part 2 of 2) ; 21. USMC Sergeant Joe Ohman ; 22. USMC Corporal Renald Valkenburg ; 23. USMC Private First Class John Bastian ; 24. Korea: "Hell Fire Valley" ; 25. USMC Sergeant Elbert Koonce ; 26. USMC Sergeant Forest Heistermann ; 27. USMC Sergeant William Palizzolo ; 28. USMC Private First Class Richard Aiple ; 29. USMC Private John Graham ; 30. USMC Acting Sergeant James Larkin ; 31. Korea: "Calls of Nature" -- PART 3. VIETNAM: 32. USMC Private First Class Bruce Horton ; 33. USMC Captain John McLaughlin ; 34. USMC Corporal Robert Simonsen ; 35. USMC Lance Corporal Arthur Riordan ; 36. USMC Corporal John Wear II ; 37. USMC Corporal Jay Vincens ; 38. USMC Private First Class Mike Stagner ; 39. USMC Sergeant Ralph Bohannon -- PART 4. THE WARS AGAINST TERRORISM: 40. Beirut" Bombing of the Marine Barracks ; 41. Iraq: Female Search Force ; 42. Afghanistan: "The Nightfighters" ; 43. USMC Gunnery Sergeant Michael Burghardt ; 44. Iraq: Combat Train One ; 45. Iraq: Kevlar Helmet Headshots ; 46. Iraq: Body Armor Shots ; 47. Iraq: Combat Photographers -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index