Good description of WWII Marine training and experiences

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	• On Valor's Side (Zebra World at War Series, #18) T. G. Gallant Zebra, 1980 - 364 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews
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Vivid Account of WWII Marine Corps

I first read this book at age 14 one summer. Last week, 38 years later, I read it again.

The book is humorous, memorable, and vividly written. You will find yourself aboard a troop transport on the way to an unknown destination. You will see Guadalcanal looming before you as you look over the ramp of a Higgins boat, you will feel the exhaustion of the hostile jungle, and you will be glad to board ship again when you leave the island.

The book is fiction, but you can tell that the author writes about his own experiences on Guadalcanal.

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Good description of WWII Marine training and experiences

Gallant gives an exciting and interesting description of Marine training at Parris Island in the early days of WWII including some of the disorganization and uncertainty of those days. His description of the assault on Guadalcanal nicely reflects the naivte of the Marines of that time about island and jungle combat. His narrative also portrays a group of men to whom valourous action was a part of everyday behavior.

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Why I am A Marine

I first read this book in high school. "...and we were not ashamed...." hooked me and 27 years later, I too, could proudly state that the secret of being a Marine is that we were not ashamed.

Don't miss this one.

M.R. McCarty LtCol, USMC (Ret)

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