ONE WAS A MARINE
A Novel of the Corps

VG/VG--. Some soiling and chipping to jacket; spine darkened (see photo). Jacket in mylar. (NY: Greenwich Book Publishers, 1956). 276 pages.

"Here is an action-packed story of the finest group of fighting men on earth -- the United States Marines. A story of bullets and blood, of smoking beach-heads, of Gyrenes grappling hand-to-hand with guerillas, Japs, Chinese Reds. Of the men who fought and died for the glory of the Corps -- and of the women all over the world who loved them passionately.
~~~ For when LtCol Dan Slade watched his regiment pass in review at Camp Lejeune in honor of his retirement, he could look back at twenty-five years of distinguished service. At names that will live forever in the memory of all Marines: Nicaragua, Shanghai, Pearl Harbor, Peleliu, Korea. At sea duty with the Navy, as well as savage combat in the lands that God forgot. At Rapp, Tony and Whimple, his buddies in the rugged basic training of Depression days,; Sergeant 'Rum Happy' and Old Blue, the Indian guide in the Nicaraguan campaign; Lt Alson, who became a general; Lt Coker, his pal in the Pacific jungle war; Josh Cain, his C.O. in Korea; Colonels Neboes and Fieldmouz, who racked him. At the many, many girls he had known. At beautiful Clara Mae, his 'Number One Doll', first, last and always.
~~~ You'll grit your teeth with young Dan at Parris Island as the Corps makes a Marine out of this Southern farm boy. You'll tremble when he kills his first enemy, pant as he makes love to his first woman. You'll sweat and exult with him on the long, hard pull from Private to Major. You'll watch the Corps change from the 'Old Marines' to the 'New Look'; from the Springfield '03 to the Swagger Stick. You won't be able to put this book down, once you start reading it -- this story of a fighting man and a tough one, of one who was a Marine!"

Author served in the Marine Corps, rising from Private to Major, from 1930 to 1948.

Uncommon, especially in jacket. OUT OF PRINT.

$45.00