A MARINE TELLS IT TO YOU

Colonel Frederic M. Wise
& Meigs O. Frost

New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc., 1929. VG. First Edition. No dust jacket. Lettering on cover & spine still dark & crisp. Corners slightly frayed & bumped. Interior clean & tight. All in all a nice copy. Index, 366 pages. "This is the story of 27 years in war and peace around the world, out of the life of Frederic May Wise, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps a 2dLt in 1899 and retired a Colonel in 1926 with the Distinguished Service Medal, USN, won in the Bois de Belleau; the Distinguished Service Medal, USA, won in the Argonne; Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France, won in the Bois de Belleau; the Croix de Guerre of France, with Palm, won in the Bois de Belleau; and the Medaille Militaire of the Republic of Haiti; also with the campaign badges for active service in the Philippines, in China, in Cuba, in Mexico, in Haiti, in San Domingo, and in France." "It was on the Solace that I first did duty with Hiram I. Bearss, then, like myself, a second lieutenant. There never was another like old Hiram in the world. Wild as you make them. Irresponsible to an incredible degree. Absolutely fearless. Seldom in funds. Always with some scheme afoot. He never had the proper clothes. He was forever playing practical jokes. His energy knew no control. He was always borrowing anything and everything from anybody he could. Yet always he was lovable beyond words to describe."

$75.00