John Culbertson
John J. Culbertson served with the 2/5, 1st Marine Division, at An Hoa, Republic of Vietnam, from December 1966 to July 1967. Mr. Culbertson served as a Marine Rifleman, MOS 0311, on Operation Tuscaloosa. He completed 1st MarDiv Sniper School in ... [... more]
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The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division
 Not accurate.: Like the reviewer who was there in Nasariya, I passed through there while heading to a place called Al Garafe. My platoon crossed open ground into a compound which the authors of this book said was not contested by the enemy. My entire [... more]
CDN$37.95
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Guadalcanal
virtual reality: A superb work. One lives with and through the unutterable pathos and grief and the ultimate taking of this island over a 6 month period of apocalyptic proportions. I read about men like Sgt John Basilone and Sgt Major Vouza (a native of [... more]
CDN$27.50
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Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of ...
Giants of Offshore Oil Platforms: This is the history of Brown & Root's Marine Division. Drawing heavily from their knowledge of building warships during World War II, Brown & Root installed the first oil platform out of sight from land off the [... more]
CDN$54.12
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Peleliu 1944: The Forgotten Corner Of Hell
FINE GENERAL OVERVIEW: A nice very easy access to this very bloody and forgotten battle. There is a very good section on how the battle figured in the overall strategic plans. In final analysis (and no one wants to admit it), like modern day Iraq, [... more]
CDN$24.95
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Eye of the Tiger: Memoir of a United States Marine, ...
Powerful -emotional: This is an extremely powerful book written by an exceptionally talented writer; it lacks the "heroic non-sense" so often associated with war. The book is filled with a beautiful poetic expresiveness that leaves the reader [... more]
CDN$31.20
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Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
Good read and well written: This book is a very well written and interesting to read. The only reason it got 4 stars instead of 5 stars was because in another book either Owen was quoted on some of the things he did and said that differ from those same [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Retreat, Hell! (Unabr.)
from inchon to where?: Good action book, however title doesn't reflect book, since the story ends around 5 Nov, about 3 to 4weeks before the Chosin campaign. ONLY mention of the Chosin campaignis is the AFTERWORD, in which Griffin completly [... more]
CDN$43.95
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Utmost Savagery
The Marine's Journey Through Hell: I met Col. Alexander at 50th Anniversary of Tarawa landings at Camp Lejeune. He was working on the book at that time. After reading the finished book, I realize the hell my father and his fellow Marines endured in those [... more]
CDN$8.32
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The Iraq War: A Military History
Shopworn: If you want to get some background on why we went to Iraq, you'll find only shopworn justification of WMD which has since proven to be wrong. Not well written and weak on a balanced historical perspective and geopolitics. These authors tried to [... more]
CDN$20.84
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Killing Ground on Okinawa: The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill
Wow: This is a great telling of what is often an untold battle. These Marines went through hell and back and this is an excellent telling of their hardships. Excellent battle history.: Amid the VE-Day euphoria of 1945, Okinawa was captured at a cost ( [... more]
CDN$63.16
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Devil's Guard
Must reading given the current world situation.: I read this book back when I was in the USMC (3rdBn, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division). The tactics used by the former German troops against the Vietnamese were to be taken notice of. I would suspect just [... more]
CDN$40.00
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