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Marine Rifleman Forty-Three Years in the Corps by Col. Wesley Fox, Soft Cover
Marine Rifleman Forty-Three Years in the Corps by Col. Wesley L. Fox, USMC (Ret)
Notice the wear along the front cover binding edge
Soft Cover
395 Pages
Copyright 2002
First Potomacs Paperback Edition 2008
Contents
List of Mapsix
Acknowledgmentsxi
Prologuexiii
1. MK USMC1
Family background and adolescent daysRecruit experiences at Parris IslandAlligators, DIs, heat, and sand fleasMaltreatment, physical and verbal abuseRifle qualification
2. Private First Class21
2nd Marine Division at Camp LejeuneEn route to the Korean WarCombat with a rifle companySquad personalitiesCorporal Davis, Squad LeaderAccidental dischargeWhisky raid on the Army
3. Corporal46
Difficulties due to promotionRear guard action following Chinese breakthrough on flankHilarious meeting with Chinese patrolListening post assignmentChinese night attack and breakthroughHall killed, enemy behind usGrenade mal-functionClosing the breakthroughAssignment in No-Man's LandBodies of 38th Regiment's soldiers recoveredWounded in assault on enemy machine gunSquad Leader
4. Sergeant81
Armed Services Policeman, Washington, DCGuard duty in postwar JapanRifle Company Platoon Sergeant in Korea1st Marine Division returns statesideDrill Instructor duty
5. Staff Sergeant
Recruit hazing and maltreatmentShakeup of Marine Corps following death of recruits at Parris IslandNew way of making MarinesFlirt with HollywoodRecruiting duty
6. Technical Sergeant122
Recruiting quotas and quality recruitsDaily life and work of a recruiterPathfinder 1" Force Reconnaissance Companypow Escape, Evasion, and Survival trainingMarriageParachute and SCUBA trainingDeployment to OkinawaRiptide sweep sea-wardBrush with death in parachute landing
7. Gunnery Sergeant172 Sport parachuting and parachute malfunctionsParachute Demonstration TeamBrain concussion from parachute landing Competitive rifle and pistol shootingFirst childSeeking assignment to Vietnam lands duty in Paris, FranceSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropePromotion to 1" SergeantSelection for temporary commission
8. Lieutenant184
2nd Force Reconnaissance CompanyPersonality conflict with company 1st SergeantSubmarine escape trunk trainingLock-ing out of and entering a submerged, underway submarineLoss of friend in parachuting accidentVietnamese advisor training at Fort Bragg
9. Pt lieutenant, Section 1202
Advisor duty with Vietnamese Marine CorpsOvercoming Vietnamese counterpart's objection to working with an American lieutenantVietnamese leaders use war as means of making money Personality conflict with only other American assignedEnemy Tet offensiveThree Marines take on an enemy battalionR&R with wife in HonoluluExtension of combat tour
10. Pt Lieutenant, Section 2231 Assignment as Company Commander, Company A, 1st Bn, 9th Marine RgtOpportunity to hone the fighting skills of MarinesCompany A locks on with an NVA battalionMiraculous performance of Marines despite loss 1. of all platoon commandersRecommended for the Medal of Honor.
11. Captain261
Leaving VietnamStudent and InstructorNixon presents the Medal of HonorMarine Security Guard duty in Eastern and Western EuropeEmbassy Marines and Physical Fitness TestOperations Officer, 3rd Reconnaissance Bn on OkinawaStudent, Western State College
12. Maier296
Colorado outdoor sportsGraduated cum laudeReconnais-sance Officer, Development CenterTesting and evaluating new equipmentMultiple parachute malfunctionsParachute offset delivery techniquesHang gliders
13. lieutenant Colonel316
Battalion CommandPreparation for deploymentCombined Arms ExerciseTraining challengesProactive leadership optionsLong foot marches and zero disciplinary problemsBattalion to the top of Mount FujiArmy War CollegeDirector of Staff, NCO Academy
14. Colonel of Marines348
Sea dutyJoint Plans OfficerOslo, NorwayOfficer
Candidate SchoolKeep only those who will make good leaders Determining who can think and react properly under extreme stressA question on one's integrity is a ticket home
Glossary
Notes
Maps
Korea: 1st Marine Division Tactical Area of Operation, 1951
Korea: 1st Marine Division Tactical Area of Operation,
AprilMay 1951
Vietnam: US Marine Tactical Area of Operation, 1968 and 1969
On Back cover,
"A young Marine would do well to read Fox's book before opening Sun Tzu's The Art of War."
"With expected humility, [Fox] does not dwell on his actions, but instead on the Marines who fought with him and were the benefactors of his amazing leadership."
"Memoirs of military men are no rarity, but few cover a life in as much remarkable detail as this one
"An excellent memoirwell-written, informative, and candid.... Particularly lucid are [the author's] descriptions of combat, but this reviewer found his tales of jump school and of escape and evasion during POW training-when he was not supposed to escape and evade-equally worthwhile. His book could serve as a model of how to write a meaningful memoir."
"With or without the Medal of Honor, Col. Wes Fox is the epitome of a true
Marine. In Marine Rifleman, he captures the essence of the Marine Corps in
both peace and war."
"Wes Fox's reputation as a Marine did not require a Medal of Honor, and his autobiography shows that he can write as well as he can fight.... Wes is the Marine we all tried to become."
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