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142) Semper fi
Description
When his reckless younger brother is given an unfair prison sentence, a Marine Corps reservist is torn between his by-the-book code and loyalty to family.
143) The marine
Pub. Date
©2006
Description
After marine John Triton is unwillingly discharged from Iraq, his wife Kate is kidnapped by jewel thieves led by a vicious killer.
144) Flying leathernecks
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
It's World War II. Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is hard on his marines. His subordinate Captain Carl Griffin thinks the Major is overdoing it, but Kirby proves that there is a method to his madness after all. Director Nicholas Ray incorporates actual battlefield and dogfignt footage.
145) American son
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Follows a young Marine on four-day leave as he attempts to reconnect with family and friends before leaving for combat duty in Iraq.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"James Webb, author of Fields of Fire, the classic novel of the Vietnam War--former U.S. Senator; Secretary of the Navy; recipient of the Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart as a combat Marine; and a self-described 'military brat'--has written an extraordinary memoir of his early years, 'a love story--love of family, love of country, love of service,' in his words. Webb's mother grew up in the poverty-stricken cotton fields of eastern Arkansas....
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Gomer Pyle gets himself in and out of one sidesplitting fix after another, much to the exasperation of his bullheaded drill instructor, the thunderous Sgt. Carter. In spite of it all, it's Gomer's kind heart and cockeyed innocence that never fail to win over his cantankerous superior and beloved platoon.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Lieutenant John Patchen has come to Montana to persuade Chappie Plaquemines, his former gunnery sergeant in Iraq and the son of Gabriel Du Pre's girlfriend, to accept the Navy Cross. First, however, Du Pre and Patchen must find the wounded marine, who was last seen drinking heavily in the Toussaint Saloon. They locate him soon enough, disheveled and stinking of stale booze, but a sobering visit to a medicine man's sweat lodge reveals a much greater...
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Special forces Vol. 1: As the world faces a global plague of assassinations and hostage scenarios, a new breed of warriou has emerged: the commando. These are the untold stories of elite Special Forces -- The British SAS and the U.S. Army's Green Berets.
Navy SEALS, the untold stories : Based on first-person accounts, this extraordinary miniseries captures the danger and emotion of three actual classified SEAL missions: Grenada, Somalia, and Panama.
Making...
151) Assault by fire
Author
Series
Tyce Asher volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
In the rip-roaring tradition of Red Dawn and The Dirty Dozen, this action-packed thriller from Lt. Col. Hunter Ripley Rip Rawlings IV takes all-American patriotism to an explosive new level... ASSAULT BY SEA U.S. Marine Tyce Asher knew his fighting days were over when he lost his leg in Iraq. He thought he'd never see action again certainly not on American soil until the Russians attacked us by sea... ASSAULT BY LAND With so many troops stationed...
152) South Sea Woman
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Seargent O'Hearn is facing a court-martial for desertion. He needs the help of Ginger Martin to provide the evidence of his innocence, but will she?
154) Option to kill
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Nathan McBride leads a secretive life. The ex-CIA agent doesn't give out his phone number and never reveals his operative name. So how does a twelve-year-old girl whom he's never met know both? The girl's name is Lauren, and after she's been kidnapped, she sends a text for help to Nathan's cell phone. Nathan rescues her, but with the kidnappers hell-bent on reclaiming their prize, the ordeal has only just begun. As he tries to stay one step ahead...
155) Oh, Johnny
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Johnny Wrigley, a newly minted United States Marine, finds himself on a troop train headed for California - and then to an island in the Pacific where he is going to kill "Japs" for America. During a brief coffee and donut stop in Kansas City, Johnny finds himself sexually involved with a young girl as innocent as he is. As he fights a brutal war, then returns home to resume chasing his dream of becoming a professional baseball player, not a day goes...