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Book Review of Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles

Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
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This is a grungy account of the US Marine Corps as it really is, without all the flag waving and hero BS. Heros they may well be, but salty grunts is also what they are. This shows the Corps warts and all from the inside by a man who was there and lived it and in spite of himself - loved it.