The Last Parallel Author:Martin Russ Martin Russ was one of those unusual young men who wanted to serve in Korea as a Marine. In this book he relives his experiences--as boot, in the line and even R&R's which he probably now blushes to recall! THE LAST PARALLEL opens in the West Coast embarkation camp in August of 1952 and closes with Russ's discharge in September 1953. During t... more »he intervening 13 months we are reminded that Korea cost just as many lives as Vietnam but that the soldiers who fought there were a different breed.« less