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Title: The Proud Bastards: One Marine's Journey from Parris Island Through the Hell of Vietnam by E. Michael Helms ISBN: 0-7434-8324-3 Publisher: Pocket Star Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Simplistically Powerful - Inordinately Complex
Comment: Rarely does a book foster and inspire an epiphany within me. Yet, "Proud Bastards" by E. Michael Helms - a raw-edged, revealing account of life as a Marine, and service in the Vietnam war, took me to the edge of civilization and back again. Mr. Helms' style of personal narrative reveals not only a soldier's courage, fears, and sense of duty; but his own personal courage in facing and recounting his experiences to the reader who is propelled along the tumultuous currents of Helms' fascinating and riveting journey. I laughed with him, cried with him, touched, tasted and smelled the horrors of war, as well as felt the triumphs and loss of camaraderie through his poignant words. Helms' exquisite sense of timing, and his balance of the good times as well as the bad, combine to make his book a masterpiece weaving of complexities, confusions, brutality and horror; his relentless assault on one's senses - all forgiven through the comprehension of humanity's fragility. From this book, I could finally understand the kind of pain that I saw reflected in my own Father's eyes when he thought of his service in Vietnam. "Proud Bastards" will touch the heart of all patriots, and the soul of all humans in its reflections of indomitable will and courage - and the simplicity of a sunrise in the heroic heart of a soldier far from home.
Rating: 5
Summary: Awsome Book
Comment: One of the best Marine Corp, and Vietnam related books that I have ever read. Really gives a sense of what the Marines and Vietnam were like. I would recommend it to anyone.
Rating: 5
Summary: A banquet of emotions: I laughed, I cried, I mourned
Comment: "The Proud Bastards" is not about war; it's about a man who went to war, a 20th century hero's journey told with gut-wrenching truth. Follow Mike as he leaves his ordinary world, still an idealistic boy. Laugh as he endures often hilarious and grueling days of Marine boot camp. Then follow him on to the dark, frightening culture shock of war-torn Vietnam. It is an odyssey that takes you from boyhood dreams to adulthood's most gruesome reality. Not for males only, it is an insightful look into the soul of a young man as he faces the challenges of battle and brings home the precious elixir--life.
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Title: Not Going Home Alone: A Marine's Story by James Kirschke ISBN: 0345440935 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 07 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Silent Warrior by Charles Henderson ISBN: 0425188647 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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