Guns Up!
a firsthand account of the vietnam war
$25.25
- Paperback
376 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2002
Summary
Guns Up!: A Marine’s Memoir of Courage in Vietnam
GUNS UP! was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with the M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn’t the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that the life expectancy of a machine gunner in Vietnam was seven to ten seconds after a firefight began.
Johnnie was only eighteen when he got there, at the height of the bloody Tet Offensive at Hue, and he quickly realised the grim …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345450265 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345450264 |
| Author: | Johnnie Clark |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2002 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 106mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Johnnie Clark
Johnnie M. Clark is a disabled veteran who lives with his wife and two children in St. Petersburg, Florida. After joining the Marine Corps at age seventeen, he served as a machine gunner with the famous 5th Marine Regiment in 1968 and was wounded three times. He was awarded the Silver Star for bravery. While recuperating in Okinawa, Mr. Clark studied karate as part of his rehabilitation program, and after his discharge, he taught martial arts at the University of South Florida. He is now a 6th Dan Master of tae kwan do and operates a tae kwan do school in St. Petersburg. Clark is also the author of Semper Fidelis, The Old Corps, No Better Way to Die, and the forthcoming Harlot’s Cup. He is the recipient of the Brig. Gen. Robert L. Denig Memorial Distinguished Service Award for writing.
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