The Education of Corporal John Musgrave: Vietnam and Its Aftermath Musgrave John
A Marine's searing and intimate memoir about surviving Vietnam and its aftermath.John Musgrave had a small-town midwestern childhood that embodied the idealized postwar America. Service, patriotism,…
Specifikacia The Education of Corporal John Musgrave: Vietnam and Its Aftermath Musgrave John
A Marine's searing and intimate memoir about surviving Vietnam and its aftermath.John Musgrave had a small-town midwestern childhood that embodied the idealized postwar America. Service, patriotism, faith, and civic pride were the values that guided his family and community, and like nearly all the boys he knew, Musgrave grew up looking forward to the day when he could enlist to serve his country as his father had done. There was no question in Musgrave's mind: He was going to join the legendary Marine Corps as soon as he was eligible. In February of 1966, at age seventeen, during his senior year in high school, and with the Vietnam War already raging, he walked down to the local recruiting station, signed up, and set off for three years that would permanently reshape his life.In this electrifying memoir, he renders his wartime experience with a powerful intimacy and
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