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OPERATION MILLPOND: U.S. Marines In Thailand, 1961 [Illustrated Edition]

By: Colonel George R. Hofmann Jr. USMC

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OPERATION MILLPOND: U.S. Marines In Thailand, 1961 [Illustrated Edition]

By: Colonel George R. Hofmann Jr. USMC

Includes over 15 illustrations This operation highlights the role that the small country of Laos played in the foreign policy calculations of the newly elected U.S. president, John F. Kennedy. Gravely concerned that the Laotian government was in danger of being overwhelmed by a growing Communist insurgency known as the Pathet Lao, President Kennedy took the bold step of deploying Marine Air Base Squadron-16 (MABS-16) to nearby Thailand for the purpose of supporting a collection of helicopters piloted by an organization called Air America. Hollywood later made a movie about Air America, and it is now widely known that it was linked to the Central Intelligence Agency. The Marines of MABS-16 received no such fanfare. Working behind the scenes in austere conditions, MABS-16 gave new meaning to the phrase “in any clime and place.” While Operation Millpond may seem like a small thing in comparison with much larger operations that were soon to be conducted by Marines in the Republic of South Vietnam, it nonetheless represents a clear beginning to a growing U.S. military commitment to the region as a whole, one that did not end until the last Marine left the roof of the American embassy in Saigon in 1975.

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OPERATION MILLPOND: U.S. Marines In Thailand, 1961 [Illustrated Edition]

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We’Ll All Die as Marines

One Marine’s Journey from Private to Colonel

By: Colonel Jim Bathurst USMC (Retired)

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One Marine’s Journey from Private to Colonel

By: Colonel Jim Bathurst USMC (Retired)

For seventeen-year-old high school dropout Jim Bathurst, the Marine Corps’s reputation for making men out of boys was something he desperately needed when he enlisted in March of 1958. What began as a four-year hitch lasted nearly thirty-six years and included an interesting assortment of duty stations and assignments as both enlisted and officer. We’ll All Die As Marines narrates a story about a young, free-spirited kid from Dundalk, Maryland, and how the Corps captured his body, mind, and spirit. Slowly, but persistently, the Corps transformed him into someone whose first love would forever be the United States Marine Corps. It documents not only his leadership, service, and training but also regales many tales of his fellow Marines that will have the reader laughing, cheering, and at times crying. In this memoir, Bathurst reveals that for him—a former DI who was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V”, Purple Heart, and a combat commission to second lieutenant—the Corps was not a job, a career, or even a profession; it was—and still is—a way of life.

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We'll All Die As Marines

One Marine's Journey from Private to Colonel

By: Colonel Jim Bathurst Usmc (Retired),Jim Bathurst

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One Marine's Journey from Private to Colonel

By: Colonel Jim Bathurst Usmc (Retired),Jim Bathurst

For seventeen-year-old high school dropout Jim Bathurst, the Marine Corps's reputation for making men out of boys was something he desperately needed when he enlisted in March of 1958. What began as a four-year hitch lasted nearly thirty-six years and included an interesting assortment of duty stations and assignments as both enlisted and officer.We'll All Die As Marinesnarrates a story about a young, free-spirited kid from Dundalk, Maryland, and how the Corps captured his body, mind, and spirit. Slowly, but persistently, the Corps transformed him into someone whose first love would forever be the United States Marine Corps. It documents not only his leadership, service, and training but also regales many tales of his fellow Marines that will have the reader laughing, cheering, and at times crying. In this memoir, Bathurst reveals that for him—a former DI who was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V", Purple Heart, and a combat commission to second lieutenant—the Corps was not a job, a career, or even a profession; it was—and still is—a way of life.

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OPERATION MILLPOND: U.S. Marines In Thailand, 1961 [Illustrated Edition]

OPERATION MILLPOND: U.S. Marines In Thailand, 1961 [Illustrated Edition]

OPERATION MILLPOND: U.S. Marines In Thailand, 1961 [Illustrated Edition]

OPERATION MILLPOND: U.S. Marines In Thailand, 1961 [Illustrated Edition]

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