Historical eye-witness biography about escape from Eastern Europe, Dresden survival, coming to America, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam service, East Germany and Dominican Republic political and military events. It is dedicated to the victims of Communism and terror. Original sources are used primarily and references to personal papers, photography, diary entries and direct observations are made. Father was young lawyer in St. Petersburg before and during 1917 Russian Revolution and later observed political developments as an important lawyer in Lithuania. Survived two World Wars. Author was Infantry Officer with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions, served 28 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, with two combat tours in Vietnam, with award of Purple Heart, was Naval Representative to Soviet forces in Germany, Defense Attach in Santo Domingo, Naval War College Honor Graduate, Served with DIA and CIA. Earned MA and MSA from George Washington University and PhD from Georgetown University.
Many thanks for the copy of Our Wars Overseas And At Home. I know it will be a great read. - General P.X. Kelley USMC (Ret). Nargeles book is pure platinum that vividly describes the impact of Communist oppression on him and his family as WW II ended, and his journey to and through the Marine Corps........a journey that included combat service in Vietnam and sensitive challenging diplomatic assignments that followed. - Lieutenant General Stephen Olmstead USMC (Ret). Anyone who reads Our Wars Overseas And At Home will share the enthusiasm I have for your book. It is an insightful look at the adverseries we have faced when we joined the Marine Corps in the 1960s. - Major General Donald R. Gardner USMC (Ret), President Marine Corps University. Lieutenant Colonel Nargeles book is an absorbing and engrossing story of a Marines service to his country and Corps. Well done, Marine!- Major General W. H. Rice USMC (Ret).
Military Wives 101 is a provocative and inspiring novel about Tayler and Sandy, two women who marry uncharacteristically into the military lifestyle. Although Sandy currently has no male suitors, Tayler has a tentative proposal from Carl, an Army soldier with whom she had a one-night stand, two years ago. Ironically, Sandy's promiscuity introduces Tayler to Carl, and her selfishness tries to keep them apart. Fed up with Sandy's childish behavior, Tayler cuts Sandy off from their one-way friendship, and vows to accomplish her future dreams without her. Sandy is disturbed by this, and impulsively makes some choices that she soon regrets. Eventually, Sandy and Tayler both travel down similar paths that lead them in different directions. Even though the two women longed for marriage and commitment, they never dreamed that it would happen in such an unconventional manner. They are both inadequately prepared for the cross-country relocations, low pay, marital stress, and the explicit, unavoidable, DRAMA! Soon, they are both reaping the consequences of their impetuous past decisions. It does not take either of them long to realize that, even though they both hold graduate degrees, the one class they must struggle to pass is Military Wives 101.
Defend Freedom, well done." -- General P.X. Kelley USMC (Ret). Nargeles book is pure platinum that vividly describes the impact of Communist oppression on him and his family as WW II ended, and his journey to and through the Marine Corps ... a journey that included combat service in Vietnam and sensitive challenging diplomatic assignments that followed. - Lieutenant General Stephen Olmstead USMC (Ret). The book Defend Freedom is an insightful look at the adverseries we have faced when we joined the Marine Corps in the 1960s. - Major General Donald R. Gardner USMC (Ret), President Marine Corps University. Lieutenant Colonel Nargeles book is an absorbing and engrossing story of a Marines service to his country and Corps. Well done, Marine!- Major General W. H. Rice USMC (Ret).
The book "Endless Cold War" is a chronicle and memoir based on direct observations and statements from observers. It also adds empirical information from primary sources. The book contains analysis and themes based on the available data. The author's father directly observed the Russian revolution and subsequent events. The author escaped from Communism at the end of World War II and is a Dresden survivor. The author served in the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Haiti crisis, two tours in Vietnam, East Germany, Korea, the Dominican Republic and had other relevant assignments.
New Strategy, well done! (General P. X. Kelley USMC [Ret]). Nargeles book is pure platinum that vividly describes the impact of Communist oppression on him and his family as WWII ended, and his journey to and through the Marine Corps . . . a journey that included combat service in Vietnam and sensitive challenging diplomatic assignments that followed (Lieutenant General Stephen Olmstead USMC [Ret]). The book New Strategy is an insightful look at the adversaries we have faced when we joined the Marine Corps in the 1960s (Major General Donald R. Gardner USMC [Ret], Emeritus Marine Corps University President). Lieutenant Colonel Nargeles New Strategy book is a well-thought-out, absorbing, engrossing story and is not only about his Marine Corps service but also what needs to be done for the good of our country. Well done, Marine (Major General W. H. Rice USMC [Ret]).
A Survivor's Triumph reviewed by Maj Jeffrey W. Megargel, USMC (Ret) With the Cold War already fading from memory, Americans are forgetting the millions of victims of communism. Even those of us who spend decades preparing for the final showdown with the Warsaw Pact have moved on to face a new threat. Fortunately, a new autobiography, entitled From Immigrant to U.S. Marine, reminds us of the highs and lows of the Cold War. As a young boy in wartime Lithuania, Dominik Nargele witnessed harassment of his family by both Nazi and Soviet occupation forces. When it became apparent that the Soviets would ?Russify? Lithuania in 1944, his family fled to Dresden, Germany. Assuming that the Allies would not attack a city well known as a cultural center, they occupied apartments dangerously close to the railhead. In a deal apparently brokered between Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt, the Allies did bomb Dresden in February 1945. Although the apartment, railhead, and most of the city were destroyed by the incendiary bombs, Nargele survived. Within a few months, the Nargele family settled in Brooklyn to begin new lives as displaced persons. The next 60 years afforded Dominik Nargele a life of service to his new country and the opportunity to fight communism. LtCol Nargele began his service with the Army National Guard and finished with the Marine Corps. Throughout his career he never wavered from his hate of communism, and fate provided him plenty of opportunity to prove it. That lifelong battle began with the Cuban missile crisis, continued through two tours in Vietnam, a tour observing Soviet maneuvers in East Germany, and finally as a defense attachi in Santo Domingo. From Immigrant to U.S.Marine is full of detail that may be difficult for the casual reader to grasp. When asked about the level of detail, the author pointed to the two worn notebooks on the desk before him. Commissioned as an infantry officer, Nargele deployed to Vietnam with 2d Battalion, 9th Marines as the communications platoon commander. Because he found the science of communications to be challenging, he recorded nomenclature, the events of each day, and lessons learned in those two books. At the end of his first tour, he had page upon page of detailed notes. Within those pages was a story of combat in Vietnam quite unlike that being reported in the popular media. The chronicle includes great battlefield wins and losses, gallantry and mistakes ? including a good night's sleep in a minefield, a battalion commander killed by an improvised explosive, Marine cooks defending the mess hall from Vietcong infiltrators, and man-eating tigers. There are also plenty of more familiar combat situations that are being replayed in Iraq and reported on the evening news with arguably some of the same media bias. Nargele's daring spy activities in East Germany are simply amazing. While performing reconnaissance in full Marine Corps uniform, he was nearly shot, run over, and often detained. Other officers were killed by the Soviets or East Germans, but Nargele escaped one close call after another. Perhaps Nargele's resilience is due in part to his fluency in Lithuanian, German, Russian, and English. Just as his father had talked his way out of internment by the NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, former Soviet Union under Stalin) secret police in World War II Lithuania, Nargele often talked his way out ofarrest at the hand of the KGB (Committee for State Security, former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and the Volks Polizei ( East German police). When read as a memoir of a life spend fighting communism, the book reminds the reader of the anfractuous nature of the Cold War and the many influences that were at play. LtCol Nargele still burns with resentment over blatant media bias in Vietnam and its passive acceptance of Communist dominance. While the U.S. military won on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, the Communists won the war o
Many thanks for the copy of Our Wars Overseas And At Home. I know it will be a great read. - General P.X. Kelley USMC (Ret). Nargeles book is pure platinum that vividly describes the impact of Communist oppression on him and his family as WW II ended, and his journey to and through the Marine Corps........a journey that included combat service in Vietnam and sensitive challenging diplomatic assignments that followed. - Lieutenant General Stephen Olmstead USMC (Ret). Anyone who reads Our Wars Overseas And At Home will share the enthusiasm I have for your book. It is an insightful look at the adverseries we have faced when we joined the Marine Corps in the 1960s. - Major General Donald R. Gardner USMC (Ret), President Marine Corps University. Lieutenant Colonel Nargeles book is an absorbing and engrossing story of a Marines service to his country and Corps. Well done, Marine!- Major General W. H. Rice USMC (Ret).
The book "Endless Cold War" is a chronicle and memoir based on direct observations and statements from observers. It also adds empirical information from primary sources. The book contains analysis and themes based on the available data. The author's father directly observed the Russian revolution and subsequent events. The author escaped from Communism at the end of World War II and is a Dresden survivor. The author served in the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Haiti crisis, two tours in Vietnam, East Germany, Korea, the Dominican Republic and had other relevant assignments.
Defend Freedom, well done." -- General P.X. Kelley USMC (Ret). Nargeles book is pure platinum that vividly describes the impact of Communist oppression on him and his family as WW II ended, and his journey to and through the Marine Corps ... a journey that included combat service in Vietnam and sensitive challenging diplomatic assignments that followed. - Lieutenant General Stephen Olmstead USMC (Ret). The book Defend Freedom is an insightful look at the adverseries we have faced when we joined the Marine Corps in the 1960s. - Major General Donald R. Gardner USMC (Ret), President Marine Corps University. Lieutenant Colonel Nargeles book is an absorbing and engrossing story of a Marines service to his country and Corps. Well done, Marine!- Major General W. H. Rice USMC (Ret).
New Strategy, well done! (General P. X. Kelley USMC [Ret]). Nargeles book is pure platinum that vividly describes the impact of Communist oppression on him and his family as WWII ended, and his journey to and through the Marine Corps . . . a journey that included combat service in Vietnam and sensitive challenging diplomatic assignments that followed (Lieutenant General Stephen Olmstead USMC [Ret]). The book New Strategy is an insightful look at the adversaries we have faced when we joined the Marine Corps in the 1960s (Major General Donald R. Gardner USMC [Ret], Emeritus Marine Corps University President). Lieutenant Colonel Nargeles New Strategy book is a well-thought-out, absorbing, engrossing story and is not only about his Marine Corps service but also what needs to be done for the good of our country. Well done, Marine (Major General W. H. Rice USMC [Ret]).
Historical eye-witness biography about escape from Eastern Europe, Dresden survival, coming to America, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam service, East Germany and Dominican Republic political and military events. It is dedicated to the victims of Communism and terror. Original sources are used primarily and references to personal papers, photography, diary entries and direct observations are made. Father was young lawyer in St. Petersburg before and during 1917 Russian Revolution and later observed political developments as an important lawyer in Lithuania. Survived two World Wars. Author was Infantry Officer with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions, served 28 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, with two combat tours in Vietnam, with award of Purple Heart, was Naval Representative to Soviet forces in Germany, Defense Attach in Santo Domingo, Naval War College Honor Graduate, Served with DIA and CIA. Earned MA and MSA from George Washington University and PhD from Georgetown University.
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