Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
By: Donovan Campbell
4.14
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
After graduating from Princeton, Donovan Campbell, motivated by his unwavering patriotism and commi…
Want to Read $ 13.99"I became amazed at how much my men would tolerate if someone just took the time to explain the why of it all to them."-Donovan Campbell, Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
"I became amazed at how much my men would tolerate if someone just took the time to explain the why of it all to them."-Donovan Campbell, Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
"You can only pretend that you're already dead and thus free yourself up to focus on three things: 1) finding and killing the enemy, 2) communicating the situation and resulting actions to adjacent units and higher headquarters, and 3) triaging and treating your wounded. If you love your men, you naturally think about number three first, but if you do you're wrong. The grim logic of combat dictates that numbers one and two take precedence."-Donovan Campbell, Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
"You can only pretend that you're already dead and thus free yourself up to focus on three things: 1) finding and killing the enemy, 2) communicating the situation and resulting actions to adjacent units and higher headquarters, and 3) triaging and treating your wounded. If you love your men, you naturally think about number three first, but if you do you're wrong. The grim logic of combat dictates that numbers one and two take precedence."-Donovan Campbell, Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
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By: Nathaniel Fick
4.19
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
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By: Bernard Cornwell
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
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3. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
By: Sarah Vowell
3.84
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
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4. The Steel Wave (World War II: 1939-1945, #2)
By: Jeff Shaara
3.87
Format: 237 pages,
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5. Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
By: Donovan Campbell
4.14
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
After graduating from Princeton, Donovan Campbell, motivated by his unwavering patriotism and commi… read more
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"I became amazed at how much my men would tolerate if someone just took the time to explain the why of it all to them."-Donovan Campbell, Joker One: A Marine Platoon's Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood
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6. Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor
By: Clinton Romesha
3.97
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
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7. Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds
By: Kevin Maurer , None
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
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8. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
By: Max Hastings
3.57
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
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By: Kevin Lacz , Ethan E. Rocke , Lindsey Lacz
4.33
Format: 228 pages, ebook
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By: Patrick K. O'Donnell
4.00
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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11. Level Zero Heroes: The Story of U.S. Marine Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
By: Michael Golembesky , John R. Bruning
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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3.92
Format: None pages,
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By: Bob Drury , Tom Clavin
3.77
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
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14. One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War
By: None
4.33
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
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By: Irwin Shaw
4.23
Format: 662 pages, Paperback
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17. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two
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4.29
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
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By: Dale A. Jenkins
4.30
Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition
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19. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
By: K.G.E. Konkel
4.32
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
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21. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man
By: Lynn Vincent
4.45
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
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