Semper Fi Do Or Die

Follow a group of young men as they go through Marine Corps boot camp in 1962, at Parris Island, South Carolina, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in October of that year, 1962, and then on to their duty stations and, for some, Vietnam. If you want to know what the Marine Corps was really like in the 1960's and those that served during this tumultuous time in history this is the book for you!

Honor has become a lost art in today's society. We see dishonor not only in the world but unfortunately in the church. In 1 Samuel 2:35b the Bible says, “for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed”. God is very clear about honor and the Bible has much to say about it. In the days of old, people were very honorable towards God and His things. However, there is a spirit of disobedience working to relegate the things of and pertaining to God down to the unimportant and insignificant. In these times, we must find our way back to understanding honor and God's Plan of Favor on our lives. Honor is truly the Currency of Heaven and becomes the vehicle by which the Blessing flows. This book illuminates the ways that many dishonor God. It has become so subtle that many are completely unaware. There are many truths that when applied, the believer will begin to experience the Blessing moving in ways that they have never seen before. When we master these precepts of being honorable, the flood gates of currency will begin to open and uncommon favor is released into our lives. Honor truly is the Currency of Heaven by which all Heavenly Business is transacted.

RETURN NOW TO THOSE THRILLING DAYS OF YESTERYEAR! THE PSYCHEDELIC, SIZZLING SIXTIES! FOR A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF THE ERA. JUST DROP OUT AND DROP IN TO SEE WHAT CONDITION YOUR CONDITION IS IN. SEE THE BURNING BUDDHIST MONKS OF ASIA, THE ASSASSINATIONS OF JFK, RFK, AND MLK. THE FIGHT OVER CIVIL RIGHTS BETWEEN BLACKS, WHITES, AND THE KKK. THE BRITISH INVASION AND THE INFESTATION OF BEATLES IN OUR MUSIC. HIPPIES EVERYWHERE ARE HEADED WEST – CALIFORNIA DREAMING DURING THE ’67 SUMMER OF LOVE. AMERICA TAKES A STAND IN A FAR AWAY LAND – VIETNAM. UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU! BURN YOUR DRAFT CARDS? LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT? NO VIET CONG EVER HURT ME SCREAMS ALI, AS HE GOES OFF TO FIGHT – FOR A FEE. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE! THE HIPPIES CHANT WHILE THEY WRAP THEMSELVES IN THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. THEY HAVEN’T A CLUE AS TO WHAT A NATION MUST DO TO REMAIN FREE. THEIR VERY RIGHT TO PROTEST, MARCH, SIT IN, AND DEMONSTRATE COMES AT A VERY HIGH RATE. THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID BY THE SACRIFICE OF PATRIOTS LIVES AND BLOOD EVER SINCE 1776. REAL PEACE COMES AT A HEAVY COST, LIVES ARE LOST. WAR IS HELL! BOMB HANOI SEARCH AND DESTROY FROM THE DMZ DOWN SOUTH TO SAIGON, UP TO KESANH AND HUE CITY. BATTLE AFTER BATTLE IS WON; THE TROOPS GET THE JOB DONE. THE U.S. HAS KICKED CHARLIE’S NVA ASS, GET SOME! GET SOME! TET ARRIVES AND TO OUR SURPRISE THE PRESS, UNCLE WALTER AND CBS SAY THAT THE WAR CAN’T BE WON! LBJ’S SICK OF IT ALL AND MAKES THE CALL. IT’S LEFT UP TO TRICKY DICK TO PULL THE PLUG AND A ONCE FREE NATION GOES DOWN THE DRAIN. THE VIETNAM WALL SAYS IT ALL – “FREEDOM ISN’T FREE”. REMEMBER, THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM IS NEVER IN VAIN! WE CAN ONLY PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THE USA IN IT’S QUEST FOR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. DAVID L. DENNY

In Peace on Earth we see into both sides of a vicious, blood-curdling battle in the trenches of WWI, when poison gas, hand-to-hand combat and starvation still played a big role in wars between countries. In a true event, something that history verifies happened, we get a glimpse of what could have happened on that day on the Western Front, between two armies, and the human beings who discovered there humanity on that Christmas Day, in the year of Our Lord, 1914. In Muhammad's Revenge we see how the world can be, has been and will be again, changed in dramatically, historic fashion until it no longer is a world. And, in the Duke, we see into the life of a totally disreputable, thoroughly unlikeable character but whose traits we all recognize because that are not only those of someone we have known but traits that we ourselves have suppressed most our lives. In fact, the further we read, the more we realize that we, ourselves have some, maybe too many, of those same traits ourselves.

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.

The ER: A Year in the Life relates both the joy and sadness that can be encountered while caring for patients and families in the emergency department. The book condenses a 16-year practice of emergency medicine into a single-year timeline. Similarities between the caregivers and the cared-for are revealed in the telling stories within.

This book/journal, which is entitled In the Light of Darkness, is based on the author’s personal journey through deep depression, darkness, despair, hopelessness, suicide and back because of a lifetime of bipolar depression and eighteen years of sibling violence (domestic violence) in his home. Along with the bipolar depression, because of the abuse, he was also diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Oftentimes, there is a direct correlation between the two, mirror images of each other. Both of these social stigmas are largely overlooked—and this book was written to bring about and raise awareness concerning these toxic taboos, which have been hush-hush and swept under the rug of our social consciousness for far too long. You may not always see the bruises or signs of deep, dark depression, but look closer, listen, and talk to people who are suffering. Show them you truly care and love them and that you are there for them no matter what they are going through because they matter. Let’s stop the madness. Tell someone and/or seek professional help. This book is Wade Robinson’s story and is an intriguing, in-depth, dark journey through life and death.

At the age of 17, Marco Martinez was a thug--a gun-toting, car-stealing gang member. At the age of 22, he was a hero--the recipient of the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism under fire in the Iraq War. This is the story of his incredible transformation and of his experiences on the front lines of the War on Terror. Writing with passion and candor, Martinez brings us back to his gang days, then takes us through the grueling ordeal of Marine boot camp and the even-more-punishing training at the School of Infantry to show just how warriors are made. Then he unfolds a warrior's tale: we join his Marine squad as they patrol the most dangerous war zone imaginable, the narrow, treacherous streets of Baghdad, and into a brutal terrorist ambush that calls upon reserves of ferocity and courage none of the Marines could ever be certain they possessed.--From publisher description.

Rajun Cajun, Ozark Hillbilly, Alabama Wild man and a Texas Tornado, all Vietnam veterans, team up to pull off a monumental heist of a gambling Riverboat in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. They travel half the world to get the resources to pull it off. Deception, double cross and a physic girlfriend all blend in to make an exciting suspense-filled social gumbo.

In January 1968, John Corbett and his fellow leathernecks of the 26th Marine Regiment fortified a remote outpost at a place in South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. Within days of their arrival, twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers surrounded the base. What followed over the next seventy-seven days became one of the deadliest fights of the Vietnam War—and one of the greatest battles in military history. Private First Class Corbett made do with little or no sleep for days on end. The enemy bombarded the base incessantly. Extremes of heat, cold, and fog added to the misery, as did all manner of wounds and injuries too minor to justify evacuation from frontline positions. The emotional toll was tremendous as the Marines saw their friends suffer and die every day of the siege. Corbett relates these experiences through the eyes of a twenty-year-old but with the mind and maturity of a man now in his fifties. His story of life, death, and growing up on the front lines at Khe Sanh speaks for all of the Marines caught up in the epic siege of the Vietnam War.