This is the life story of a career Marine officer decorated for valor in three wars, and a memoir of war and peace in the U.S. Marine Corps in the first half of the 20th century.
This is the life story of a career Marine officer decorated for valor in three wars, and a memoir of war and peace in the U.S. Marine Corps in the fir...
The book was written as a companion volume for the author's most recent work, Bayonets and Bougainvilleas. In this volume the author presents the verbatim text of two major source documents for that work; his father's ORAL HISTORY and his mother's TRAVEL JOURNAL, with his own added commentary. The HISTORY is the text of General Blake's official interview with Marine Corps historian Benis Frank covering the General's Marine Corps career 1917-1949. The JOURNAL is the transcript of journal entries and letters written by the author's mother during travels abroad and in the USA from 1931 to 1941....
The book was written as a companion volume for the author's most recent work, Bayonets and Bougainvilleas. In this volume the author presents the verb...
