WIA Corpsman Up!

Download or read book WIA Corpsman Up! written by Frank Murphy and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A face on the Action Reports of WIAs. 17 Marines and one Corpsman tell their stories. It starts with a brief of their childhood, why they wanted to go in the Marine Corps or Navy, first day of boot camp, their training and first combat. Then, the events that led up to their being wounded followed by their recuperation and their life after military service. The last story is from a Navy Nurse who served aboard the hospital ship, USS Repose in the waters of Vietnam. She tells her impressions of what war does to our young fighting men and how that experience shaped her future.