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Spare Parts: A Marine Reservist's Journey from Campus to Combat in 38 Days
[159240054X]

Spare Parts: A Marine Reservist\'s Journey from Campus to Combat in 38 Days
Author: Williams, Buzz
Publisher: Gotham Books
Year: 2004
ISBN: 159240054X
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description:
New book, 313 pages. In 1989 Buzz Williams walked into a Marine recruiting office to follow in the footsteps of the deceased older brother he grew up idolising and signed up to join the Marine Reserves. But Williams had no idea that even the newest reservists could find themselves on the front lines of a battlefield in a matter of weeks. On August 2, 1990 - the day Williams graduated from Light Armoured Vehicle School - Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Kuwait, and Williams's life would change forever. Spare Parts tells the story of Williams's harrowing deployment to the Persian Gulf, where he would be thrust into combat only 38 days after being called up. Enduring both the condescension of full-time Marines and the danger of limited training, he managed to form a core group that struggled to gain respect from the military machine that viewed them as "spare parts." In gripping "you are there" detail, William brings to life the physical and emotional trials he faced on the killing fields of Kuwait - where some of the woefully unprepared Marines wer able to rise to the challenge and others were broken by the horrors of battle.
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