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Johnnie Clark is the author of the best selling non-fiction masterpiece "GUNS UP!" and several other books about the Marine Corps. He joined the Marine Corps at the age of 17 and served as Machine Gunner with the famed 5th Marine Regiment in Vietnam. Mr. Clark has been awarded America's 3rd highest medal for bravery and gallantry in combat, The Silver Star, 3 Purple Hearts, The Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm, The Civil Action Combat Medal, The Marine Combat Ribbon among other decorations. He is the recipient of the Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association Brigadier General Robert L. Denig Memorial Distignquished Service Award for writing.