Taking on the burden of history
Subtitle: presuming to be a United States Marine
By: George M. Van Sant.
Publisher: Xlibris; Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Philadelphia]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9781436329262; 9781436329255
Subjects: Van Sant, George M., -- 1927-; United States. -- Marine Corps -- Biography; Marines -- United States -- Biography; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives, American.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Enlistment and Parris Island (1945); title: Boot leave, Camp Lejeune, and a slow boat (1945); title: China adventures I (1945-1946); title: China adventures II (1946); title: Home, discharge, between wars (1946-1950); title: Back to Camp Lejeune (1950-1951); title: Quantico, becoming an officer (1951-1952); title: To West Coast and Korea (1952); title: Introduction to combat; title: Two engagements, things heat up (1952); title: In Division Reserve (1952); title: Stromboli; title: Bunker Hill I; title: Bunker Hill II; title: Final days with Fox Company, into Reserve; title: Winter and back online; title: Back to Reserve and back to the lines; title: Going home (1953)