title: Semper FI: Stories of the United States Marines from Boot Camp to Battle
author: Clint - Editor Willis
description: Semper Fi collects into one volume the best, most compelling stories and eyewitness accounts from the vast literature about the elite few who call themselves United States Marines. The history of the Marine Corps is inextricably intertwined with that of the country it defendsfrom its formation during the American Revolution through the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf War, right up to its recent role in Afghanistan. Marines not only played a deciding role in many of the moments which have determined our history, but set a standard for honor, self-sacrifice, and courage which has defined the best of military heroism in this country for generations. Including the most compelling excerpts from classics old and new by authors such as Thomas Ricks (Making the Corps), James Brady (The Coldest War), Studs Terkel (The Good War), Lewis B. Puller, Jr. (Fortunate Son), James W. Johnson (The Long Road of War), Joseph Alexander (Edsons Raiders), John C. Stevens III (Court-Martial At Parris Island), Anthony Swofford (Jarhead), and Frank and John Schaeffer (Keeping Faith), this anthology will bring readers the pain, pride, and glory of being a member of Americas most renowned fighting group.
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  **Contents**
  
  Chapter 1
  
  THE CLIFF WAS CALLED BLUE
  
  SKY POINT, BUT ON THIS…
  
  1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  EVERYONE KNEW THIS WAS THE DAY.
  
  17
  
  Chapter 3
  
  THIS PLACE WAS CALLED HALLUJA.
  
  23
  
  Chapter 4
  
  THE TROOP TRUCK RUMBLED DOWN
  
  THE FOREST ROAD, the twelve…
  
  34
  
  Chapter 5
  
  FOUR HOURS LATER, AUTRY, MC CUNE
  
  AND MUNGO were in…
  
  57
  
  Chapter 6
  
  THE GOOD NEWS, AT LEAST, WAS THAT
  
  THEY WEREN’T staying…
  
  71
  
  Chapter 7
  
  THE MARINE CORPS’ KC-130 REFUELING
  
  PLANE reached its station over…
  
  94
  
  Chapter 8
  
  MAJOR JIM SHAW WAS IN CUBA WHEN
  
  HE GOT THE…
  
  113
  
  Chapter 9
  
  MORNING DAWNED COLD AND DAMP
  
  OVER THE SERE camp in…
  
  126
  
  Chapter 10
  
  THE TOP-SECRET AURORA SPY PLANE
  
  HAD BEEN ALOFT for just…
  
  139
  
  Chapter 11
  
  THE TYPHOON WAS BLOWING AT FULL
  
  GALE WHEN THE USS…
  
  151
  
  Chapter 12
  
  THE RAIN THAT HAD BEEN SOAKING
  
  THE NORTHEAST region of…
  
  161
  
  Chapter 13
  
  CAPTAIN DAN MUNGO NEEDED
  
  A BUCKET OF WATER