| Corpsman Up!: A Marine Medic Struggles with War, God, and Patriotism Contributor(s): Johnson, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595521266 ISBN-13: 9780595521265 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: I entered the military as most enlistees with only the beliefs I was raised with. I thought I knew what I was getting into only to discover that very little of combat was like anything I imagined it to be. I soon found myself wondering about the processes that got me to a war I personally opposed and have had to wonder since what that says about me. I remember the day the foundation of my beliefs was shook to the ground. A dying Marine wanted to know how god, the god that was suppose to protect him from harm, could have let what happened to him happen. I did not know, a realization that turned my whole world upside down. Why were we here --- dying in some mosquito infested swamp? For what? And who were the beneficiaries? |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009281799 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.30 lbs) 404 pages |
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| Publisher Description: I entered the military as most enlistees with only the beliefs I was raised with. I thought I knew what I was getting into only to discover that very little of combat was like anything I imagined it to be. I soon found myself wondering about the processes that got me to a war I personally opposed and have had to wonder since what that says about me. I remember the day the foundation of my beliefs was shook to the ground. A dying Marine wanted to know how god, the god that was suppose to protect him from harm, could have let what happened to him happen. I did not know, a realization that turned my whole world upside down. Why were we here --- dying in some mosquito infested swamp? For what? And who were the beneficiaries? |