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| The Highest Ranking Private on Guam |
A faithful account of
the charming and
hilarious
misadventures of PFC
Ben Green--a low
ranking but
quick-witted
individualist who
battled the system in
order to serve his
country with honor,
yet saved his neck to
return home to his
family. Its serious
message is that his
generation's
unshakable resolve to
resist evil in the
world is still needed
today to counter those
self-appointed saviors
who attack and
threaten to destroy
civilized society.
the charming and
hilarious
misadventures of PFC
Ben Green--a low
ranking but
quick-witted
individualist who
battled the system in
order to serve his
country with honor,
yet saved his neck to
return home to his
family. Its serious
message is that his
generation's
unshakable resolve to
resist evil in the
world is still needed
today to counter those
self-appointed saviors
who attack and
threaten to destroy
civilized society.
Dad’s War with the United States Marines, Seaboard Press, 2005, an imprint of James A. Rock &
Co. Publishers, Florence, S.C., in the American Voices Series, ISBN 1-59663-501-0.
Co. Publishers, Florence, S.C., in the American Voices Series, ISBN 1-59663-501-0.
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Here's a new kind of war story--a family memoir that relates the exploits of my father,
a resourceful nonconformist who, despite having a wife and two small children,
enlisted at age 35 with the understanding that he would serve as an officer in combat
intelligence; he nonetheless had to train with kids half his age in the Marine infantry.
Back home, the family struggled with making ends meet, managing the household,
growing up and fear of the unthinkable, as we waited in terror for word of Dad's
assignment to the next island invasion. Like Luther Billis in James Michener's Tales
of the South Pacific, however, Dad adapted to the absurdity and opportunity of
military life. He good-naturedly learned how to work the system. He talked his way
into an assignment where his knowledge of radio could be useful to the war effort and
by default ended up running the Armed Forces Radio Station on the island of Guam.
He managed to save his skin for his family's sake and to eke meaningful service to
his nation out of the chaos. And for one shining moment, he held the future of the
world in his hands.
a resourceful nonconformist who, despite having a wife and two small children,
enlisted at age 35 with the understanding that he would serve as an officer in combat
intelligence; he nonetheless had to train with kids half his age in the Marine infantry.
Back home, the family struggled with making ends meet, managing the household,
growing up and fear of the unthinkable, as we waited in terror for word of Dad's
assignment to the next island invasion. Like Luther Billis in James Michener's Tales
of the South Pacific, however, Dad adapted to the absurdity and opportunity of
military life. He good-naturedly learned how to work the system. He talked his way
into an assignment where his knowledge of radio could be useful to the war effort and
by default ended up running the Armed Forces Radio Station on the island of Guam.
He managed to save his skin for his family's sake and to eke meaningful service to
his nation out of the chaos. And for one shining moment, he held the future of the
world in his hands.
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