Complete collection of works by Johnnie Clark

THIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN VIETNAM LITERATURE.

"Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that the life expectancy of a machine gunner in Vietnam was seven to ten seconds after a firefight began. Johnnie was only eighteen when he got there, at the height of the bloody Tet Offensive at Hue, and he quickly realized the grim statistic held a chilling truth.

The Marines who fought and bled and died were ordinary men, many still teenagers, but the selfless bravery they showed day after day in a nightmarish jungle war made them true heroes. This new edition of Guns Up!, filled with photographs and updated information about those harrowing battles, also contains the real names of these extraordinary warriors and details of their lives after the war. The book's continuing success is a tribute to the raw courage and sacrifice of the United States Marines.

At Guadalcanal, the Marine Corps’ machine gunners took everything the Japanese could throw at them in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II; their position was so hopeless that at one point they were given the go-ahead to surrender. Near the Chosin Reservoir in Korea, as the mercury dropped to twenty below, the 1st Marine Division found itself surrounded and cut off by the enemy. The outlook seemed so bleak that many in Washington had privately written off the men.

But surrender is not part of a Marine’s vocabulary. Gunner’s Glory contains true stories of these and other tough battles in the Pacific, in Korea, and in Vietnam, recounted by the machine gunners who fought them. Bloody, wounded, sometimes barely alive, they stayed with their guns, delivering a stream of firepower that often turned defeat into victory–and always made them the enemy’s first target.

This could only be written by a Marine with combat fatigue who knows Marines and history. It will be loved by those who loved Catch 22, MASH and One Flew Over The Coo Coo's Nest. These Marines and this story are insanely original because it is based on more truth than you will ever believe.

It is 1946 and President Truman is trying to get re-elected with the help of Standard Oil but Standard Oil is demanding that a mysterious deal be struck with Chiang Kai Shek. Truman hates the Marine Corps and is working hard to disband Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. He almost has congress convinced that the Corps is obsolete now that we have the A-bomb. He has sent what is left of the Corps to China to aid Shek in fighting the Communist.

Based on the life of a three war Marine and the lives of real men and real battles including the Chosin Reservoir. True combat from Marines who lived that frozen horror and added to the glory of the Corps. The story of honor, bravery and the real sacrifices of the greatest fighters on Earth. Sacrifices that sometimes go deeper than shrapnel or bullets. Sacrifices that take more than courage, sacrifices that can only be given or forgiven through faith in God almighty.

The first of a two book series about the life and times of a United States Marine who fought in 3 wars. His sacrifice and the men around him and the wife he loved was quite often more than just blood. Based on real Marines and real combat the life of Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Slate will make you proud of America and proud of the Corps.

Shawn McClellan was part of a fierce, tight group-a platoon of fewer than twenty United States Marines. A machine gunner deep in the Vietnam bush, Shawn fought and won battles with no names, and watched brave friends give the ultimate sacrifice. Death chased him. Rain, leeches, and malaria sapped his strength. And back home in an ungrateful country, right and wrong were decided by what was easiest. Prayer was his last refuge, but it was hardest of all.