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Paperback The Last Parallel: A Marine's War Journal Book

ISBN: 0880642378

ISBN13: 9780880642378

The Last Parallel: A Marine's War Journal

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Long regarded as one of the best books about combat written, this book tells of the experiences of combat soldiers during the Korean War. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
For someone who can reflect

I first read this book when I was nineteen, I am now 55. I must have read it at least twenty times since that first time. What draws me in every time is that this author is very similar to me. We both have an approach to life that wavers between the philosophical and to finding humor in all situations. It's like you are always standing outside any situation you are in, observing it. The approach is similar to Appocalypse Now,...

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A gripping real life war novel. I felt as if I were there.

This book reads very well. The author makes you actually feel as you are in Korea with him. I equate it to a book form - real life "Private Ryan". When I finished the book, I felt a sense of loss. It was like a close friend was leaving. I found it hard to set down.

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Rated 5 stars
Surprisingly addictive.

This book caught me off guard,I was not expecting it in journal form. However, the storytelling was magnificant and I soon felt like I couldnt wait for the next page or the next chapter to begin. If you buy this book do not be put off by it's diary approach, push on to the end for long before you get there you will be hooked.

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Rated 5 stars
A view up...from the mud Marine in Korea

I bought this book in 1955. I served a combat tour just previous to the author's tour of duty. I knew the USMC's mission during this maelstrom; more so, I read this book with a very scutinizing eye. Martin Russ presented an absolutely true and literary picture of the grunt Marine--in trench warfare.The heated fire-fights, the quick/short ones and the boredom of waiting, plus the side trips to tedium too.Not to forget the...

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Literate and compelling, hard to put down.

The Last Parallel is one of the great combat memoirs; Russ provides the reader with a "you-are-there" experience, thoroughly illustrating the constricted, bottom-up view of the Marine infantryman. The unique, static environment of the Korean War at the time of his participation, and the intense, dangerous, night-time patrolling activity that occupied much of his time is well detailed. The book contains reproductions of...

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