Hard Corps: One Marine's Journey from Gangbanger to Leatherneck Hero
Marco Martinez, . . Crown, $24.95 (239pp) ISBN 978-0307-38304-4
In this macho, profanity-laced memoir by a 2003 Iraqi invasion veteran, Martinez describes himself as a Hispanic juvenile delinquent from Albuquerque, N.Mex., who turned his life around by joining the marines in 2001. His exploits (including winning the Navy Cross) will entertain military buffs with precise details of combat and of a sadistic boot camp that recalls the antiwar movie (but Marine and Martinez favorite)
Reviewed on: 07/30/2007
Genre: Nonfiction
Open Ebook - 148 pages - 978-0-307-40803-7
Paperback - 256 pages - 978-0-307-38305-1