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by Lewis Burwell Puller Jr.
About 72 pages (21,718 words)
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Silver Star & Purple Heart

The two types of combat related medals which the author earned during the Vietnam conflict. He actually earned two Purple Hearts; the first for a minor wound to his hand, and the second for the life-changing injuries he received from a land mine explosion.

The Riviera

The name of a dangerous stretch of swamp ground in Vietnam where most of Puller's men were injured picked off by; enemy snipers,.....

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