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Combat Corpsman By Greg McPartlin



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All his life, Greg McPartlin wanted to be a Marine corpsman, a medic skilled at saving lives. Three months of "bagging-and-tagging" bodies during Vietnam's Tet Offensive took the luster off being a Marine-but not off McPartlin's desire to serve his country.

After assisting in the sea-recovery of Apollo 11-the first ship to bring men to the moon-the twenty-year-old McPartlin was redeployed to Vietnam as an elite Navy SEAL. Barred as a medic by the Geneva Convention from the make-or-break training considered vital to service as a Navy SEAL, McPartlin had to show he had what it took.

In a war where soldiers partied with their buddies in Saigon one day and crawled through an enemy-infested jungle hell the next, McPartlin proved that he was not only an outstanding medic but a real Navy SEAL-the toughest of the tough.

Combat Corpsman is McPartlin's account of his year in what had been a Viet Cong stronghold until the SEALs took control. It's the first inside story of a Navy SEAL medic, a man who wanted to heal-not to kill-but did both to save lives.

About the Author
Greg McPartlin is a former Navy SEALs medic who served a year in Vietnam just as the war was escalating. He is the owner of McP's, a SEAL hangout bar in Coronado, California.
 
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Definately a good book. Just recieved mine in the mail the other day....


"Misery loves company"

"Romans 5:3 We know that trials are good for us, they help us learn to endure."

"Anybody can go to hell...lets see if you can make it back"
 
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Just ordered mine like 2 minutes ago. Hospital Corpsman. Most highly decorated non-combatants in any military in the world. Hoo-Yah!!!
....well at least they think we are non-combatants Razzer


"Non Sibi, Sed Patriae"
(Not for self, for country)
 
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Definately on my list of reads. I went to middle school with his son, Greg, when I lived in Coronado. I was surprised to say the least when I first found that book on Amazon.


"It's mind over matter; if you don't mind, then it doesn't matter..."
"the cowards never started and the weak died along the way" Hooyah!
 
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