{"product_id":"the-proud-bastards-e-michael-helms-9780743483247","title":"The Proud Bastards: One Marine's Journey from Parris Island Through the Hell of Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eA riveting memoir of one marine rifleman's journey from Parris Island through the hell of Vietnam and the Tet Offensive with the Second Battalion, Fourth Marines.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1967, a young E. Michael Helms boarded a bus to the legendary grounds of Parris Island, where mere boys were forged into hardened Marines--and sent to the jungles of Vietnam. It was the first stop on a journey that would forever change him--and by its end, he would be awarded the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Citation, and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the brutality and endurance-straining ordeals of boot camp to the endless horror of combat, Helms paints a vivid, unflinchingly realistic depiction of the lives of Marines in training and under fire. As powerful and compelling a battlefield memoir as any ever written, Helms's \"grunt's-eye\" view of the Vietnam War, the men who fought it, and the mindless chaos that surrounded it, is truly a modern military classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Michael Helms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743483243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743483247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pocket Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.74h x 4.34w x 0.78d","brand":"E. Michael Helms","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44598711779583,"sku":"9780743483247","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2079db2e-ca94-42ad-8288-435fb9fa59e1.jpg?v=1702384008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-proud-bastards-e-michael-helms-9780743483247","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}