Author: Buzz Williams
Publisher: Gotham
Keywords: campus, combat, journey, days, reservist, marine, spare, parts
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-03-08
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 159240054X
ISBN-13: 9781592400546

A compelling look into the world of reservists--more than just the "spare parts" of our nation’s military--as seen through one manís transformation from weekend warrior to combat marine In 1989, Buzz Williams walked into a marine recruiting office to follow in the footsteps of the deceased older brother he grew up idolizing by signing up to join the Marine Reserves. Over the course of the next year, he would earn money to pay his college tuition by devoting one weekend a month and two full weeks in the summer to the grueling and often dangerous rigors of military training, w