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Guns Up! by Johnnie M. Clark (1984, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345315073

ISBN-139780345315076

eBay Product ID (ePID)129807

Product Key Features

Book TitleGuns Up!

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / Vietnam War

Publication Year1984

GenreHistory

AuthorJohnnie M. Clark

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight7.4 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisTHIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE. "Guns up!"was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that the life expectancy of a machine gunner in Vietnam was seven to ten seconds after a firefight began. Johnnie was only eighteen when he got there, at the height of the bloody Tet Offensive at Hue, and he quickly realized the grim statistic held a chilling truth. The Marines who fought and bled and died were ordinary men, many still teenagers, but the selfless bravery they showed day after day in a nightmarish jungle war made them true heroes. This new edition ofGuns Up!, filled with photographs and updated information about those harrowing battles, also contains the real names of these extraordinary warriors and details of their lives after the war. The book's continuing success is a tribute to the raw courage and sacrifice of the United States Marines.