First to Fight

  • First to Fight: The U.s. Marines in World War I
    By Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain V. Cansiere

    Marine units were accepted into the American Expeditionary Force in 1917 only grudgingly, and on arrival in France they were used primarily as labor troops.

  • First to Fight: The Marines Go to Sea
    By David Perry

    Why did those congressmen create the US Navy? What did they do during the American Revolution and how did the two bodies work together?Learn, in a captivating historical fiction form, the answers to these and many similar questions.

  • First to Fight: The Polish War 1939
    By Roger Moorhouse

    By the end of the Second World War, one in five of its people had perished. The Polish campaign is the forgotten story of the Second World War.

  • First to Fight: An American Volunteer in the French Foreign Legion and the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I
    By Steven T. Tom

    “L.M. 8046”: An Intimate Story of the French Foreign Legion. New York: Duffield, 1927. King, Richard. The Skies over Rhinebeck. Red Hook, NY: Rhinebeck Aviator's Guild, 1997. Lafore, Laurence. The Long Fuse.

  • First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps
    By V H Krulak

    Marine general Victor "Brute" Krulak offers here a riveting insider's chronicle of U.S. Marines — their fights on the battlefield and off, and their extraordinary esprit de corps.

  • First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps
    By Victor H. Krulak

    Deftly blending history with autobiography, action with analysis, the legendary Marine general Victor "Brute" Krulak offers here a riveting insider's chronicle of U.S. Marines--their fights on the battlefield and off, and their ...

  • First to Fight
    By David Sherman, Dan Cragg

    Stranded in a nightmarish alien desert, many light-years from Earth, without arms or backup and carrying only a one-day water ration, Marine Staff Sergeant Charlie Bass and his seven-man team must make their way through an army of ...

  • First to Fight: The U.S. Marines in World War I
    By Oscar E. Gilbert, Romain V. Cansiere

    This book looks at all the operations of the Marine Corps in World War I, covers the activities of both ground and air units, and considers the units that supported the Marine brigade.

  • First to Fight
    By Henry Mihesuah

    Documents the life of a Native American who grew up in Oklahoma, fought in post-World War II China as a U.S. Marine, relocated to California at the suggestion of a federal government program, and then returned home to Oklahoma to fight ...

  • First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps
    By Victor H. Krulak

    "Required Reading" Marine Corps Professional Reading ProgramBluejacket Paperback Book SeriesIn this riveting insider's chronicle, legendary Marine General "Brute" Krulak submits an unprecedented examination of U.S. Marines--their fights on the battlefield...