This book explains who Marines are and what they do. Simple yet accurate illustrations depict Marine Corps' custom and traditions and the wars Marines have fought through history. Pages show examples of the different uniforms worn and explain the variety of jobs Marines have. Most importantly, we have attempted to describe what life is like for a child of a Marine. Please enjoy the preview of the complete book so you can see everything that is inside.
This book explains who Marines are and what they do. Simple yet accurate illustrations depict Marine Corps' custom and traditions and the wars Marines have fought through history. Pages show examples of the different uniforms worn and explain the variety of jobs Marines have. Most importantly, we have attempted to describe what life is like for a child of a Marine. Please enjoy the preview of the complete book so you can see everything that is inside.
This book helps to explain to children who Marines are and what they do. It introduces some Marine Corps customs and traditions and shows many of the wars Marines have fought in history. It shows various uniforms and jobs that Marines do. It then explains what it is like to be the child of a Marine.
Charlie, a country boy from Kansas volunteered to serve his country in a time of national emergency. Only one day after his nineteenth birthday, he enlisted into the USMC (United States Marine Corps) on December 8, 1942. He became a corporal, assigned to the Fourteenth Regiment (direct support artillery), Second Battalion, Fourth Division F. Battery, Fox Company. He and his Fourteenth Regiment fought in the famous Fourth Marine Division—a newly created amphibious landing assault fighting force during WWII in the Central Pacific Theater. They fought in the South Pacific against the Imperial Japanese Military. The Fourth Division was made up of the marine’s Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Fifth Regiments, along with the Fourteenth Regiment (artillery support). In Charlie’s marine records, it shows the following: muster date (April 1943), Battery F. Second Battalion, Fourteenth Marine, Twenty-Fourth Marine (reinforced) Camp Pendleton. The First, Second, and Third Battalions were the direct support battalions of the Twenty-Fourth Regiment. In combat, Charlie’s Fourteenth Regiment, F. Battery was assigned to a single, specific rifle regiment. Keep the Twenty-Fourth Regiment in mind as you read on. Charlie’s Fourteenth Regiment, Second Battalion would be the Twenty-Fourth Marine’s direct artillery support. The Fourth Division was known as the Magnificent Bastards, second to none. They became the fighting fourth. Their home base during the war was on the Island of Maui, Hawaii. This home base for the Fourth Division became known as Camp Maui. These brave marines became known and loved by the locals. They were soon called the Maui Marines, home only to the marine’s Fourth Division. My dad fought in the Kwajalein Atolls on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima in the South Pacific. These marines fought successfully against the Japanese, but not without a devastating number of loss from the original Fourth Division. This man Charlie, along with Geraldine, adopted me when I was about nine months old. I am the youngest and proudest daughter of the most loving and caring couple I had the privilege to call Dad and Mom. I have the deepest appreciation and admiration for both these special people. My devotion to their memory goes beyond measure. As an orphan in a Kansas orphanage at one time, I assure you the person that said, “Blood is thicker than water,” wasn’t adopted. I say, “Water is just as thick as blood.” This kind of love with an open heart runs deep into the very core of one’s soul. These gathered stories were recalled to the best of my family’s and my memories. There are stories of interest that I think will captivate you while reading. I hope you enjoy this collection of stories during WWII and get a little sense of the marine and the incredible man who was my dad.
This book tells the story of my lifelong search for the man who was my father. Growing up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the 1950s, a small boy in a large house, I knew little of my father, for little was told to me. Not a remote and intimidating figure, as so many fathers were in that time, he was simply a mystery for which I had no solution. And the all-pervading silence in that house of my grandparents kept the mystery alive far into my adult life.
After Eric Davis spent over 16 years in the military, including a decade in the SEAL Teams, his family was more than used to his absence on deployments and secret missions that could obscure his whereabouts for months at a time. Without a father figure in his own life since the age of fifteen, Eric was desperate to maintain the bonds he’d fought so hard to forge when his children were young—particularly with his son, Jason, because he knew how difficult it was to face the challenge of becoming a man on one’s own. Unfortunately, Eric learned the hard way that Quality Time doesn’t always show up in Quantity Time. Facebook, television, phones, video games, school, jobs, friends—they all got in the way of a real, meaningful father-son relationship. It was time to take action. As a SEAL, Eric learned to innovate and push boundaries, allowing him to function at levels beyond what was expected, comfortable, ordinary, and even imaginable, and he knew that as a father he needed to do the same with his son. Meeting extreme with extreme was the only answer. Using a unique blend of discipline, leadership, adventure, and grace, Eric and his SEAL brothers will teach you how to connect, and reconnect, with your sons and learn how to raise real men—the Navy SEAL way.
Dad and I sat on that couch for most of the afternoon. A conversation that I had expected to last only a few minutes, covering selected memories of his service years, actually began on the morning of December 7, 1941, and ended with his return from the Pacific campaign to his boyhood home in Ojai, California.Between lunch and dinner that cold day in Bieber, California, I learned more about my dad than I had ever known in stolen summers that spanned over fifty years. I was thrilled beyond belief to have had this opportunity, until I suddenly realized that I was the only one who would ever really know the details he had just shared. Shells exploded in my ears and smoke burned my eyes, as I sat listening to Dad recount his experiences so long ago. The heat from flamethrowers singed my arms and the moans of the dying wrenched my heart. I hung on every word he spoke. And throughout that afternoon, Dad's countenance never changed as he moved from the horrors of battle to the adventures and comedic episodes of mainland Japan occupation. Once a Marine, always a Marine.What we created was not only a living memory of his existence, but also a cornerstone of pride for me, my children, and my children's children yet to come. In these following pages, I have reported Dad's experiences as he remembered them. I have taken the liberty to correct spelling, verb tenses, and punctuation, because I had always encouraged Dad to simply get his words on paper and forget about errors while he recreated his story night after night.Sometimes he only shared a few sentences during nightly phone conversations, while other times he would read to me several pages in machine gun cadence. But whether a few words, paragraphs, or pages, the pride was always evident in his voice. I often ended these calls with a random tear streaming down my face.As you read these following pages, I would urge you to consider the specific details of recollection, as well as the emotions that each of these memories creates.Dad was eighty years old when he wrote the recollections of a sixteen year old high school sophomore. He was also eighty years old when he recounted with unbelievable detail his experiences in the war. Be amazed by his service, but also be moved by his valued and detailed memories. They all made the man ...It is my strongest desire to share this pride with you and it is my most humble wish that these recollections let Floyd Dowell, Jr. live on in your hearts as he does in mine. Semper Fi, Dad. Daniel Scott Dowell
A little girl honors her dad and all the fun they have together in this sweet companion to In My Heart. Our spunky heroine loves spending time with her dad. They ride bikes and swim in the pool They can imagine exciting adventures, or just lounge around on a hot day. Being with her dad makes her feel safe and comforted, strong and powerful. She can confront the neighbor's dog and get thrown up in the air And when she gets too scared, or too angry, nothing calms her down better than a big hug from dad. This addition to the bestselling Growing Hearts series will make an appealing gift for Father's Day.
