
Once a Marine
An Iraq War Tank Commander's Inspirational Memoir of Combat, Courage, and Recovery
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Danny Delk
May 6, 1986: Nick Popaditch arrives at the Receiving Barracks, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California.
April 9, 2003: An AP photographer captures a striking image seen around the world of the Gunny Sergeant smoking a victory cigar in his tank, the haunting statue of Saddam Hussein hovering in the background. Popaditch is immortalized forever as "The Cigar Marine."
April 6, 2004: The tanker fights heroically in the battle for Fallujah and suffers grievous head wounds that leave him legally blind and partially deaf. The USMC awards him with a Silver Star for his valor and combat innovation.
April 18, 2004: "Gunny Pop" comes home to face the toughest fight of his life - a battle to remain the man and Marine he was.
This is the central drama of Nick's inspiring memoir, Once a Marine: An Iraq War Tank Commander's Inspirational Memoir of Combat, Courage, and Recovery. Listeners in and out of the military will stand up and cheer for this valiant Marine's Marine, a man who embodies everything noble and proud in the Corps' long tradition. Never has modern mechanized combat seemed so immediate and real, or the fight in Iraq seemed so human and worth believing in.
At first, Nick fights to get back to where he was in Iraq-in the cupola of an M1A1 main battle tank, leading Marines in combat at the point of the spear. As the seriousness and permanence of his disabilities become more evident, Nick fights to remain in the Corps in any capacity, to help the brothers in arms he so aches to rejoin. Facing the inevitable following a medical retirement, he battles for rightful recognition and compensation for his permanent disabilities. Throughout his harrowing ordeal, Nick fights to maintain his honor and loyalty, waging all these battles the same way - the Marine way - because anything less would be a betrayal of all he holds dear.
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Displaying USMC professionalism and values
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Really kept my attention and interest!!! I will listen to it again !!! I would recommend anyone who is thinking about joining the military to read this book !!! Very motivating !!!
Fantastic book!!!
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Great job from beginning to end
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What about Danny Delk’s performance did you like?
He has a great voice which I could definitely see the main character having. I wonder if the reader was at one time a Marine... because he definitely sounds like he could have been.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
A realistic look at the price of modern day combatAny additional comments?
This is a great read for anyone interested in insight into what our soldiers experience coming home wounded in the OEF/OIF wars.Great story for the current OEF/OIF war
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A great promotional book for the Marine recruits.
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