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rig. Gen. Angela cruits will graduate from BOOK Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting
Salinas, USMC, MCRD San Diego this year. Man (DK Publishing, 2007) This book profiles more than
is the fi rst female Has Marine recruit 30 types of frontline servicemembers — from the ancient
commanding general of training changed in re- Greek hoplite to the modern U.S. Marine — in the third in a
Marine Corps Recruit cent years? Yes and no. series of illustrated military history books. The book cap-
Depot (MCRD)/Western What has not changed is it tures the dramatic experiences and day-to-day accounts
Recruiting Region in San is [still] as physically and of those who have fought in history’s great campaigns.
Diego. Approximately mentally demanding. Drill
19,000 male Marine re- instructors remain our best DVD Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq (HBO
Marines, imbued with core Video, 2007) This documentary looks at the new gener-
values of honor, courage, ation of military veterans of the war in Iraq. Actor James
and commitment. What’s Gandolfini interviews 10 servicemembers who candidly
new is we’ve added guided reveal their feelings about their future, their disabilities,
core value discussions with and their devotion to America. The servicemembers
the senior drill instructors survey the physical and emotional costs of war through
that include ethical issues. recollections of their “alive day” — the day they escaped
What impresses you death in Iraq.
most about MCRD grad-
uates? The quality. They BOOK Bitter Ocean: The Battle of the Atlantic,
are young [servicemem- 1939-1945 (Simon & Schuster, 2007) David Fairbank
bers] of character who are White tells the story of a battle that determined not only
determined to be part the fate of Britain in World War II but also that of Eu-
of something greater rope and the entire western world. Fought across all 32
than themselves [and million square miles of a pitching, heaving, unforgiving
are] willingly joining ocean, the Battle of the Atlantic centered on the effort
for the combat arms to bring massive convoys of merchant ships carrying
fi elds. They know provisions of food, oil, and raw materials from the U.S.
exactly what they and Canada to a besieged England.
are joining to do.
What advice
would you give
Voices from the Past
to today’s female
recruits? You
have to earn re-
spect and give C
alifornia State University, Fullerton’s Center
for Oral and Public History, is working to preserve
the history of the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station
respect, and re- through the Oral History Project. Sponsored by the Great
member you’re Park Corp., the project is a series of recorded interviews
a Marine fi rst. with both military personnel and civilians who served on
Work hard, and the base while it was an active military installation.
be a person of If you were stationed at El Toro or have signifi cant
character and memories of El Toro, the Center for Oral and Public His-
moral courage. tory wants to hear from you. For more information, call
— Debbie (714) 278-8415 or e-mail your contact information to
Thurman
coph-eltoro@fullerton.edu. MO
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