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Titles reviewed in the Marine Corps League’s
Semper Fi Magazine
- Airborne Marine by Eugene Dale Schwartzlow, Fall 2024, V80N04
- Rescued by Andy L. Vistrand, Fall 2024, V80N04
- A Table in the Presence by Carey H. Cash, Summer 2024, V80N03
- Fire in the Hole: The Untold Story of My Traumatic Life and Explosive Success, by Bob Parsons, Summer 2024, V80N03
- Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam, by Mark Bowden, Spring 2024, V80N02
- Blue Gray Black: My Service to Country, by Don Cesare, Spring 2024, V80N02
- The Devine Way, by Donald Harlin, Winter 2024, V80N01
- Tears of an Assassin, by DJ Power, Winter 2024, V80N01
- A Smoldering Wick, by Ron Brandon, Fall 2023, V79N4
- Shoot, Move, and Communicate, by Albert Dixon, Fall 2023, V79N4
- The Boxer Rebellion: Bluejackets and Marines in China, by Emily Abdow, Summer 2023, V79N3
- Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II, by Stephen R. Taaffe, Summer 2023, V79N3
- Traumas and Suicide Prevention For Warriors By Warriors, by Charles Wright, Spring 2023, V79N2
- The Haunted Garden: Poems of the Vietnam War, by Michael Closz, Spring 2023, V79N2
- Radioman: Twenty-Five Years in the Marine Corps: From Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom, by Andrew Hesterman & Robert Einaudi, Winter 2023, V79N1
- Lest We Forget, by Avery Chenoweth, Sr, Winter 2023, V79N1
- Marines, Medals and Vietnam by William L. Myers, Fall 2022, V78N4
- Sunrise at Sunset: Part 1: The Defender Series by BJ Barnes, Fall 2022, V78N4
- Semper Parents – Supporting Your Marine and Sharing the Journey by Mary Regner, Summer 2022, V78N3
- Military Transition for dummies by Angie Papple Johnston, Spring 2022, V78N2
- The War Years by Jay F. Johnson, Spring 2022, V78N2
- Tanks In Hell by Oscar Gilbert and Romain Cansiere, Spring 2022, V78N2
- The Life Experience of MGySgt John Ulus Irwin Jr USMC (Ret) by John Irwin Jr., Winter 2021, V78N1
- The Crucible by Christina Hadwin, Fall 2021, V77N4
- On Contested Shores from Marine Corps University Press Quantico, Virginia. Edited by Timothy Heck and B.A. Friedman
- Extraordinary Warriors by Christina Hadwin, Summer 2021, V77N3
- Green Side Out by Jay F. Johnson, Summer 2021, V77N3
- Devil’s Den: Marines War in Lebanon 1983 by David Brown LtCol/USMC (ret) – Spring 2021, V77N2
- Tracks: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran by Clyde Hoch – Winter 2021, V77N1
- Iwo Jima’s Battlefield Promise by Charles Jones Col/USMC (ret) – Winter 2021, V77N1
- You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For by Kyle Carpenter and Don Yaeger – Fall 2020, V76N4
- Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days taht Changed the World by Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss – Fall 2020, V76N4
- A Quiet Cadence by Mark Treanor – Summer 2020, V76N3
- We’ll All Die As Marines: One Marine’s Journey from Private to Colonel by Jim Bathurst Col/USMC (ret) – Summer 2020, V76N3
- War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II by Robin Hutton – Spring 2020, V76N2
- Time In The Barrel: A Marine’s Account of the Battle for Con Thien by James P. Coan – Spring 2020, V76N2
- A Plains Indian Warrior’s Story: Hethu’shka Washoeshay by Hollis D. Stabler – Winter 2020, V76N1
- Excitement!: “Shot At And Missed” by Bob Lonn – Winter 2020, V76N1
- Ten Stars – The African American Journey of Gary Cooper – Marine General, Diplomat, Businessman, and Politician by Kendal Weaver – Fall 2019, V75N4
- The Spirit of Semper Fidelis – “Reflections From the Bottom of an Old Canteen Cup” by Rick Spooner Maj/USMC (ret) – Fall 2019, V75N4
- The Warrior Code by Tee Marie Hanible GySgt/USMC (ret) w/Denene Millner – Summer 2019, V75N3
- Echo in Ramadi by Scott A. Huesing – Summer 2019, V75N3
- Grateful American: A Journey From Self to Service by Gary Sinise – Spring 2019, V75N2
- Bones Of My Grandfather: Reclaiming A Lost Hero of World War II by Clay Bonnyman Evans (Grandson of Medal of Honor recipient Lt Alexander Bonnyman) – Spring 2019, V75N2
- Leadership: Achieving Life-Changing Success from Within by 14th SMMC Alford L. McMichael, SgtMaj/USMC (ret) – Winter 2019, V75N1
- Two Flags Over Iwo Jima by Eric Hammel – Winter 2019, V75N1
- Pearl Harbor’s Hidden Heroes: 18 Medals of Honor Awarded for Bravery in the Hawaiian Islands During World War II: 1941, 1942, and 1945 by Charles A. Jones – Summer 2018, V74N3
- The Adventures of a Helicopter Pilot: Flying the H-34 Helicopter in Vietnam for the United States Marine Corps by Bill Collier – Summer 2018, V74N3
- Tribe by Sebastian Junger – Spring 2018, V74N2
- Syllables of Rain by D.S Lliteras – Spring 2018, V74N2
- Goodnight Marines by David R. Dixon – Winter 2018, V74N1
- Twenty-Two on Peleliu by George Peto with Peter Margaritis – Winter 2018, V74N1
Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Professional Reading List:
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Other great titles to consider:
- Invisible Scars by Bard P. Billings Ph.D.
- The Healing Power of the Breath by Richard P. Brown MD and Patricia L Gerbarg MD
- Underdogs by Aaron B. O’Connell
- Gunny’s Rules by R. Lee Ermey
- The Last Zero Fighter by Dan King
- A Tomb Called Iwo Jima by Dan King
- Fire From The Sky by Richard Knott
- Flags Of Our Fathers by James Bradley & Ron Powers
- Al Gray, Marine, The Early Years, 1950 – 1967 Vol. 1 by Scott Laidig
- Failing Forward by John Maxwell
- The 5 Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell
- Leadership Gold by John Maxwell
- 21 Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell