No Better Way to Die

by Johnnie M. Clark and Johnnie Clark

Book Overview

Based on the life of a three war Marine and the lives of real men and real battles including the Chosin Reservoir. True combat from Marines who lived that frozen horror and added to the glory of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345389816
• ISBN13: 9780345389817
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

no better way to die

awsome story, couldn't put it down, the humor, story line was great. tells a man growing up as a marine dealing with past decisions and what he finaly decides. 2nd part the first was 'the old corps' during ww2.

A 3 war Marine Grunt discovers the real meaning of John 3:16

Jessie Slate is a 3 war Marine based on the lives of real Marines. The combat is real, you'll freeze and you will sweat from the Chosin to Viet Nam. But the real story is deeper than even these heroic Marines. The depth of this book goes beyond being Always Faithful to the Marine Corps, the real story is that God gave His only son and until one of these Marines feel that same pain and sacrifice they did not understand the true meaning of John 3:16.

GOD BLESS THE CORPS

A VERY INTERNAL NOVEL ABOUT LEATHERNECKS IN A PLACE COMMANLY CALLED HELL. MAKES ME REALLY THINK ABOUT MY UNCLE CHUCK (MY DAD'S UNCLE) WHO WAS A PARAMARINE IN THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION AT GUADALCANAL AND WAS WOUNDED AT IWO JIMA (HE WAS RIGHT THERE WHEN THEY RASED THE FLAG), HE HOWEVER PASSED AWAY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO. AND IT REALLY MAKES ME THINK OF A YOUNG LANCE CORPORAL WHO WILLINGLY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS PLATOON ON FEBRUARY 8, 1968 AT KHE SAHN, AND GOT THE BRONZE STAR FOR IT. THAT LANCE CORPORAL WAS MY COUSIN. HE DIED 14 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SHED ENOUGH TEARS FOR GUYS LIKE THEM. IN THE WORDS OF THE MARINES AT GUADALCANAL: "AND WHEN HE GETS TO HEAVEN TO SAINT PETER HE WILL TELL 'ONE MORE MARINE REPORTING SIR I'VE SERVED MY TIME IN HELL.'" SEMPER FI JIMMY. SEMPER FI UNCLE CHUCK. AND THANK YOU.

A Three-War Marine

Johnnie Clark again, as in his previous books paints a vivid picture of war as seen through the eyes of an Infantry Marine fighting in some of the most savage combat in the 20th century. He gives life and identity to a genre of character that rarely does more than grunts and kills. The reader gets to visit the mind of Jesse Slate from the bloody beaches at Bougaineville to the frozen wasteland of the Chosin Reservoir. The culmination of the story is definatly the family element that so much influences Slate's life and his way of thinking, especially with regards to his son. This is a great work of fiction, although Mr. Clark, being a combat veteran, could definately make it truth. An outstanding and pride-inducing read.

REALLY LIFE WAR DRAMA

When I first saw the book I taught that the book was going tobe about guns and how to kill your enemy in a war. I was totallywrong because this book was more about making good judgment. In this book Mr. Slate is a Marine soldier who talks about his experience threw the Vietnam, China, and Korean war. The book starts out by gigvng the reader a over view on the territories that the Marines fought in. Sergant Jessie Slate talks about how many of his good friends die in the line of duty. The book gets really interesting when the writer explains how hard it is to survive in the jungles. The book gets boring and lifless once it starts getting into too many details about the Marine Corp. For example when the author writes about the ranks. Overall the book is a interesting and fun book to read because the reader gets to understand how hard it is to survive in any war. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to read a interesting Marine book.