The newly released memoirs of
Marine Colonel Wesley Fox.
Each chapter details his experiences
rank-by-rank from private to colonel.
 My
story was recently published in a new book titled Marine Rifleman,
Forty-Three Years in the Corps. I am pleased to be able to make
it available to interested individuals from this site. Below is an
outline of what is covered in the book. You can order a personally
autographed copy by sending $26.00 (postage paid). This is a 20%
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Private 1
Page 1
Family background and adolescent days--Recruit experiences at Parris Island, SC in 1950-Alligators--DIs, heat, and sand flees-Maltreatment--Physical and verbal abuse-Rifle qualification
Private First Class
Page 28
2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, NC--En route to the Korean War--Combat with a Rifle company--Squad personalities--Corporal Davis, Squad Leader--Accidental discharge--Whisky raid on the army
Corporal
Page 61
Difficulties due to promotion--Rearguard action following Chinese breakthrough on flank--Hilarious meeting with Chinese patrol--Listening post assignment--Chinese night attack and breakthrough--Hall killed, enemy behind us--Grenade malfunction--Closing the breakthrough--Assignment in no-man's land--Bodies of 38th Regiment's soldiers recovered--Wounded in assault on enemy machine gun--Squad Leader
Sergeant
Page 112
Armed Services Policeman Washington DC--Guard duty in post-war Japan--Rifle company platoon sergeant in Korea--1st Marine Division returns stateside--Drill Instructor duty
Staff Sergeant
Page 143
Recruit hazing and maltreatment--Shakeup of Marine Corps following death of recruits at Parris Island--New way of making Marines--Flirt with Hollywood--Recruiting duty
Technical Sergeant
Page 164
Recruiting quality recruits and quotas--Daily life and work of a recruiter--Pathfinder 1st Force Reconnaissance Company--POW, Escape, Evasion, and Survival training--Marriage--Parachute and SCUBA training--Deployment to Okinawa--Rip-tide sweep seaward--Brush with death in parachute landing
Gunnery Sergeant
Page 229
Sport parachuting and parachute malfunctions--Parachute Demonstration Team--Brain concussion from parachute landing--Competitive rifle and pistol shooting--First child--Seeking assignment to Vietnam lands duty in Paris, France--Supreme Head--quarters Allied Powers Europe--Promotion to 1st Sergeant--Selection for temporary commission
2nd Lieutenant
Page 245
2nd Force Reconnaissance Company--Personality conflict with company 1st Sergeant--Submarine escape trunk training--Locking out of and entering a submerged, underway submarine--Loss of friend in parachuting accident--Vietnamese advisor training at Fort Bragg
1st Lieutenant
Page 268
Advisor duty with Vietnamese Marine Corps--Overcoming Vietnamese counterpart's objection of working with an American lieutenant--Vietnamese leaders use war as means of making money--Personality conflict with only other American assigned--Enemy Tet Offense--Three Marines take on an enemy battalion--R & R with wife in Honolulu--Extension of combat tour--Assignment as Company Commander, Company A, 1st Bn., 9th Marine Rgt.--Opportunity to hone the fighting skills of Marines--Company A locks on with an NVA battalion--Miraculous performance of Marines in spite of loss of all platoon commanders--Recommended for the Medal of Honor
Captain
Page 359
Leaving Vietnam--Student and Instructor--Nixon presents the Medal of Honor--Marine Security Guard Duty in Eastern and Western Europe--Embassy Marines and Physical Fitness Test--Operations Officer, 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. on Okinawa--Student, Western State College
Major
Page 399
Colorado outdoor sports--Graduated cum laude--Reconnaissance Officer, Development Center--Testing and evaluating new equipment--Multiple parachute malfunctions--Parachute offset delivery techniques--Hang gliders
Lieutenant Colonel
Page 426
Battalion Command--Preparation for deployment--Combined Arms Exercise--Training challenges--Proactive leadership options--Long foot marches and zero disciplinary problems--Battalion to the top of Mount Fuji--Army War College--Director of Staff NCO Academy
Colonel
Page 469
Sea duty--Joint Plans Officer--Oslo, Norway--Officer Candidate School--Keep only those who will make good leaders--Determining who can think and react properly under extreme stress--A question on one's integrity is a ticket home.
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