{"product_id":"9781937868383","title":"Grown Gray in War","description":"\"Generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every corner of the seven seas, that our country and \u003cp\u003eits citizens might enjoy peace and security.\"-Gen. John A. Lejeune\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his thirty-three years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Len Maffioli saw combat in World War II, the Korean War, and the war in Vietnam. Maffioli \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas only eighteen when he stormed Saipan on D-Day in 1944. Shortly after, he was involved in combat operations on Tinian and Iwo Jima-and that \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas just the beginning of a long and distinguished career. In Korea, he was captured by the Chinese Communist Forces and endured icy prison camp \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econditions so appalling that four out of ten POWs died. Yet Maffioli not only survived, he escaped and earned himself the Bronze Star. He went on \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto see combat in Vietnam and serve in many posts and stations around the world, distinguishing himself not only as a combat veteran, but as the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003every definition of a \"Marine's Marine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVividly depicted by the deft hand of experienced author and Vietnam combat veteran Bruce \"Doc\" Norton, Grown Gray in War is the story of a man \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho could be anyone's father, brother, or son, a man who served in a series of wars that changed the Marine Corps and the nation forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor Bruce H. \"Doc\" Norton, USMC (Ret.) has been a combat veteran, a career Marine Infantry Officer, a military museum director, and an adjunct \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emilitary history professor, and is an award-winning author of numerous books on and about the United States Marines. Doc has a son, Bruce H. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNorton II, and a daughter, Elizabeth A. Norton, who reside in Charleston, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Endpapers Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039837995248,"sku":"9781937868383","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937868383_p0.jpg?v=1763661423","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937868383","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}