Marine Corps Daze by William Barrons – Chapter One as read by Rick Lakin

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– Posted on February 16, 2016Posted in: Bill Barrons

Episode 20 – Marine Corps Daze by William Barrons – Chapter One as read by Rick Lakin

 

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Marine Corps Daze by William Barrons is a hilarious account of a young man who enlisted in the USMC on the day after his 17th Birthday of 1943 because his birthday was on a Sunday.  He faced the hardships and glory of the War in the Pacific armed only with a manual typewriter and an incredible eye for details.  His memoire of World War Two and the days after will jog your memory of locations such as San Diego, Pearl Harbor, the Marshall Islands and Chicago.

 

In October of 2015 at the age of 89, Bill Barrons deployed with 80 veterans one last time to Washington, DC with Honor Flight, a national organization that flies World War II and Korean veterans back to our nation’s capital to visit the memorials that they fought so hard for.  In honor of that experience Bill and his publisher, iCrewDigitalPublishing.com are donating all of the proceeds ofMarine Corps Daze to the San Diego and Columbus Honor Flight Organizations.  In addition, ICrewDigitalPublishing.com will provide copies of Bill’s book to any Veteran’s organization for the cost of printing and shipping for the purpose of fund-raising.

 

 

Born 1926, in Cadillac, Michigan, the oldest boy of fourteen kids.  Survived the Great Depression and joined the Marines the day after I turned 17.  Could hardly wait to go fight those nasty Nazis and Japanese.  Served 2½ war years in the Marines.  Got married, went to college, had kids, re-joined the Marines in 1949, in time for the Korean War.  I became a Marine Second Lieutenant but was a Platoon Commander only for a short while as my sick wife nearly died and I had to resign to care for my family.  Became a Telephone equipment engineer with AT&T in Chicago.  Then was a kitchen and home remodeling designer for 22 years.  Retired at age 69 and began to research and write novels.  At age 90, I’m still at it!

About William Barrons

Born 1926, in Cadillac, Michigan, the oldest boy of fourteen kids. Survived the Great Depression and joined the Marines the day after I turned 17. Could hardly wait to go fight those nasty Nazis and Japanese. Served 2½ war years in the Marines. Got married, went to college, had kids, re-joined the Marines in 1949 - in time for the Korean War. Became a Marine Second Lieutenant but was a Platoon Commander only for a short while as my sick wife nearly died and I had to resign to care for my family. Became a Telephone equipment engineer with AT&T in Chicago. Then was a kitchen and home remodeling designer for 22 years. Retired at age 69 and began to research and write novels. At age 89, I’m still at it!