Wayne Pettyjohn: 2 books

Slum and Guns, Tales of Marines in the Great War. Consisting of several short stories, Slum and Guns describes the life and times of Marines during the Great War, from their training in the United States to the killing fields of France. Most were brave as they advanced into intense artillery and machine-gun...

Buck Adams, a young farm boy, joined the Marine Corps in the spring of 1917. After boot camp at Paris Island and advanced training at Quantico, he was sent to France with the 97th Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines. In June the Marines were sent to Belleau Wood for their fi rst battle where they...