Roy Mark

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Live by Chance, Love by Choice, Kill by Profession (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Live by Chance, Love by Choice, Kill by Profession is the spellbinding story of how a daring boy with a taste for adventure, became a military hero. As a nineteen-year-old warrior flying helicopters and fighting in Vietnam, Sterling Cody found that he liked Army life and the adrenaline rushes that came with war. Combat was gruesome, and Cody adopted a "Kill'em all and let God sort'em out" attitude that he carried with him from Vietnam to the drug wars of South America. After retiring from the Army, his country called him back to active service after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Behind enemy lines in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Lieutenant Colonel Cody commanded Task Force Martha and captured bridges crossing the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers facilitating the Allies' capture of Bagdad. Major General Scott B. Smith (U.S. Army, Retired) said of this book: "Live by Chance, Love by Choice, Kill by Profession is truly fascinating reading. Especially captivating are the passages that describe some of the terrifying misfortunes attendant to any war...the close calls, the physical wounds, the mental anguish, the deaths of good people. This book is Roy Mark at his very best."

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Autor

Roy Mark grew up in New Orleans. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1963 and received his basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina. He later served as a radiotelegraph operator with the First Anti Tank Battalion at Camp Pendleton and with the Marine Communications Detachment onboard the USS Mount McKinley (AGC 7). His final assignment was as an instructor at the Radiotelegraph School, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. During his service, he served nine days in Vietnam in support of Vietnamese Counteroffensive (Phase II) during July of 1966.

Mr. Mark attended Southeastern Louisiana University before beginning a career in the oil industry. In a career spanning three decades, he worked as a mud engineer, mud school instructor, oil well blowout prevention instructor, and drilling supervisor.
Roy has worked in locations around the world, including North and South America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. He lived in Indonesia from 1988 until relocating to Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2001.

Mr. Mark has written technical manuals on oil well blowout prevention for two companies and has written numerous short stories. He published "The Mark Family History" in 2005 and "The Texan and The Ice Boy" in 2014.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Roy Mark
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781370553532
• Artikelnr.: 48181932