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For better functionality and user experience, uses cookies read our cookies policy, which can be disabled at any point by adjusting your browses settings. He shows due respect to the nva that were often demeaned in other books. The first edition of the novel was published in april 1st 2009, and was written by karl marlantes. A graduate of yale university and a rhodes scholar at oxford university, karl marlantes served as a marine in vietnam, where he was awarded the navy cross, the bronze star, two navy commendation medals for valor, two purple hearts, and ten air medals. In 1968, at the age of 22, karl marlantes abandoned his oxford university scholarship to sign up for active service with the us marine corps in vietnam.
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