Boys of '67: From Vietnam to Iraq, the Extraordinary Story of a Few Good Men

By Robert L. Arpin

At once a gritty, intimate account of combat, an inside look at military leadership in a turbulent era at home and abroad, and a sweeping saga of the modern-day United States Marine Corps, Boys of '67 tells the story of a trio of extraordinary Marines. James Jones rose to become the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. Ray "E-Tool" Smith saw combat in Grenada and Beirut in 1983. Marty Steele reshaped the Marines' tank forces. Together, they represent a generation of Marines who met unprecedented challenges and made the Corps America's premier fighting force. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811701638
• ISBN13: 9780811701631
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Inspiring Portrait Of Three USMC Generals

"Boys Of `67" is a brilliant and coherent chronicle that follows the lives of three Marines who trained together in 1967 and who went on to almost mythical heights with their careers. This book is inspiring and entertaining; but above all, this is a fascinating tale of how three young Marines go through their careers and become generals. The book takes us from their officer training to Vietnam and beyond. These men are true...

An Excellent Read!

Duty, Honor, Country". If anyone is looking for a definition, read The Boys of 67. The book is a extraordinary account of Marine Corps history in the last 40 years as reflected in the careers of 3 accomplished officers. Jones' puts the reader onsite to experience first hand the events and circumstances that ultimately shape leaders of the Corps. Jones' writing style is fluent and very readable, does not get bogged down in...

Living History

The "Boys of '67" is simply terrific. As an army enlisted soldier and Vietnam vet, reading the early chapters of this book brought back many memories. What's most interesting about "Boys of '67" is it follows three future marine generals careers from basic officer school at Quantico through their Vietnam deployment and through post-Vietnam, Grenada, Lebanon, the first Gulf War, Somalia, the peace-keeping deployments of the...

"The Boys of 67" is a Great Read in '06

The new book by Charles (Chip) Jones titled "The Boys of '67" is an extremely well written, thoughtful account of three Marine officers as they make their way in the United States Marine Corps and life. This book can be read and appreciated in a number of ways: as a recent history of the Marine Corps; as a review of some of the major foreign policy efforts of the U.S. over the past 40 years or as the compelling, engaging and...

The Marine Corps in way you've never seen before

I've read a fair amount about Marines, everything from your straight up shooter memoirs to scholarly stuff in the Marine Corps Gazette, Marine Times, Naval Proceedings and so on. Boys of '67, however, is unlike the others. It focuses on three 2nd Lt.'s fresh out of Basic in April 1967 and follows them for the next four decades as they and the corps change and grow. It mixes combat and peace and politics like a novel. Sort...