A lightweight, pocket-size book designed specifically for soldiers and Marines. It includes essential tips on first aid, direction finding, survival, knots, finding water and more. There is useful military information such as flag etiquette, military ranks and the Code of Conduct. Well-known poems including patriotic verses and classics like The Raven, The Charge of the Light Brigade and O Captain! My Captain! are included, as well as famous speeches by Patrick Henry, General MacArthur, Ronald Reagan and others. And so are gripping stories like Shackleton's trip to the South Pole, To Build a Fire, and Pickett's Charge. Finally, we have included some fun material like star maps, a world map, flags of the world and card game rules.
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Editor: Robert C. Etheredge
Paperback, 224 pages
Size: 4.5" x 8"
Illustrations: 31 line drawings, maps, country flags
ISBN: 09665804-2-7
Publisher: MiraVista Press
Release Date: Apr 2005