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Hell Yes, I'd Do It Again
Hell Yes, I'd Do It Again by T. Fred Harvey is an emotional and fascinating wild ride with a man who has experienced more adventures than most of us can even imagine. This Revised Edition having the sky blue cover is expanded with new chapters on his life not included in the earlier book. It also contains many more photos and updates on stories from his earlier memoir.
About the T. Fred Harvey is a native Texan born in a tent alongside the RR tracks of the Texas Panhandle town of Memphis. Most of his hardscrabble youth was spent in Odessa from where he enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1942 after quitting high school. He became a Paramarine in the 1st Parachute Battalion in some of the early Pacific Campaigns before transferring into a 5th Marine Division Assault Squad on Iwo Jima. His buddies referred to him as a "3 Grenade Marine" surviving months in a full body cast. After Medical Discharge he would earn a Masters Degree from West Texas State University in 1951 but only receive a high school diploma over 65 years later when the Odessa Superintendent of Schools read a copy of his book. Following a career coaching football and teaching around the world in Texas, Colorado, Mississippi, Korea, Turkey, Okinawa, and even Italy he became an author.
About the T. Fred Harvey is a native Texan born in a tent alongside the RR tracks of the Texas Panhandle town of Memphis. Most of his hardscrabble youth was spent in Odessa from where he enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1942 after quitting high school. He became a Paramarine in the 1st Parachute Battalion in some of the early Pacific Campaigns before transferring into a 5th Marine Division Assault Squad on Iwo Jima. His buddies referred to him as a "3 Grenade Marine" surviving months in a full body cast. After Medical Discharge he would earn a Masters Degree from West Texas State University in 1951 but only receive a high school diploma over 65 years later when the Odessa Superintendent of Schools read a copy of his book. Following a career coaching football and teaching around the world in Texas, Colorado, Mississippi, Korea, Turkey, Okinawa, and even Italy he became an author.
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May 16, 2022
What a story about a Marine that I can relate to in his personal life, but couldn’t imagine what he went through in Iwo Jima, JP. For those that are parachutist will understand the basic principles and understand what the training is designed for, please read. For those that are not very big and strong, please read this book. For those Marines that are from Texas, please read this book. As you all know, what ever we have gone through… some of would do it all over again. Real content, real people, real perspective, and real American heroes. What an opportunity and privilege.
May 9, 2022
Thanks to Joko Wilink, in the middle of his podcast interview I paused the video and ordered this book immediately. It rest's proudly with some of my favorite stories of combat and without a doubt, They were the best of us.
October 7, 2020
Read it then go listen to his interview on Jocko Willink's podcast.
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February 25, 2024
Great book of first hand accounts of a Marine in World War 2. It’s a little disorganized and I occasionally found myself wondering when this even took place, but it was still understandable.
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