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Description

1. xii, 283 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. Dave Barr had had a penchant for trouble since day one, born in the back of a car, shooting by the time he was five, riding a motorbike at seven, Dave regularly got into fights at school. The only reading Dave would do growing up involved motorbikes, shooting, westerns and the military. After reading Battle Cry by Leon Uris aged 12 he knew he wanted to be a Marine. Following a series of menial jobs, working at a barbers and in service stations, at 17 he joined the Marines before shipping out to Vietnam. This was his dream come true, flying as a helicopter gunner, he ended the war with an impressive 57 Air Medals. After leaving the Marines, like many veterans Dave found it hard to hold down a good job and stay out of trouble. It was then that he read about Israel. Always looking for a rush Dave learnt to skydive before he deciding to take his chances, emigrating illegally to Israel. He was inducted into the Israeli Army and then the Paratroops, where the training was difficult, involving long tough marches, and learning Hebrew. After serving his time he left Israel - back in the USA Dave was stuck in a rut and ready for his next adventure....This is the first volume in the gripping and action-packed memoirs of Dave Barr, providing a rich and colorful account of one man's odyssey as a professional soldier, seeing war at the 'sharp end'.

Alternative title

1. US Marine Corps Vietnam, 1969-72, Israeli Defense Force, 1975-77

Subject

1. United States. Marine Corps > Airmen > Biography
2. Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel > Parachute troops > Biography
3. Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel
4. United States. Marine Corps
5. Vietnam War (1961-1975)
6. 1961-1975
7. Soldiers > United States > Biography
8. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American
9. Armed Forces > Airmen
10. Parachute troops
11. Soldiers
12. United States

Genre/Form

1. Autobiographies.
2. Biographies.
3. Personal narratives.
4. Personal narratives – American.

Call number

1. JFE 20-1365

Author

1. Barr, Dave, 1952- author.

Title

1. Four flags : the odyssey of a professional soldier. Volume 1, U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam, 1969-72, Israeli Defense Force, 1975-77 / Dave Barr.

Publisher

1. Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Company, 2015.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Chronological term

1. 1961-1975

ISBN

1. 9781909982703 paperback
2. 1909982709 paperback

Research call number

1. JFE 20-1365