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Contents Introduction ..... 1 Part I--Other Heroic Events Boot Camp, Parris Island ..... 5 Dynamite Comes in Small Packages ..... 13 Welcome ..... 19 Fish or Sink ..... 23 Thou Shalt Not Steal ..... 27 Now You See It, Now You Don’t ..... 31 AWOL with an Attitude ..... 35 Exploding Latrine ..... 39 I Believe ..... 43 The Poker Game ..... 47 The Great Bank Heist ..... 51 Money to Burn ..... 55 The Right of Every Marine ..... 59 The Well ..... 65 Torpedo Juice ..... 69 Boston Hillbilly ..... 73 Brass Balls ..... 77 K-9 ..... 81 Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me ..... 85 The Birthday Present ..... 89 Halt! Who’s There? ..... 93 The Poggy Bait Caper ..... 97 The Last of the Knights ..... 101 Fear Is in the Eye of the Beholder ..... 105 What Price Bravery ..... 111 They Shall Come from the East ..... 115 Part II--From the Beach to the Reservoir Semper Fideles: Always Faithful ..... 121 From the Beach to the Reservoir ..... 125 Listing of Photographs ..... 149