The author takes you through a different time in the Corps when you were talked to differently and the men were different. I could relate to a lot that he spoke about in this book being a son of a WWII and Korean Vet and growing up around Marines that were my coaches from the base, they spoke differently, acted different, and expected you to be different especially if they knew your father. Nowadays people get their feelings hurt if the voices are raised or if you use coarse language here in this book the author talks about his experience in battle but also in boot camp and just the general moral of the men he was with. A very good book.