"The Last Platoon" from Bing West, Outstanding Novel of Afghanistan
“The Last Platoon” from Bing West, Outstanding Novel of Afghanistan Share This: In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine Bing West was born to be a Marine. When he was just two years old, his two uncles were in the Marine Corps and fought on Guadalcanal. Later, his family allowed a baseball team of Marines to use the attic of their Dorchester, Massachusetts home as a kind of clubhouse. There they’d be able to talk among themselves about things they’d never have been able to say to their families. Bing’s mother thought they’d make...
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