- Genre:biography & autobiography
- Sub-genre:Military
- Language:English
- Pages:268
- eBook ISBN:9781098328665
- Hardcover ISBN:9781098328658
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The story of a WWII volunteer that joined the United States Marine Corps as a young seventeen year old. He was just an ordinary young man doing extraordinary jobs when facing fears, terrors, triumphs and joys as he too cast in motion a series of milestones along his own path in the Marine Corps.
This biographical account takes the reader on a long arduous journey from the green hills and mountains of western North Carolina, through the rigors of Parris Island and the actual combat conditions at Guadalcanal/Cape Gloucester/Peleliu, and finally a career in the Corps that would complete this Marine's Life's Mission.
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The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a pivotal moment in U.S. and world history. The attack thrust the U.S. into World War II and set in motion a series of events that would transform the country into a global superpower and guardian of international order.
Frank Trimual Wall would be a volunteer that joined the Marine Corps several days before smoke blackened the skies above Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941. As a young seventeen year old that had worked diligently the year before trying to set the stage for gaining entry into the Corps, he was already of the state-of-mind to risk what military service may offer.
After passing through the rigors of Parris Island and New River, Wall's notable backwoods charisma would see him pass through the horrors of combat while serving overseas for some twenty-nine continuous months. Upon returning to the states after his time in the Pacific, Frank Wall would commence on a path with the Corps that saw numerous assignments at various bases with a major emphasis being placed on his ability to play baseball for those locations he was assigned.
Fire Creeping in Short Grass is an inspiring story of an unassuming man who lived and died as a shinning example of what is best found among the United States Marine Corps.
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