Victor H. Krulak

First to Fight

Victor H. Krulak

Marine general Victor «Brute» Krulak offers here a riveting insider's chronicle of U.S. Marines — their fights on the battlefield and off, and their extraordinary esprit de corps. He not only takes a close look at the Marine experience during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam — wars in which Krulak was himself a participant – but also examines the foundation on which the Corps is built. In doing so, he helps answer the question of what it means to be a Marine and how the Corps has maintained such a consistently outstanding reputation.