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100 1  Popaditch, Nick,|eauthor. 
245 10 Once a Marine :|ban Iraq War tank commander's 
       inspirational memoir of combat, courage, and recovery
       |h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cNick Popaditch, with 
       Mike Steere. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bOpen Book Audio,|c2013. 
264  2 |bMade available through hoopla 
300    1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 31 min.)) :
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506    Digital content provided by hoopla. 
511 0  Read by Denny Delk. 
520    May 6, 1986: Nick Popaditch arrives at the Receiving 
       Barracks, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, 
       California. April 9, 2003: An AP photographer captures a 
       striking image seen around the world of the Gunny Sergeant
       smoking a victory cigar in his tank, the haunting statue 
       of Saddam Hussein hovering in the background. Popaditch is
       immortalized forever as "The Cigar Marine." April 6, 2004:
       The tanker fights heroically in the battle for Fallujah 
       and suffers grievous head wounds that leave him legally 
       blind and partially deaf. The USMC awards him with a 
       Silver Star for his valor and combat innovation. April 18,
       2004: "Gunny Pop" comes home to face the toughest fight of
       his life-a battle to remain the man and Marine he was. 
       This is the central drama of Nick's inspiring memoir, Once
       a Marine: An Iraq War Tank Commander's Inspirational 
       Memoir of Combat, Courage, and Recovery. Readers in and 
       out of the military will stand up and cheer for this 
       valiant Marine's Marine, a man who embodies everything 
       noble and proud in the Corps' long tradition. Never has 
       modern mechanized combat seemed so immediate and real, or 
       the fight in Iraq seemed so human and worth believing in. 
       At first, Nick fights to get back to where he was in Iraq-
       in the cupola of an M1A1 main battle tank, leading Marines
       in combat at the point of the spear. As the seriousness 
       and permanence of his disabilities become more evident, 
       Nick fights to remain in the Corps in any capacity, to 
       help the brothers in arms he so aches to rejoin. Facing 
       the inevitable following a medical retirement, he battles 
       for rightful recognition and compensation for his 
       permanent disabilities. Throughout his harrowing ordeal, 
       Nick fights to maintain his honor and loyalty, waging all 
       these battles the same way-the Marine way-because anything
       less would be a betrayal of all he holds dear. The real 
       triumph in Once a Marine is its previously untold, behind-
       the-scenes tale of the day-to-day life of a career Marine 
       noncommissioned staff officer. In most books and movies, a
       "Gunny" is little more than a cardboard character. Nick's 
       portrayal is a man complete: a husband and father, as well
       as a warrior and a molder of young warriors. He reveals 
       himself completely, something no memoirist in his position
       has ever done before. This includes our very personal 
       introduction to his wife April, whose heroics in the story
       equal Nick's, together with dozens of others who, as Sgt. 
       Popaditch writes, gave so much, so selflessly and freely, 
       to him. Like the man himself, Once a Marine is full of 
       gratitude and refreshingly free of false bravado and 
       braggadocio. All Americans, of all political persuasions, 
       have a duty to meet this courageous and admirable fighting
       man, an exemplar of all our military men and women who 
       give so much out of love for their nation. Meeting Gunny 
       Sergeant Popaditch through the pages of his inspirational 
       memoir offers up new reasons to be proud and shoulder our 
       own responsibilities as Americans. Now in paperback, Once 
       a Marine will instantly take its place among outstanding 
       combat classics. And once you read this remarkable and 
       uplifting book, The Marine's Hymn will never sound the 
       same. About the Authors: From East Chicago, Indiana, Nick 
       Popaditch enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1986. While 
       commanding a tank, he was wounded in Fallujah, Iraq in 
       2004. Nick was medically retired from the Marines in 2005 
       at the rank of Gunnery Sergeant. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Popaditch, Nick. 
610 10 United States.|bMarine Corps|vBiography. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|vPersonal narratives, American. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|xTank warfare. 
650  0 Marines|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Iraq War, 2003-2011|xVeterans|vBiography. 
650  0 Disabled veterans|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Blind|zUnited States|vBiography. 
700 1  Delk, Denny,|enarrator. 
710 2  hoopla digital. 
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