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Overview

The first Corps novel--the first Corps New York Times bestseller.
Semper Fi sets the stage for World War II and brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalties--as they steel themselves for battle, and prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780515087499
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Publication date: 11/1/1986
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 107,481
Series: Corps Series , #1
Product dimensions: 4.28 (w) x 6.86 (h) x 0.98 (d)

Meet the Author

W. E. B. Griffin

Fellow bestselling author Tom Clancy is right on target when he describes W.E.B. Griffin -- world renowned for his military and police novels filled with vivid detail and dead-on accuracy -- as "a storyteller in the grand tradition, probably the best man around for describing the military community."

Biography

With more than 40 million books in print in more than 10 languages, bestselling novelist W.E.B. Griffin enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a master of the military thriller.

Griffin began his career not as a writer but as a military man like the type he would eventually make millions writing about. After growing up in both New York City and the Philadelphia suburb of Wallingford, Pennsylvania, Griffin took the step in 1946 that -- little did he know at the time -- would set the course for his literary life: He enlisted in the United States Army. After finishing basic training, he went through counterintelligence instruction at Fort Holabird, New Jersey, and was assigned to the Army of Occupation in Germany under Major General I. D. White, commander of the U.S. Constabulary.

In 1951, while attending Philips University, in Marburg an der Lahn, in Germany, Griffin was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. He again served under General White, both at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and in Korea, where he earned the Expert Combat Infantry Badge and served as a combat correspondent and as acting X Corps (Group) information officer. Upon his release from active duty in 1953, Griffin was appointed chief of the Publications Division of the Army Signal Aviation Test & Support Activity at the Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama.

Although he first wrote under various pen names, Griffin didn't begin writing his bestselling string of military novels until he was well into his 50s. His first Brotherhood of War novel, The Lieutenants, was published in 1982 and touched off Griffin's well-known reputation for writing with historical accuracy and fascinating detail. Publishers Weekly noted that this first novel "captures the rhythms of WW II army life... in an absorbing account of life among military men." Griffin would go on to pen additional books in the Brotherhood of War sequence and to launch other bestselling series -- including The Corps, Badge of Honor, Honor Bound, and Men at War, among others.

While Griffin's public persona is a bit of an enigma -- he's not one to make the talk show rounds -- it's clear that he both knows and appreciates his readers, especially his fellow military men. On his official web site, Griffin reflects, "Nothing honors me more than a serviceman, veteran, or cop telling me how much he enjoys reading my books."

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Griffin was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Military Fiction from Norwich University.

He was vested in the Order of St. George by the U.S. Armor Association.

Griffin addressed the Corps of Cadets for the United States Military Academy.

1. Also Known As:
  
  William Edmund Butterworth III (real name); Alex Baldwin, Webb Beech, Walter E. Blake, Jack Dugan, John Kevin Dugan, Eden Hughes, James McDouglas, Allison Mitchell, Edmund O. Scholefield, Blakely St.
  W.E.B. Griffin
2. Hometown:
  
  Coppell, Texas
1. Date of Birth:
  
  November 10, 1929
2. Place of Birth:
  
  Newark, New Jersey

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Posted June 1, 2002

One of the better books from a series of great books.

This first volume of The Corps is my personal favorite, because some of it takes place in China, and because it features the beginnings of many characters (I started with Behind the Lines, after which I was so intrigued I had to backtrack to Semper Fi). I had read Tom Clancy before, and I see now that Griffin is by far the better writer. His writing is technical, at times, but I don't think he is a techocrat like Clancy seems at times.

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Posted October 23, 2011

Book #5 of this series is not available as a Nook Book

B&N has disappointed me with this series. After reading the first 4 of 10 I discovered that #5 is not available as a Nook book. Customer service says the publisher has not made the digital version available. This is a crock because Amazon has a digital version for the Kindle. Now I'm thinking of buying the $99 Kindle and saying adios to B&N.

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Posted July 28, 2011

Awesome read

You really get to know the characters especially mcoy. You can really feel for them... great read

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Posted April 26, 2012

Icefang

Please make a prophocy where Bloodclan Oceanclan and Treeclan have to join forces against the rising Deathlightclan. I thought pf one of you want tp here it.

In the dark of day, Blood and Ocean will have to mix together, and the Trees will join with the red water. They will learn to work as one quickly, for the Light of Death is growing.

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Posted April 15, 2012

Great book!

I couldn't put it down!
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MEnders55

Posted August 25, 2011

Real military history woven into a great story

I'm an ex-marine so I like anything about the corps and WEB Griffin is a great writer; I've read all his Corps series.

ME55
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Posted July 4, 2011

Highly Recommend!

Can't wait to read the rest of the series!
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Posted January 12, 2010

It was OK

It was all right not as good as Brotherhoof of war

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Posted October 7, 2004

Great Book

I feel a sense of familiarity with the character and the events, terminology and etc in this book. WEB Griffin though served in the Army must of went through a great deal to write this book of a story of a Marine.

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Posted January 17, 2003

Entertaining and engaging soap on a grand scale

This is one of the better books in this series as the author really focuses on a central character, Ken "Killer" McCoy. The characterization of the following books in the series suffers a bit more from fragmentation. This title, like much of Griffins work, is hard to put down. But it's basically a soap opera with a very abrupt ending. Absolutely no attempt is made to end the story. You are left hanging and just have to go get the next in the series. I also found the so-called romantic element pretty shallow. Griffin continuously confuses sex with romance. His characters, almost without exception, fall in 'love' (lust) on first sight (conversation not being necessary), immediately hit the sack (there apparently being a worldwide shortage of reluctant virgins in the early 40s) and go on to love happily ever after from that moment. But this fantasy allows the author to get more sex per page, I suppose. This aside, this book (and the entire series) is a real treat if you are interested in WWII or things military.

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Posted August 28, 2002

Very Good

Semper Fi book 1 of The Corps series is an awesome intelligent book full of action and alot of reality of the men over seas in china and what happened to the few selected for the novel when they came back to the states i give this book 5 stars i enjoyed it very much W.E.B Griffin captures the very real truth of the whole ordeal after WW1

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Posted May 10, 2002

another great griffin novel

w.e.b. griffin proves in his series 'the corps' that he is not a one-hit wonder with the brotherhood of war. he is definitely on my list of top three writers. he knows his history and how to create different characters that you can relate to and like. fairbairn-wielding corporal ken mccoy, usmc is just the first of them.
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Posted February 19, 2002

Wow

I have read many books concerning World War Two and this has to be the entrancing one yet. The Corps gives you everything your looking for and then some. Five stars is not enough to rate this book.
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Posted March 10, 2000

Spellbinding

Best series I've ever read, better even than Brotherhood of War. Totally involving, couldn't wait for the next one to come out. Just hope that Griffin will continue the story through the end of the war... please don't stop at book 8.
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Posted December 18, 1999

The Corps at its best.

Strarting with McCoy and adding personnel as the story grows, then mixing each with the other and adding real history and real people, real events and places with the fictional account keeps it alive. The only drawback is re-reading the entire set waiting for the next book to be printed. What this series really needs is to be made into a television mini-series.
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