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Title: Section 8
Author: Johnnie M. Clark
Narrator: John H Fehskens
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-18-17
Publisher: Johnnie M. Clark
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
This could only be written by a Marine with combat fatigue who knows Marines and history. It will be loved by those who loved Catch 22, MASH, and One Flew over the Coo Coo's Nest. These Marines and this story is insanely original because it is based in more truth than you will ever believe.
It is 1946 and President Truman is trying to get re-elected with the help of Standard Oil but Standard Oil is demanding that a mysterious deal be struck with Chiang Kai Shek. Truman hates the Marine Corps and is working hard to disband Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. He almost has congress convinced that the Corps is obsolete now that we have the A-bomb. He has sent what is left of the Corps to China to aid Shek in fighting the Communists.
Poor Welcome George Many Numbers is an oval shaped Navajo Tribal Accountant in Window Rock, Arizona who speaks with questionable monotone wisdom in two languages. He is a former Marine Corporal and decorated hero whose services were no longer required when it was decided that he was partially crazy due to combat fatigue and given a Section Eight discharge as unfit for duty. But when Welcome awakens from a frying pan-induced coma in a Naval hospital in China and discovers that he was delivered there by Sidney Mosedale the Press Secretary to President Truman, he seeks escape.
The Navajo soon discovers that he is on a mission to save the Marine Corps. Welcome loves the Corps and he is not bitter about being a Section Eight because he understands, after therapy, that Section Eight is a temporary state unlike Canada or Kentucky.
Members Reviews:
RMD Section 8
This is one of the few books I've read that I laughed out loud many times. Several states time with tears running down my cheeks. You add that the book is based on actual events, will it just plain ridiculously funny and fun too read. OMGLOL!!!
Get Ready to Laugh Out Loud
Section 8 is a treasure that doesn't come along every day. I found myself laughing out loud as Johnnie Clark's humor shows up from every angle. Dry wit, sarcasm, slapstick, you name it. I've loved all of Johnnie's books, but this, his first shot at straight humor with some real life mixed in, might be his best ever. I never realized there really was a true consideration to shut down the Marine Corps at one point in our history. Johnnie takes this real life section of history and turns it into a hilarious saga with some serious notes mixed in as well. Really got me thinking. If they ever turn this thing into a movie, it would be awesome!
Crying Again!!
I take my reading seriously. Due to the fact that I spend my life reading professional journals and research, reading for "fun" is not at the top of my list of leisure activities. In fact, it's not on my list at all! However, being well acquainted with J. Clark's previous works, I did not hesitate to stay with him as he ventured into the genre of humor; I was not disappointed. What I have come to realize is this author is going to have me crying one way or the other. J.
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Title: Section 8
Author: Johnnie M. Clark
Narrator: John H Fehskens
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-18-17
Publisher: Johnnie M. Clark
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
This could only be written by a Marine with combat fatigue who knows Marines and history. It will be loved by those who loved Catch 22, MASH, and One Flew over the Coo Coo's Nest. These Marines and this story is insanely original because it is based in more truth than you will ever believe.
It is 1946 and President Truman is trying to get re-elected with the help of Standard Oil but Standard Oil is demanding that a mysterious deal be struck with Chiang Kai Shek. Truman hates the Marine Corps and is working hard to disband Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. He almost has congress convinced that the Corps is obsolete now that we have the A-bomb. He has sent what is left of the Corps to China to aid Shek in fighting the Communists.
Poor Welcome George Many Numbers is an oval shaped Navajo Tribal Accountant in Window Rock, Arizona who speaks with questionable monotone wisdom in two languages. He is a former Marine Corporal and decorated hero whose services were no longer required when it was decided that he was partially crazy due to combat fatigue and given a Section Eight discharge as unfit for duty. But when Welcome awakens from a frying pan-induced coma in a Naval hospital in China and discovers that he was delivered there by Sidney Mosedale the Press Secretary to President Truman, he seeks escape.
The Navajo soon discovers that he is on a mission to save the Marine Corps. Welcome loves the Corps and he is not bitter about being a Section Eight because he understands, after therapy, that Section Eight is a temporary state unlike Canada or Kentucky.
Members Reviews:
RMD Section 8
This is one of the few books I've read that I laughed out loud many times. Several states time with tears running down my cheeks. You add that the book is based on actual events, will it just plain ridiculously funny and fun too read. OMGLOL!!!
Get Ready to Laugh Out Loud
Section 8 is a treasure that doesn't come along every day. I found myself laughing out loud as Johnnie Clark's humor shows up from every angle. Dry wit, sarcasm, slapstick, you name it. I've loved all of Johnnie's books, but this, his first shot at straight humor with some real life mixed in, might be his best ever. I never realized there really was a true consideration to shut down the Marine Corps at one point in our history. Johnnie takes this real life section of history and turns it into a hilarious saga with some serious notes mixed in as well. Really got me thinking. If they ever turn this thing into a movie, it would be awesome!
Crying Again!!
I take my reading seriously. Due to the fact that I spend my life reading professional journals and research, reading for "fun" is not at the top of my list of leisure activities. In fact, it's not on my list at all! However, being well acquainted with J. Clark's previous works, I did not hesitate to stay with him as he ventured into the genre of humor; I was not disappointed. What I have come to realize is this author is going to have me crying one way or the other. J.