Hanging the Artificial Sun

By Dale J. Young

Mud, whiskey, pole dancers and the girl from homeroom... Welcome to the Marine Corps. This is our story.You and I are going to take journey and it will begin with the photo on my desk of a girl from my high school homeroom. Despite the age of the photo I can still feel her magic and remember how sweet the air smelled every time she walked past me in the hallway so many years ago.The journey begins with her and will lead to distant lands halfway around the world. As we take our journey I'll introduce you to my fellow Marines, some of the strangest and toughest young men God has ever put on this planet. You'll lie beside us as we sleep in the pouring rain, the driving snow or the 100+ degree heat. We'll fire the howitzers under the blazing lights of the Aurora Borealis, and we'll strike camo nets to shade ourselves from the relentless Egyptian sun. We'll walk the Holy Land together, stand at the gates of Buckingham Palace and watch the water glow in the dark around a mysterious island in the Caribbean. You will go hungry, wear the same skivvy drawers for a month at a time, and learn to appreciate the little things in life such as a letter from home tinged with perfume.This will be a journey unlike any you've ever taken. But remember, it will revolve around the girl from homeroom. You'll experience her magic, and understand why I traveled the world only to return to the place where I started, and to the girl that I always knew was meant to be mine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0991371070
• ISBN13: 9780991371075
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Niner 8 Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"