In the first book, Nathan Cord, a 17 year-old high school drop-out, joins the United States Marine Corps and becomes among the first Marines to enter Vietnam. Because of the influence of his first sergeant to see the mission through, he stays in Vietnam to the bitter end and becomes a young gunnery sergeant. After all he suffered during the Vietnam War, he suffers more afterward. With the help of the love of his life, he endures and overcomes the dark period to become one of the youngest sergeant majors in the Corps. In this book, he achieves his dream of being a Marine officer by becoming a warrant officer. As an officer of Marines he will lead young Marines in such places as El Salvador, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama and Kuwait. Follow him through the many battles as he continues his career as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.
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