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Summary: Griffin scores again
Review: Griffin's latest is welcome sequel to his last (In Dangers Path). He brought everybody home and he and Ernie got married. Griffin stil has to resolve the Admiral's daughter and the navy nurses plight that he left hanging in the last book. The great thing about this book he didn't spend a great deal of time talking about the previous plots. It is a great read for those of us that were there at that time.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I read a reviewer who gave this book 4 1/2 stars because of the unanswered questions regarding getting out of the Gobi, some of the other main characters from the other 8 books, etc. I still gave this book 5 stars because even with the missing characters this was a tremendous book. I read it in one day and have since read it again, after my husband finsihed it. Finally, someone besides General Pickering recognizes the ability and intelligence that McCoy and Zimmerman have. I got really upset that the first few pages of McCoy and Ernie you find out he is being "involuntarily released" as an officer and given the option of becoming an enlisted marine again. Also, a little typo in the beginning when Gen. Pickering gets to Ken and Ernie's house, the plaque says "Corporal" McCoy, when it should have been "Captain." Anyway. Great book, just as the other 8 books were. Am looking forward to the next installment where hopefully the idiot Pick will have been found.
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Summary: "Killer" McCoy is back!
Review: ...and so are most of the usual suspects in Griffin's excellent "Corps" series. I enjoyed this novel a great deal and am heartened by the fact that it appears that Griffin is planning to continue it.The story is good, and well written. My only criticism is that the editing could have been tighter. I caught more than a few spelling errors. If you are a fan of military fiction, you will enjoy this book. I highly recommend it. (think that there is any chance that McKoy & compnay will encounter Craig Lowell or "Mouse" Felter in Korea?)
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Summary: Under Fire review by Retired Aircraft mechanic.
Review: As usual W.E.B. Griffin has written a Superb Historical Novel (fiction). ALSO, as per usual, the proofreaders have not done their job. Ignoring these inaccuries makes Under Fire excellent reading The reference to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan in 1950 is not correct. The Marine Corps did not have an Air Station in Japan until 1955 when they moved Marine Wing Support Group-17 to the former Australian AFB at Iwakuni from Itami AFB near Osaka.
Also MCAS Beaufort, S.C. was not built until the mid or late 1950's.
The Naval Detachment at KOBE, did not have a nearby airfield unless you consider Itami AFB near and it could not be seen from the docks at KOBE.
Mention of the F4-U aircraft should be F4U.
There are many references to other books in the Corps Series that do not jive with the previous books.
I feel that this is as much the fault of the publisher as with the author.
Generally an excellent book and am awaiting the release of his next one.
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Summary: What happened to WW2?
Review: I'd be happy to give this book 5 stars if it weren't for one thing. It leaves to many unanswered questions for devotees (and I'm a hardcore fan)of the series. How did McCoy and Pick get out of the Gobi desert? What happened to Jack (NMI) Stecker?
Why hasn't the Corps. sent McCoy through college? Where's Charlie Galloway? The questions go on and on. I think the author has skipped a book, and I hope he addresses some of these questions in the next installment. I also hope we don't have to wait another 4 years til it comes out. As for what we do get in this book, it is as compelling a read as the rest of the series. You'd best catch up on your sleep before bringing it home, because it takes 2 days to read, and you can't put it down til the last page.
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Summary: The best "Corps" novel yet!
Review: It has been 3 years since the last Corps novel,and I eagerly awaited Under Fire. It was well worth waiting for this,possibly the best,installment in Griffin's flagship series. The novel picks up in June,1950 , just prior to the outbreak of the Korean War. "Pick" Pickering is an airline Captain flying Lockheed Constellation aircraft to the Orient for the new airline subsidiary of Fleming Pickering's P&FE shipping company.
Captain Ken McCoy and Ernie Sage McCoy are living in Japan,where McCoy is an intelligence officer. McCoy has written an analysis of North Korean intentions that displeases the sycophantic members of General Douglas MacArthur's "Bataan Gang"that almost results in McCoy's involuntary separation from the Marine Corps. During a visit to the McCoy residence in Japan,Fleming Pickering learns of McCoy's problem and initiates a series of events which,upon the outbreak of hostilities in Korea,results in General Pickering being recalled to active duty. Other major characters from the previous novels,Ed Banning,Bill Dunn,George Hart,and the faithful Ernie Zimmerman all have significant roles to play in the action that follow. In particular,Ernie Zimmerman's character is greatly expanded from some of the cretinous treatment in some of the middle novels in the series. The book is well paced with more action than in several of the more recent installments.The action centers on McCoy and Zimmerman conducting a clandestine operation to prepare the way for MacArthur's famous Inchon invasion. I don't wish to spoil things for any other readers by going into further detail. This is a great read--I read the whole thing at one sitting--and couldn't put it down.I'm sure there will be atleast one more Korean war installment in the series.Griffin always leaves me wanting MORE!! I only hope that we see less time between Corps novels in the future. Five stars all the way!!
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Summary: MILITARY THRILLS SPARK THIS READING
Review: With this, his ninth crackling chronicle of Marine Corps heroes, popular author W. E. B. Griffin closes his accounts of World War II and transports his men to the devastation of the Korean War. Scott Brick, veteran voice actor, author and writer, whose stage credits include Cyrano, Hamlet and Macbeth, artfully carries listeners through the Unabridged version. Tony Award winner James Naughton (Chicago and City Of Angels) gives superlative voice to the Abridged versions. Few writers perceive the military stance as accurately as author Griffin, thus bringing pulse quickening reality to his tales. The year is 1950 as Under Fire opens. Despite its authenticity Captain Ken McCoy's warning of trouble in North Korea is largely ignored. Moreover, McCoy is dismissed from the Corps. Yet shortly, as history has shown, Korea becomes a deathly morass, and another challenging battle for the Marines. For those who enjoy military thrills and excitement Under Fire is 1A. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: tired characters - good stories
Review: Basically I want to reiterate what most everyone has said. It does get tiring that all the good main characters are rich and/or have rich lovers and that the only way to get stuff done in the military is to act outside the lines of command and not only bend the rules, but throw them away.
And I do wonder what happened between the Gobie Desert and Seoul. However having repeated all that, I really enjoy this series. It's given me an interest to find out more about what was going on in WW2. I'm constantly surprised when I search out some interesting fact in Griffin's books and find out it's really true. That is the real value in these books of fiction - that the facts there pull you into wanting to learn more.
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Summary: Not up to par
Review: I got sick of almost every mention of a character having to include his full rank and service. I got sick of the stupid jargon of the weaponry. The writing is very low quality, and the story is hardly worth telling.
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Summary: A real disappointment
Review: I really enjoyed Griffin's Brotherhood Of War series, the first three of The Corps and a couple of his Badge of Honor series also. But there's a similarity arising in all of these books that is beginning to get tiresome. For Instance: 1. All his protagonists are extremely wealthy, or are loved by a person who is.
2. In his war novels, enlisted men apparently do not exist -- certainly not for long -- and his heroes are military geniuses and extraordinarily heroic.
3. All have an antagonist who hates their guts and completely misunderstands them. (I'm still mad as hell at his character Robert Bellmon (Brotherhood of War) who, as written, was a mediocre [very wealthy] officer who somehow managed to become a general despite the fact that he never did anything worthy of note. He should have been retired as a light colonel and forgotten. He misunderstood everything, without exception, about the protagonist, Lowell. He refused to accept the fact that Lowell was an outstanding officer, interpreted everything he did in the worst possible manner, and stepped in his way at every opportunity. At the same time, he promoted MacMillan and favored him constantly. MacMillan was a lousy officer, completely out of his depth at every job he undertook. He was, at best, a good sergeant, but Griffin couldn't have a mere enlisted man as a heroic figure in his books, so Mac became an officer.) Enough of that.
4. All of his heroes are handsome, easy-to-like, and charming.
5. All attract women who are unusually beautiful who immediately fall desperately in love with them.
6. All friends and acquaintances are wealthy or soon will be. This book is no different in those respects, and to make matters worse the story itself is not nearly as interesting as most. Even for those of you who are Griffin fans, in my opinion, you can forget about this one. It's not worth your time.
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