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The Marine by this name is listed as writing the government publication [http://cafe3.ktdom.com/vietvet/technote/read.cgi?board=englishf&y_number=879&nnew=1 Reconnaissance Marine], and is listed on the "Marine Legends" page above as an "author", but there is no direct link connecting him to the book we have listed here. | The Marine by this name is listed as writing the government publication [http://cafe3.ktdom.com/vietvet/technote/read.cgi?board=englishf&y_number=879&nnew=1 Reconnaissance Marine], and is listed on the "Marine Legends" page above as an "author", but there is no direct link connecting him to the book we have listed here. | ||
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| + | Verification that this author is the Marine described above is verified by the "About the Author" in his collection "Spacedust One" (1979), which begins with "Major C.C. "Buck" Coffman has spent more than half of his forty-seven years in the Marine Corps...". Note that this not only verifies that the author was a Marine, but verifies that his birth year is the same as the one listed for the Marine above. | ||
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This author may be Lt. Col. Clovis Clyde "Buck" Coffman, Jr. (1931-2001) who was a Marine legend. (See also his obituary, listing his "Navy Cross; three Silver Stars; five Bronze Stars with combat V; Airmedal with combat V; & seven Purple Hearts. Or see the Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance School named after him).
The Marine by this name is listed as writing the government publication Reconnaissance Marine, and is listed on the "Marine Legends" page above as an "author", but there is no direct link connecting him to the book we have listed here.
Verification that this author is the Marine described above is verified by the "About the Author" in his collection "Spacedust One" (1979), which begins with "Major C.C. "Buck" Coffman has spent more than half of his forty-seven years in the Marine Corps...". Note that this not only verifies that the author was a Marine, but verifies that his birth year is the same as the one listed for the Marine above.