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 Copyright© East Bench
 Publishing LLC, 2013
Book Cover; Title: Combat Marine at Seventeen, by Don L. Jardine, PH.D.; Point Man, 103 True Stories, U.S.M.C. photos of Saipan Campaign, Tinian Campaign, Nagasaki Atomic bomb area; "If every life were a book, Dr. Jardine's life would be a library."

Before World War II

  • I Learned to Swim
  • Fire Ants
  • Keyhole Snowdrift
  • Over the Wires and through the Snow
  • Airplane in Town
  • Migrating Indians
  • Train versus Tanker Truck
  • Fourth of July Stampede
  • Fishing Amid Rattlesnakes
  • Snake Show
  • Skiing and Arrowheads
  • Indian Guests and Gold
  • The Butcher Shop
  • Idaho Potatoes 5 Cents
  • Rigby Water Tower
  • Schools in Rigby
  • Trapping and Hockey on the Canals
  • Young Driver
  • Attacked by a Golden Eagle
  • Aerial Balloonist
  • Ram Attack
  • Bouncing Ball Lightning
  • Big Black Stallion
  • High School Luck
  • Shot during a Pheasant Hunt

During World War II

  • December 7, 1941—Pearl Harbor Bombed
  • Move To Ogden
  • A New House at Sixteen!
  • New Job
  • Hungry for my First Flight
  • The Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Enlistment—U.S. Marine Corps
  • Boot Camp
  • Camp Pendleton
  • Hawaiian Tattoos
  • Tokyo Rose
  • Four from Rigby High School
  • Eniwetok—Ships and Sharks Galore!
  • Bombardment of Saipan
  • “And I Died for You Today, my Friend...”
  • Apprehension
  • Going Ashore—Tinian
  • Wounded—First Purple Heart
  • Saipan Hospital
  • To Tinian and Back
  • Amnesia—Six Lost Days
  • Saved by the Enemy
  • Souvenir Patrol
  • Ordered to Rifle Company
  • Enemy Caves
  • Wet Combat Patrol
  • Thinking of War
  • The Ninety-day Wonder
  • Forgotten Guard
  • Okinawa Invasion
  • Precious Water
  • A Saipan Patrol, and Pondering the Planes
  • Booby Trap Explosion
  • A Booby Trap Detected
  • Cold Combat Patrol
  • Barefoot Marine
  • English Speaking Japanese Prisoner
  • “Torpedo Juice”
  • Rations and Flies
  • Timmons Revenge Patrol
  • In the Sugar Cane—The Most Dramatic Scene of my Life
  • Enemy Encampment
  • Blinded by Enemy Hand Grenade—Second Purple Heart
  • Jap Air Raids
  • Jo Jo and the Giant Tarantula
  • A Huge Bowl of Jello
  • Combat Swimming with Sharks
  • Same Day, Same Month, Different Year
  • Pinup Art
  • B-29 Bomber Missing over Japan

After World War II

  • On a Ship to Japan
  • In Japan: Nagasaki after the A-Bomb
  • Inspecting a Japanese Freighter
  • A Hike through the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Area
  • A War Crime
  • Coming Home
  • Henry Patton and the Bataan Death March
  • Thoughts on the Atomic Bombs
  • Back to School
  • Big Spence and the Wild Goose
  • The Professor's Coat
  • Mr. J. C. Penney Himself
  • The Unforgettable Lecture
  • Dr. Collett and the Math Teacher
  • The Professor’s Daughter
  • How I Met an Angel
  • Piloting a Stinson “Flying Station Wagon”
  • An Unmilitary View of Saipan
  • Nightmares
  • Shots Fired
  • Trophy Buck
  • A Job Recommendation that Changed Everything
  • Charles “Sparky” Schulz, creator of “Peanuts”
  • Judging of Art
  • Determination! Art Competition for the Handicapped
  • Who’s Flying a Jet T-33? Me!
  • The King's Opening Night
  • Grandpa!
  • Girl's Second-Choice Date