That last one...please tell me i's practical.
Eugene B Sledge, his books called " With the old Breed at Peleliu and Oakinawa" if you haven't read it, well then you need to, probably the best book ever written about the Marines life in combat, and it's impossible to set it down once you start. I'm reading it to my kids every night before bed and they can't wait every night. The stories my Dad told me come to life in the pages of this book, it's why I joined up !