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The Remains of the Corps, Vol. 1: Ivy and The Crossing
Authored by Thomas W. Hebert, Will Remain
Narrated by Grover Gardner

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

The Remains of the Corps tells the story of a fictional United States Marine Corps family history and is a tribute to this legendary fighting force.

The United States Marine Corps has been a household name for generations. True to the lyrics of its official hymn, the Corps has fought its country’s battles in the air, on land, and sea for more than two hundred years. For many, serving in the Corps has been and continues to be a “family business.” The fictional Remains (an anagram for Marines) are one such family. Told by a third-generation Marine and Vietnam veteran, the fictional Will Remain, the saga begins with his grandfather Kenneth Remain—born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard College. They, and other members of their family, are Marines, but there is more to their stories—much more. Figuring prominently in their lives are the born-to-the-purple Kenneth Blakeslee and the beautiful KatyKay Mulcahy.

In a companion PDF, the listener is also introduced to the fifty-seven enlisted men of the fictional Fourth Platoon of the 87th Company of the true-to-life Third Battalion of the Sixth Marine Regiment, and twenty-four fictional officers of that battalion. Author Will Remain informs the listener with a tightly drawn narrative for each of these officers, NCOs, academics, cadets, athletes, farmers, tradesmen, and white-collar workers as they head off to war. Illustrator Tara Kaz breathes life into their stories with more than fifty sketches.

Q&A with the author:

Why did you undertake this multi-volume project? How does your service in the Marines influence this book?

My service in the Marines is the single most important motivation behind my writing The Remains of the Corps. Joining the Marines in 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, I followed in my father’s footsteps. Dad served in the Corps during WWII and fought on Iwo Jima. He sang the Marine Corps Hymn so often over the years that I began singing it as well. As soon as I graduated college, I signed up and completed OCS and the Basic School and became an officer (1st Lieutenant). I served from 1968 – 1971 (Vietnam ’70 – ’71). I love the Marine Corps and am forever grateful to it. It shaped me for a lifetime. Writing a six-volume story about Marines is my way of giving back and, hopefully, doing my small part to perpetuate the Corps’ legendary status. I also came away from my Marine Corps experience in Vietnam with some survivor guilt. It is difficult to explain, but it has me in…

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas W. Hebert is a “literary blacksmith,” whose hammers, tongs, and chisels are shaping the iron wrought by many years of extensive research. He enlisted in the Marines in 1968 and served in Vietnam in 1970 and 1971 as a first lieutenant. He is a certified public accountant by vocation. His avocation is writing and researching on military matters. He is married, the father of two, and the grandfather of five. Hebert writes here under the pseudonym Will Remain, the fictional author of The Remains of the Corps.


Grover Gardner has recorded more than 650 audiobooks since beginning his career in 1981. He's been named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" as well as a "Golden Voice" by AudioFile magazine. Gardner has garnered over 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards and is the recipient of an Audio Publishers Association Audie Award, as well as a three-time finalist. In 2005, Publishers Weekly deemed him "Audiobook Narrator of the Year." Gardner has also narrated hundreds of audiobooks…

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: EG & A Publishing
Published on: February 23, 2021
ISBN: 9781665036702
Duration: 11 hr, 18 min
Genres: Fiction / Historical / 20th Century / World War I

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