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A presentation followed by a meet and greet with author Chris Bussler.
Christian Bussler joined the Marine Corps Reserves right out of high school and was assigned to MP Co. "C" in Dayton, Ohio as an 0311 Rifleman. He was cross-trained as a 9051 Graves Registration/Mortuary Affairs Marine in the early 1990s. In 2003 his platoon of Mortuary Affairs specialists was activated to head to Kuwait, and he participated in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. In February of 2004, he volunteered to go back to Iraq and was assigned to Weapons Co. 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, where he was wounded in combat operations while fighting against Al Qaeda terrorist insurgents. After his surgeries, he volunteered once again to go back to Iraq in 2005, but this time as the Staff NCOIC of Mortuary Affairs operations. His book "No Tougher Duty, No Greater Honor" details his experiences as a forward operating "body-bagger."
EVENT TYPE: | Books & Writing |
TAGS: | veteran | military | book talk | Book Signing | book discussion |
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