Attached to second page is a card SIGNED and inscribed by FRANK SEVERO (played 'Frankie Carbone') and a card SIGNED and inscribed by ILLEANA DOUGLAS (played 'Rosie'). Attached to front end page is a card SIGNED by PAUL SERVINO (played 'Paul Cicero') and a card SIGNED by MICHAEL BALLHAUS (the films Cinematographer) and another card SIGNED by VINCENT PASTORE (played 'Man with coatrack'). Author's first book and basis for the famous Martin Scorcese film 'Goodfellas'. SIGNED by Nicholas Pileggi on bookplate opposite to title page: "Luck! Nicholas Pileggi". $17.95 price present on DJ flap some light edge wear mylar protected. 1st Edition/1st Printing (complete number line). It is about actual combat, moments of fear, feelings and dreams, the reality of death, despair and relief.". The story is from the personal viewpoint of a young Marine who had no idea where he was or what was happening. Several paragraphs are dedicated to individual men and their experiences. It describes my reactions and feelings at seeing dead people for the first time in my life, and seeing people, both enemy and friends, being killed.
It continues with life aboard a troop ship and my assignment to Easy Company, Second Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment of the First Marine Division. The story begins with my enlistment in the Marine Corps and the rigors of boot camp and combat infantry training.
There is no reason for me to believe that the anecdotes related to me by others are not true. Only small amounts of dialogue can be remembered with any precision but the conversations in this writing reflect what happened at the time. Trusting my memory and that of many others who were in Korea, I have recorded the events in this story as accurately as possible. There are suspenseful moments, dreadful moments, moments of calm, and even moments of humor. The story recounts attacks on unnamed hills, our defensive positions during the peace talks, and the numerous patrols and ambushes that we prosecuted as well as the ones we repulsed. Most of us survived but, unfortunately, some of us died. Our personalities are revealed through the hardships we endured fighting a determined, cunning enemy in unbearable weather. From the author's Prologue: "EASY COMPANY MARINES - MORE THAN BROTHERS is a story about young men who fought in the Korean War during the years of 19.
INSCRIBED on the copyright page by Ebb 'Jack' Daughtery, who is listed in an appendix to the book as a PFC in the Marines E-2-7 Roster, August 1951, Korea.
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