<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026280744084370032</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:38:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>xavier zavala</category><category>books</category><category>infamous men</category><category>journals</category><category>moment of truth</category><category>u.s.marine corps</category><category>us marine corps</category><title>Infamous Men   by Xavier Zavala</title><description>Documented journals of time served&#xa;Kilo Company 3rd. Battalion 8th. Marines 2nd. 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I know I&#39;ll need some help making it through boot-camp, but I vow to make the most of it.  I don&#39;t give a damn if I don&#39;t live a normal life from this moment forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;Again, thank you, God.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;We got pass the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Moment of Truth&lt;/span&gt;, and after a few hours were finally part of a platoon.&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Excerpt of Infamous Men by Xavier Zavala, 6/11/2009)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://infamousmen.blogspot.com/2009/06/moment-of-truth-excerpt-of-infamous-men.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lfoOJvoS5bNSuMhlEd5K9pQHwqjdyktbgCMa3atGaS3iVemkc1iHAKgPzja7oxjdQc_0nObqBIcgqkoXgKqKoRWs17HTAdx8KYqrl40Nx7b2v_JP5DMs50HEmbLYnJDBaIu_9wgCeLc/s72-c/freedom.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026280744084370032.post-8714609514241880669</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-31T05:22:15.326-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">books</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">journals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">u.s.marine corps</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">xavier zavala</category><title>Introduction to Infamous Men by Xavier Zavala</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://infamousmen.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeMn9EBIYDQVClZD9hW1cH0U6_FbpwJyP4irhyphenhyphenwInwSDKlBW4_iyiP1vkbxn4wTyhKxq-GPGYdvKMTMhyphenhyphenjpKJkGhDUqVSSDcbSyAGtgcO0nSlvu7KqeFl1JAjeXkWGizDH4dXHnFwD74/s400/Front-Cover.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301421955538383490&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Experience life of the Worlds Finest Force, the U.S. Marine Corps as seen through Zavala´s eyes.&lt;br /&gt;Having conquered death at the age of five prepared him for what the Marines had to offer. He confronted his personal demons not only by what he did but by what he witnessed and what he willed to do as a Marine. The brutal war crimes and raw atrocities that he witnessed in the private war in Liberia, Africa awakened Zavala to the reality that  life must bring death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infamous Men is a non-fictional account of the author’s personal experiences during his years of service in the Marine Corps.&lt;br /&gt;It spans from boot camp throughout his tour in the Civil war in Liberia Africa, Italy, Spain, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia, Israel, Turkey, France and Algiers; openly detailing his role as an United States Marine. This book also explores the authors’ personal demons while abroad in third world war-torn countries.Infamous Men is intended for any individual interested in the armed forces experience. This includes high school students considering a career in the armed forces, new recruits, boot camp and those on military assignments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infamous Men can be purchased at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bn.com/&quot;&gt;Barnes and Noble&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.borders.com/&quot;&gt;Borders.&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://infamousmen.blogspot.com/2009/02/introduction-to-infamous-men-by-xavier.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeMn9EBIYDQVClZD9hW1cH0U6_FbpwJyP4irhyphenhyphenwInwSDKlBW4_iyiP1vkbxn4wTyhKxq-GPGYdvKMTMhyphenhyphenjpKJkGhDUqVSSDcbSyAGtgcO0nSlvu7KqeFl1JAjeXkWGizDH4dXHnFwD74/s72-c/Front-Cover.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>