Four Flags: The Odyssey of a Professional Soldier. Part 2

Dave Barr knew from the age of 12 that he wanted to be a marine. Following a series of menial jobs - including working as a shoe shiner in a barber's shop and stints in service stations - at 17 he joined the Marines before shipping out to Vietnam. This was his dream come true - flying as a helicopter gunner - and he ended the war with an impressive