Green Side Out: Marine Corps Sea-Stories

xxxvi, 297 pp. "Green Side Out is the first and best known book of retired Major Gene Duncan's humorous series. In this collection of sea tales, and zany adventures Duncan and retired Captain W.T. Moore recollect unforgettable stories. For example, there's Staff Sergeant "Monk" Monaco who got mad at his wife, strung her clothesline with detonating cord and blew her laundry all over the neighborhood. Then there's Sgt Zick who defended the dignity of tanks after a captain badmouthed its capabilities by accidentally running over the captain's new sports car using one of the 50-ton monsters. Duncan declares most of the antics in his book are true. He explained, however, that sea stories wouldn't be sea stories without stretching the truth a little."