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    I Will Hold: The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates From Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War
    I Will Hold: The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates From Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War
    I Will Hold: The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates From Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War
    Audiobook9 hours

    I Will Hold: The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates From Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War

    Written by James Carl Nelson

    Narrated by Sean Pratt

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    About this audiobook

    The incredible true story of Clifton B. “Lucky” Cates, whose service in World War I and beyond made him a legend in the annals of the Marine Corps.

    Cates knew that he and his small band of marines were in a desperate spot. Before handing the note over to a runner, he added three words that would resound through Marine Corps history:

    I WILL HOLD

    From the moment he first joined the Marine Reserves of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, Clifton B. Cates was determined to make his mark as a leader. Little did he know what he would truly accomplish in his legendary career.

    Not as well-known as his contemporaries such as Alvin C. York, his fame would not come from a single act of heroism but from his consistent and courageous demeanor throughout the war and beyond.

    In the bloody second half of 1918 with the 6th Marine Regiment, he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Purple Heart, the Silver Star, was recognized by the French government with the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre, and earned the nickname “Lucky.”

    I Will Hold is the inspiring, brutally vivid, and incredible true life story of a Marine Corps legend whose grit and unstoppable spirit on the battlefield matched his personal drive and sage wisdom off of it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateOct 1, 2016
    ISBN9781469065489
    I Will Hold: The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates From Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War
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    James Carl Nelson

    James Carl Nelson received the 2017 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s Colonel Joseph Alexander Award for Biography. He is the author of three acclaimed histories of the American experience in World War I: I Will Hold: The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates, from Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War; Five Lieutenants: The Heartbreaking Story of Five Harvard Men Who Led America to Victory in World War I; and The Remains of Company D: A Story of the Great War. A former staff writer for the Miami Herald, he lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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    • 4/5
      Note: this is a review of the audiobook version from Gildan Media. The hard copy may have had useful maps and images (and footnotes) that I am not aware of. I Will Hold is a history book following future Commandant Clifton B. Cates and the 96th Company of the USMC during their campaigns in France during World War 1. It is *NOT* a biography of Cates, even if you wanted to frame that as a "biography of Cates focusing on his time in WW1" (although it's close to that). Similarly, it is *NOT* a history of the 96th Company (although, again, it's close to that). It splits the difference between these two things, which makes it something of a tweener; not enough of either aspect to be great. As a quasi-biography, I learn a lot about what Cates did and who he was, but not a lot enough about what he *thought* and how his experiences in France shaped him for the rest of his career and life. As a quasi-unit history, I don't learn enough about the formation of the unit and its role in the larger war to properly appreciate it as a unit history. With that said, it's still a fine book and a good read (and for the audiobook, very nicely narrated). It feels like it could have been something more, though.