No Tougher Duty, No Greater Honor: A Memoir of a Mortuary Affairs Marine

A truly unforgettable autobiographical account of war from a brand new perspective, one of a Marine Reservist assigned to recover our fallen service members off of the battlefield and send them home with honor. This superbly written and gripping story begins a few months before the Iraq war in 2002 where Christian Bussler worked as an everyday postal letter carrier in Springfield, Ohio. With a single phone call, his life is thrust onto the world stage as an active participant on the frontlines of the war torn battlefields of Iraq. Christian's descriptions of his experiences are so vividly yet tastefully written, the reader could easily visualize a despotic regime crumble before him, or accompany his foot patrol down the streets of terrorist held cities, feel the sweat run down your face as his team searches for the fallen on the streets of Ramadi, and feel the deep sorrow of his loss after he learns of the death of a friend. These are the true stories that are never spoken, written by a Marine who was there, to return the fallen home with honor. 2018 IndieBRAG Medallion honoree, 2018 IAN award 1st place military, 2018 Chanticleer Int Book Awards Semi-Finalist, Finalist in 2018 NGIBA for military, Finalist for autobiography in 2018 Readers Favorite, and three separate Five Star awards for Readers Favorite Reviews.

Author: Gysgt L. Christian Bussler (Ret ).
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 07/27/2017
Pages: 536
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9781546604938


Review Citation(s):
BlueInk Review 12/11/2017
Foreword 12/01/2017
Booklist 02/15/2018 pg. 36
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2019

About the Author
The Author of "No Tougher Duty, No Greater Honor", Christian Bussler grew up as an Air Force brat in the 1970's and 1980's. He joined the Marine Corps Reserves right out of high school and was assigned to MP Co "C" in Dayton, Ohio as an 0311 Rifleman. He was crossed trained as a 9051 Graves Registration/Mortuary Affairs Marine in the early 1990's. in 2003 his platoon of Mortuary Affairs specialists was activated to head to Kuwait, and he participated in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. In Feb of 2004, he volunteered to go back to Iraq and was assigned to Weapons Co 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, where he was wounded in combat operations while fighting against Al Qaeda terrorist insurgents. After his surgeries, he volunteered once again to go back to Iraq in 2005, but this time as the Staff NCOIC of all Mortuary Affairs operations in and around Al Taqaddum, Iraq. His book "No Tougher Duty, No Greater Honor" details his experiences as a forward operating "body-bagger". He tells the stories that no one ever speaks of, about a duty that few know that exists. He had spent four years teaching himself how to write, and his book is the result of thousands of hours of writing and re-writing his difficult experiences in war. He hopes that his work can provided the answers that families of the fallen may have, and he hopes to honor the sacrifices of those who have paid the ultimate cost for freedom.


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