If you want to go "classic," read "With the Old Breed" by E.B. Sledge, by an American Marine who survived the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa and went on to be an academic. Trust me, the men in "Generation Kill" read it.
It might also amuse you to know that there is a Marine Corps recommended reading list.
Military memoirs
Date: 2009-02-10 12:05 pm (UTC)It might also amuse you to know that there is a Marine Corps recommended reading list.
http://www.usna.edu/Library/Marineread.html
GRS from WSFA