Clint Van Winkle March 28, 2009
8700 Emerald Drive
Emerald Isle, North Carolina 28594
Emerald Isle, North Carolina 28594
Clint Van Winkle will launch his book tour for his new memoir Soft Spots at Emerald Isle Books. Come out and meet Clint and pick up a signed copy of his book.
Official Website: http://www.emeraldislebooks.com
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About the Author CLINT VAN WINKLE served for eight years in the United States Marine Corps, earning the rank of sergeant. While in Iraq he served as an Amphibious Assault Vehicle section leader, attached to Lima Company 3rd BN 1st Marines, and commanded eighteen other Marines. After two tours of duty, he returned to earn a BA in English from Arizona State University, then a MA in Creative Writing and Media from the University of Wales-Swansea, and began to publish pieces of this book in literary magazines. He lives with his wife in Chesapeake, Virginia.
About the Book Marine Sergeant Clint Van Winkle flew to war on Valentine’s Day 2003. His battalion was among the first wave of troops that crossed into Iraq, and his first combat experience was the battle of Nasiriyah, followed by patrols throughout the country, house to house searches, and operations in the dangerous Baghdad slums. But after two tours of duty, certain images would not leave his memory—a fragmented mental movie of shooting a little girl; of scavenging parts from a destroyed, blood-spattered tank; of obliterating several Iraqi men hidden behind an ancient wall; and of mistakenly stepping on a “soft spot,” the remains of a Marine killed in combat. This is powerful, haunting, provocative memoir of a Marine in Iraq.