Wearing the Green Beret
By Jake Olafsen
By Jake Olafsen
Category: Biography & Memoir | 1950 – Present Military History
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Jan 18, 2011 | ISBN 9780771068560
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Praise
“The honest and fast-paced book covers the time between his decision to sign up through to his post-discharge flight home, which he says was definitely a one-way ticket.”
—Vancouver Sun
“Canadian Jake Olafsen survived and thrived in the Royal Marines from 2005 to 2009, serving two tours in Afghanistan and now relating his experiences in this gripping memoir. . . . Olafsen’s descriptions of firefights are vivid and well-written, albeit laced with profanity.”
—Winnipeg Free Press
“. . . Olafson documents it all in its Full Metal Jacket intensity”
—Telegraph Journal
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