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MILITARY
BOOKS
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Bruce Hoffman
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Bruce Hoffman “spent four years in the United States Marine Corps. Two of those years were spent in
Vietnam and Okinawa. Bruce Hoffman returned to Tampa and retired as a captain with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s
Office, after twenty-seven years. He worked for a federal agency in Washington, DC, was security chief for the Tampa Port
Authority after 9-11-01, and later owned an investigative business. He is retired and lives in Dahlonega, Georgia.”
Bruce Hoffman is the author of And My Mother Danced with Chesty Puller: Adventures of a Marine in the rear,
to combat in Vietnam and .Clicking Mics:
Lessons Learned from a Law Enforcement
Officer
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According to the book description of And My Mother Danced with Chesty Puller: Adventures of a
Marine in the rear, to combat in Vietnam, “is the story of a young Marine’s adventures during the
Vietnam War, sometimes humorous, sometimes hair-raising. The story begins with a young man drawn into the Marine Corps to
become an Embassy Marine but he ends up stuck with an office job instead. He struggles to get into the fight in Vietnam, only
to be stationed in South Carolina and is offered a part-time job with a bootlegger to ride shotgun. When he finally arrives
in Vietnam he discovers that he isn’t supposed to be there, but in Okinawa instead, which turns out to be the land of
booze and brothels. He was able to find a few girlfriends along the way, not only in South Carolina and Okinawa, but in Singapore,
Taiwan, and Vietnam. Marines weren’t all in combat; many were “in the rear with the beer.” After volunteering
three times for Vietnam he was able to transfer to Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron VMO-2, and fly as an Aerial Gunner in
UH-1E Huey Helicopters. Finally, he became a Marine in combat.”
According to the book description of
Clicking Mics: Lessons Learned
from a Law Enforcement Officer,
"Bruce Hoffman offers a peek behind
the door of an extensive law
enforcement career with 175 anecdotes
of history, lessons learned, and
amusing events. After returning home
to Florida from the battlefields of
Vietnam, Bruce traded his Marine Corps
uniform for a badge and gun.
Patrolling the streets of Hillsborough
County is not the same as serving in a
warzone, but there are some
similarities-Bruce recounts stories of
seeing the best and worst of humanity,
describes the struggle of deciding
between right and wrong when there are
all too many shades of gray, and
details the two instances when he
experienced friendly fire from fellow
cops. In addition to the serious
business of police work, Bruce shares
some of the amusing shenanigans of his
squad and the crazy characters they
encounter. In his twenty-seven years
of service to the Hillsborough County
Sheriff's Office, Bruce developed a
distinct point of view, one that he
imparts with his heartfelt and
sometimes humorous stories and lessons
learned from living the day-to-day
highs and lows of being a law
enforcement officer."
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