0:00:00 – Opening
0:08:00 – Soldier, and The Making of a Soldier, by Anthony Herbert
2:42:10 – How to stay on THE PATH.
2:59:00 – Closing Gratitude.
273: Controversial Lessons from Being Put Through The Ringer. The Making Of A Soldier, by Col. Tony Herbert
March 17, 2021
|In Podcast Episodes
Hey Jocko or whoever is reading this, so I’m listening to your last podcast about the book (Soldier by Anthony B Herbert) so where did you get to copy of the book so I can try to buy a copy the book from m what I hear is amazing and very inspiring.
This is a great episode…..these episodes go beyond podcasts into life lessons to live by. I can not express enough thanks for all the podcasts….so I buy shirts, hats and other Jocko stuff to support this.
My son would Love to find an audio book copy of this book. Know where he could buy that?
I would just like to thank you for putting out this material, so raw, so powerful and gut wrenching and in real honesty so un true to my own easy existence as an now 41 year old American man coddled by the modern world we live in. I by nature am a man completely not in it for a fight. I have never punched another person nor been punched. So the stark contrast and irony is not lost on me. But, it is still a true honor to know that men of your kind and the kind of Col. Hackworth and Anthony Herbert and so many of the great soldiers/ patriots you have given me a lens with which to see exist now as they did then there and when. There is a great deal more I would like to say but a sincere thank you is what Is most succinct.
How can I get a copy of this book? Amazon and warehouses are asking any place from 100-200 dollars. I bought one and paid for it, but the order was recalled, AFTER it shipped… I was refunded my money and then they listed it for 100 dollars instead of the $16.00 I paid for a USED copy. This books been blowing up since you talked about it. Anyways we could get this book republished and not robbed by Amazon.
Jocko,
Where can I get a copy of this book? It seems that all copies are priced over $200. Can you please re-publish this book o I can get a copy? Awesome podcast and looking forward to this book. Thank you for all that you do.
Have you checked out Stud Terkels interview with Herbert?
Thanks for that tidbit of information. I am listening to the interview now. I first read the book in 1974, as a Freshman in high school. It’s my favorite book & started me on my journey towards becoming an Infantry Officer. I’m glad I kept it and it is very tattered now. I have read it 4 times and Jocko inspired me to go over it a 5th time.
Jocko seems that your heart desire to interview this man was accomplished by Studs. Definite answers to the heart rending questions you express.
Hey Jocko,
While listing to this podcast I felt a wash of emotion come over me because it reminded me of the stories my elder relative told me as a child of his life.
He Vincent Smith grew up in a small coal mining town outside of PA. When Pear Harbor occurred he falsified his birth records, adding two years so he could join the military. He then drove the company cole truck to PA to enlist in the army, leaving the keys with a store clerk letting him know someone will be coming for these keys.
The line to enlist for the army was around the block, so he joined the Marines because it was a shorter line.
He was a member of the Marines 1st Division “The old guard”. As a jungle fighter in World War II, he fought in a dozen battles, among them–Guadalcanal, Tinian, the Tenaru River, Cape Gloucester, New Guinea, and New Britain.
He never spoke of the negative aspects of war, but instead told me only the fun stories. Such as getting a British LT drunk and getting “God Bless America” tattooed on his chest the night before shipping off to the Pacific.
I’m willing to bet you will find many unwritten stories of people like Col. Herbert and my family member Smitty all around cole country.
Thank you for this podcast.
Best,
Chris