In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a single American who did not know the name of somebody serving in uniform.

U. He was then promoted to major and served two years as the operations officer of 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment commanded by then LtCol John Southy Grinalds 2nd Marine Division in Camp Lejeune at Jacksonville North Carolina. North was at the center of national attention during the Iran–Contra affair a political scandal of the late 1980s.

Oliver Laurence North (born October 7 1943) is a former United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel political commentator television host military historian and New York Times best-selling author. He is currently the host of War Stories with Oliver North on Fox News Channel. S.