devaney: that's my mistake. >> he was never good at math. [laughter] as commanded in 2014 sergeant major for weapons training in quantico, virginia. he's at the naval institute in annapolis, where i am sure they get the story right about our marines in iraq and afghanistan. thank you for joining us. [applause] it's good to that we have navy and coast guard in here. this book started because of, no kidding, navy and coast guard officers. they convinced me to write this. i was selected for the editorial board. they say editorial board, but i was not editing anything, i was getting my opinion. i would read the story and say, that put me to sleep, whatever. but i enjoyed it. why don't you, write the book? i spent 5 months researching. i spent a football season basically writing it. i finished the book exactly, when i hit save, the final time was 11 seconds after the 11th .inute of the 11th day i made sure i did all of the elevens. i wrote the book and originally called it "heroes you've never heard of." maybe one or two, but you should have hear

david devaney joined the marine corps as an infantry riflemen in 1983. i went to college that year instead of taking the hard road you chose. after two deployments overseas, he was chosen to join the target surveillance platoon for duty of scout sniper. you may have noticed the ribbon with stars he is wearing today. that represents a few deployments he has made. 16. wow. i have 10 times with the marine corps unit and five with special forces. excellent. david: i was never good at math. that is my mistake. [laughter] he retired in 2014 as command sergeant major for weapons training in quantico and is on the editorial board at the training center in analysts. thank you for joining us. [applause] david: it is good we have navy and coast guard in here. this all started -- no kidding -- because of navy and coast guard officers that convinced me to write this. i was on the editorial board. i was not really editing anything. i was giving my opinion. i would read a story and say, it put me to sleep or whatever. but i enjoyed it. i am grateful to tell these stori

our speaker, sergeant major david devaney, has written a st

. >> next on american history tv, retired marine court sergeant mayor david devaney is the author of "they were heroes." he discusses some of the heroic actions detailed in his book at the u.s. navy memorial in washington dc. the hour-long program was part of the memorial's "authors on d eck" series. >> thank you for joining us for another over "authors on deck" programs at the navy memorial. we are very happy to honor marine corps heroes of iraq and afghanistan. our speaker, sergeant major david devaney, has written an amazing book that compiles the stories of these marine he

david devaney joined the marine corps as an infantry rifleman in 1983.

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