Vietnam War, Vietnam Book, Khe-Sanh, PTSD

The story of Joel Russell’s near-mortal wound and journey of faith that followed is told in Escaping Death’s Sting: A Combat Marine’s Life Story (ISBN: 978-1-60911-019-2, published 2010 Strategic Book Group www.EscapingDeathsSting.com, 320 pages, $28.50). Near-death was not the only sting faced by Russell in his life. At age 4 he was nearly crushed to death, and at age 10 was brutally raped and threatened with death. As a new Marine he was framed and spent time in custody, delaying his completion of boot camp. After arriving in Vietnam, Russell’s unit faced heavy enemy fire and went from 250 men to 75 in less than four hours. At Khe-Sanh he was hit by enemy mortar shrapnel and felt his life slipping away. Russell made a promise to return to God if his life was spared. Later, during a “burning bush” encounter with God in 1993, Russell was commanded by God to share his spiritual testimony in a book – published as Escaping Death’s Sting. News contact: Book Publicist Scott Lorenz of Westwind Communications Book Marketing: www.book-marketing-expert.com, 734-667-2090, or scottlorenz@westwindcos.com.

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