Inside Marine One, by Colonel Ray "Frenchy" L'Heureux

This is not a Christian Book as such.  But the story is very incredible and it paints President and Mrs. George W. Bush in such a wonderful light that it shows their Christian Character shining forth.  Thus I think you will love the book.  Below is my review of the book for Amazon.

Colonel Ray "Frenchy" L'Heureux gives us a wonderful story about his role as a Marine Helicopter Pilot who gets to fly The President of the United States in Marine One.  The read is quick and highly interesting.  There is plenty of detail and plenty of personal human interest to go along with the technical.

The book actually has four stories, although I'm not sure that was the intention.  They are all interwoven together to form one unique biography of a Marine Colonel.

First Part:  How a young boy gets fascinated in flying through his mother giving him the gift of a flying lesson.  The rest, as they say, is history.  He grows up, goes to college, enlists in the Marines and becomes a helicopter pilot.

Second Part: Is about his career as a Marine.  We start off with Paris Island and boot camp and work our way up through thirty years of his life as he progresses from boot camp to Officer Candidate School, to Flight School, to every other school needed so that he eventually ends up with HMX-1 the Marine unit that deals with flying the President of the United States around the country and the world in a Marine Helicopter.

Third Part: Details of the type of Helicopter that the President gets to fly in.  You learn much of the technical aspects of the aircraft (without giving away any top secret material).  You learn about the men who operate it, maintain it, provide security and well just down right have to make miracles happen to get the Helicopter to where the President needs it.  This part is fascinating.

Fourth Part: Colonel L'Heureux gives us a glimpse at President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hilary.  He shares with us their gracious and grateful attitudes and warm welcome for the Marines and their service.  He then goes into a very lengthy section talking about his relationship with President George W. Bush, #43.  He became a good friend of the Presidents and spent lots of time with him on mountain bikes, building trails at the ranch and hanging out at Camp David.

I very much enjoyed the fourth part of the story as it gave a great look at President Bush from an angle that most people would never have.  It is very warm and fulfilling.  Now, I will also say that I was very surprised by his views on President Clinton and how warm and welcoming Clinton was.  I never thought of him that way.

This book was fabulous.  It is a must read for anyone that loves our country and loves our military.

Thank you Colonel L'Heureux for your service to our country, your service to our Commander in Chief and for your wonderful recollections of the time you spent serving.