The incredible true story of Clifton B. “Lucky” Cates, whose services in World War I and beyond made him a legend in the annals of the Marine Corps.

Cates knew that he and his little music group of marines were in a eager spot. Before handing the notice to a runner, he added three phrases that could resound through Sea Corps history:

I WILL HOLD

As soon as he first joined the Marine Reserves of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I, Clifton B. Cates was established to make his about I’LL Hold: The Story of USMC Star Clifton B. Cates From Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War mark like a head. Little do he know very well what he would really accomplish in his famous career.

Much less well-known as his contemporaries such as for example Alvin C. York, his fame would not originate from a single work of heroism but from his consistent and courageous demeanor throughout the battle and beyond.

In the bloody second half of 1918 with the 6th Marine Regiment, he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Crimson Heart, the Silver Star, was identified by the French government using the Legion of Honor as well as the Croix de Guerre, and earned the nickname “Lucky.”

I Will Hold is the inspiring, brutally vivid, and incredible true life story of a Marine Corps legend whose grit and unstoppable soul within the battlefield matched his personal get and sage wisdom from it.