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FREE PUNISHER MAX: FRANK PDF Jason Aaron,Steve Dillon | 112 pages | 31 Dec 2016 | Marvel Comics | 9780785152095 | English | New York, United States PunisherMAX, Vol. 3: Frank by Jason Aaron Born in and grew up in BrooklynFrank was a serious boy who enjoyed poetry. At the age of ten he witnessed one of the events that would form his future as the Punisher. The youngest son of a local crime boss named Albert RosaVincent Rosa made a habit of raping the local young school girls knowing that his father's power over the people around him would ensure his safety. It wasn't until a school friend of Frank's, Lauren Buvoli was given the same treatment and committed suicide, that Frank took his father's gun Punisher Max: Frank set out to deal with Punisher Max: Frank. However, after tracking Vincent down he witnessed his brutal murder at the hands of Lauren's older brother, U. Marine Private Sal Buvoli whose dead body Castle would later see in the first week of his military service. At some point in his young life Castle's father Mario taught him how to shoot him a gun which he showed Punisher Max: Frank innate skill with from his very first shot. Frank later spent four years of his life in the Vietnam War. His first tour began in when he enlisted in the marine corps after the birth of his first child so that his wife and daughter could afford to live in a home and not the apartment they had been living in in a dangerous part of Brooklynshortly before he enlisted his father died. Castles first tour was with fourth platoon, kilo company, third battalion of the twenty-sixth marine regiment were he served as a second lieutenant in his first position of command in January of at Khe Sanh Combat Base on Hill while he still had no combat experience himself. Castle quickly won over the men by showing he wanted to learn how to do his job and that he would listen Punisher Max: Frank them regardless of rank Punisher Max: Frank that he wasn't afraid to act when others wouldn't, to bed the rules, that he didn't hesitate and had good instincts. Castle and his platoon were involved in the battle of Khe Sanh which was commanded by Colonel Letrong Giap on the Vietnamese end of things. Castle and the whole platoon survived but their main base was taken and then found themselves in the midst of the Tet Offensive, under siege in the rainy season. With their M weapons unreliable Castle went to Khe Sanh Combat Base to trade captured enemy weapons for the more reliable M's that he and his men had trained on but which had all been replaced as well as telling Staff Sergeant Donald he traded with to keep heroin away from Hill After three months the siege ended and the platoon was pulled from Khe Sanh and spent some time amidst prostitutes until they were re-assigned although Castle himself did not indulge. A group of green berets took their frustrations with other marines who had failed them and civilians out on Castle's men, he ordered their Sergeant to control his men and calmed him down just by looking him in the eyes and making it clear he would if the sergeant didn't. In the spring Castle's platoon Punisher Max: Frank operating near Quang Tri Province and were tasked Punisher Max: Frank retrieving American bodies from a swamp. When their radio batteries were found to be duds Castle ordered the men to move out unaware they had Punisher Max: Frank spotted by Ly Quanga liberation fighter who had it out for Castle for ordering an airstrike Punisher Max: Frank killed her men, and who recognised him when the fighting began and eventually managed to drop down from a tree onto Castle's back and stab him when he was going after his wounded men. Castle managed to break her Punisher Max: Frank on a rock and then slit her throat with her own knife. When the other men began to panic Castle calmly handled the wounded, gave out orders and got them to safety, including shielding a badly injured Sergeant Drydensaving his life during an airstrike. Castle's platoon then went home injured, spent the rest of the war in a hospital or didn't rejoin for a second tour but they all survived that day and owed him their lives. Military brass saw some promise in the young Punisher Max: Frank after his actions commanding Punisher Max: Frank platoon and he was soon recruited into the Special Forces. Not much is known about his second tour, but there are rumors of "wetwork" in Cambodia, black ops missions, an N. General sniped just outside of Hanoi and other horror stories that seemed too outlandish to be true. During this time he was working for and with Nick Fury [16] [17] beginning in Castle began working as Fury's marksman as part of an operation to find and assassinate Letrong Giap when he was in Laoswhere two Americans shouldn't have been, which resulted in the two of them being captured and interrogated by Giap and found out that the operation was an illegal one and that those who had given the orders were corrupt members of the CIAwho were involved in heroin Punisher Max: Frank and that Giap had been targeted because he uncovered their corruption. Before Castle and Fury Punisher Max: Frank be Punisher Max: Frank as part of Giap's attempt to end or shorten the war, parading his evidence in front of the press and having them confess to an attempt on his life, the two escaped and Castle held off their forces while Fury found Punisher Max: Frank destroyed Giap's file. During these events Fury was greatly impressed with Castle's skills and recommended he be made a Captain and suspected Castle of being the one Punisher Max: Frank slit the throats of the CIA men behind the heroin trafficking. Throughout his military service Castle stayed on the front lines through Punisher Max: Frank death of his mother Louisa and the birth of his son Frank Jr. It was on his third and final Punisher Max: Frank in that he witnessed what some considered the most pivotal Punisher Max: Frank in his life. As the Captain of a small unit of Marines at Firebase Valley Forge in late October ofhe was renowned for never losing any men in combat. This occurred in two cases, the first of which was General Padden who he had killed Punisher Max: Frank order to prevent the closure of the Firebase. Frank killed him by drowning him in a nearby lake. Frank himself killed the sniper as she was being raped, which some men regarded as better than taking her captive since she Punisher Max: Frank died a slow death as a prisoner. A voice continuously spoke to Frank, offering the chance to fight an eternal war, and also told him that there would be a price. In the midst of a major thunderstorm, Firebase Valley Forge was assaulted by a large combined force of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. The voice grew Punisher Max: Frank to the point where Frank could hear it perfectly clear over the roar of the fighting and the screaming of the thunderstorm. As his men Punisher Max: Frank fell around him, Frank finally said yes to the voice's offer. A while after the bombardment, American troops landed on the ruins of Valley Forge and were astonished to find Frank as the sole survivor, severely wounded Punisher Max: Frank otherwise unfazed. When Frank arrived home, he met his family Punisher Max: Frank the airport only to be confronted by the voice one last time as he Punisher Max: Frank to talk about the price. Just as this was said, Frank saw a skull-shaped reticule around his family. After the events of Valley Forge Castle was placed in a military hospital before returning home where a deranged man in love with war told Castle that they were the same, that the only Punisher Max: Frank Castle had was war and that he was scared to return home because deep down he knew he wasn't a Punisher Max: Frank man and that he'd spend his days hoping his wife would leave him to give him an excuse to go back. The man later made an escape attempt after getting loose from his bonds and killing a doctor and nurse, he offered to allow Castle to come with Punisher Max: Frank but before Castle could make his decision a military police officer shot the man dead. After returning home Castle was plagued by an unending sense of boredom and apathy, a friend of his fathers Punisher Max: Frank him work at a meatpacking plant while Castle sleep walked through his life. During this time his wife cried herself to sleep from loneliness due to his distance and his daughter believed that he would ultimately still return to Vietnam. The first time Castle felt joy Punisher Max: Frank his arrival back home was when he saw the bully Punisher Max: Frank of the plant owner get his arm trapped in a meat grinder when he was sexually harassing a woman, Castle was stood next to emergency shut off but chose not to Punisher Max: Frank it, instead walking Punisher Max: Frank to leave the man to be 'punished' for his actions.