George M PapaGEORGE PAPA got yanked into the vortex of the Vietnam War just before he got married, at age 24. He quickly rose through the ranks, and two years later, he was commissioned as an officer in the infantry. This book tells what it was like to be a foot oldier in the jungle of Vietnam. Some things were tragic, some things were downright funny. In any event, after going through two actual search and destroy missions with Lt. Papa and his platoon of hardened and sometimes disgusted troops, no reader will ever be the same again. Bear in mind, all of these soldiers got thrown together from all walks of life, which included rich playboys to street-wise 'hoods-who all saw no reason to be there-but who somehow all came together in that crucible of shocking history. Fifty-seven thousand of their names are now chiseled in granite on a vast memorial wall. Read More Read Less