Going to war changes everything. Rick Fredericksen, on duty when I knew him at AFVN, Saigon and later in Bangkok with CBS, followed the war and its aftermath with an unparalleled view. For the hundreds of thousands of Americas last conscripted fighters and brave volunteers, here is an accounting of the search for those left behind and the process that led to normalized relations with Vietnam. As in wars before, all participants and those left behind at home or on the battlefield, were changed. Fredericksen describes thoughtfully how American cultlure changed as we gave up as missing our young and brave and, in a sense, inherited the loyalty and culture of Vietnamese who have come to America with their own values for our national melting pot. HM
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
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