![]() ![]() The section after he returned home feels a little hurried and uneven, almost as if he couldn't wait to get it out. While there he is recognized as a first-rate welder and is airlifted to somewhere classified - obviously Laos, where our government assured us we were not - to do some welds on an artillery battery that was shelling North Vietnam. He "volunteers" for a second year to guarantee a billet in Thailand rather than return home because he doesn't think he can explain his 370 days in The Nam. He rails against the army, as did most draftees, who became the "expendables" while the "lifers" stayed in their air-conditioned bunkers behind the lines and collected medals for themselves. Ketwig was sent to Vietnam where he faced unimaginable horrors. A very powerful book, especially for those of us who faced the draft and Vietnam in the late sixties. ![]()
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