Many times I find non-fiction or memoirs quite dry. This book was recommended to me. I also don't read up on the Viet Nam War. But this book,as difficult as the topic is, the writing style was quite easy to read. In fact, thru the entire book, I felt like I was sitting at a kitchen table listening to the author tell his stories.He tells of his fellow "brothers" ,you feel like you get to know them all.The author was in Viet Nam for one year and saw it all! The details of deaths he witnessed were quite graphic,but honest,no cleaned up Hollywood version of war.I learned a lot when reading abt the maneuvers and missions his platoon went on.I never understood why our soldiers were treated so badly when they returned home. I still do not understand it. War is war, we lost 54,000 soldiers in this war. Every soldier deserved to be greeted as a hero.I do recommend this book,even if it is not your style of subject matter. ( )