Loose Ends: Short Stories Started During the Vietnam War

Loose Ends is a collection of fictional short stories based upon the authors experiences during the Vietnam War. The stories are linked by the central character, Henry James Barthochowski, Cow for short, who is a Wisconsin farm boy caught between the draft, social upheaval and personal misgivings. Cow is a listener, observer, and anything but a cheerleader for military decorum. Young and impressionable, his enlistment in the U.S. Navy Seabees unfolds during a time social unrest and national uncertainty that even permeates the military. He knows how to follow orders, but also how to look around, behind and through them as only a kid can. And a kid he is, with two tours in Vietnam before turning 21 years of age. It is a time of serious business, but also a time of monkey business as only young men can make it.