Out the Wire

Vietnam was the center of the universe during the years of 1965 - 1973. Throughout that period American units fought Communist-backed liberation forces over patches of ground neither side intended to hold, for a people who did not understand their place on the world stage, in a time lacking moral imperatives. Our political leadership failed to recognize it was America's soul that was at stake.

Clifford Miller was drafted by the U.S. Army in the turbulent Vietnam Era. During the course of his military obligation, the young sergeant led an infantry platoon of ordinary boys who became remarkable men. Despite their devotion to duty, courage went largely unrecognized at home. Of the soldiers who survived the heat of combat, many still find it impossible to bury the memory of time out the wire.