21 Months, 24 Days: A blue-collar kid's journey to the Vietnam War and back

REVISED and UPDATED! In the late sixties, draft boards were gathering young men for the Vietnam War. High school kids who were not bound for college had to enlist or wait for a draft notice. The burden fell on the children of blue-collar families because college was not an easy option for them. Instead of starting a career, they had their lives put on hold to fight a war.
The author was one of those kids. Threatened by the draft, he enlisted in the Army. He expected an easy two years working in a trade. Instead, he was assigned to the infantry and sent to Vietnam. There in the jungle, he hunted and fought the Vietcong. When his company was sent to Cambodia to disrupt enemy supply lines, he was wounded by shrapnel from a booby trap. All of this happened before his twenty-first birthday.
He delivers his story as if you were sitting with him in a bar and hearing it firsthand over a beer. Learn how it felt to make it through basic training and advanced infantry training. Find out what it was like to live and work in the jungle. Experience the day-to-day grind of combat assaults, jungle patrols, and pulling guard on a firebase. Feel the adrenalin rush of a firefight. Hear about the lighter moments like smoking pot for the first time and R&R. Through words and pictures, you will experience every aspect of his journey to Vietnam and back again.
This book is not a typical war story about good, evil, heroes and glory. Instead, it provides a sincere portrayal of a young soldier’s progression through immaturity, doubt and growth while fighting and surviving a questionable war.