Review: A GREAT RECORD, HISTORICALLY CHRONICLING OUR RETURNING HEROS AND OUR NATIONS SHAME
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
GEORGE REISCHLING I THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY IN A TIME OF A CLOUDED POLITICAL DEBATE.  THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS ON VIETNAM THA I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FINISH AS OUR FAMILY LOST OUR OLDEST BROTHER TO VC FIRE ON MAY 21 1966. MY BROTHER WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF 25TH INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN THE HO BO WOODS DURING OPERATION WAIHAIWA. BECAUSE OF THE PAIN OF HIS LOSS, WHICH MY MOTHER AND FATHER BOTH CARRIED TO THEIR GRAVES, ACCOMPANIED BY THE SHAME IN OUR COUNTRY AS OUR RETURNED TO AMERICA AT THE END OF THE WAR; I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO READ ABOUT OUR MEN WHO GAVE  ALL LIVING OR DEAD. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CANDID AND COMPLETE MEMOIRS THAT YOU HAVE SHARED WITH US. I AM SURE THAT AS YOU READ YOUR NOTES MANY TEARS WERE SHED AS YOU WERE FORCED TO REMEMBER EVENTS THAT YOU THOUGHT HAD BEEN FILED AWAY IN YOUR MIND. FOR YOU TO ALLOW YOURSELF TO WALK BACK DOWN THOSES JUNGLES PATHS FOR US TO BE ALLOWED TO WALK WITH YOU IN DANGER AND HEART ACHE GIVES US A SAMPLING OF YOUR COURAGE AND BUILDS A TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR YOU FROM ALL THOSE OF US WHO YOU ALLOWED INTO YOUR MIND AND LIFE.  THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU HAVE AND ARE STILL DOING FOR OUR WONDERFUL LAND!