The Boy Who Picked the Bullets Up
By: Charles Nelson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
Description: Originally published in 1981, this novel follows Kurt Strom, a gay former baseball player who enlists as a Navy medic during the Vietnam War. The story is told through letters he writes to friends and family, detailing his experiences from training at Camp Lejeune to his time in Vietnam.