How Do You Try to Write About a War

    

     How do you try to write about a war? You don't; you just do. I am beginning to publish a seven-volume serial novel on the Vietnam War, Landing Zone. The first book is entitled "The Beginning."

        This novel is not an autobiography, although it is substantially autobiographical.  It is based on my own one-year tour as an airborne ranger and infantry sergeant with a Recon Platoon of the First Cavalry Division-Airmobile in the jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia.  I write about the things that I expe­rienced and the things that I saw, as well as what I was told by fellow sol­diers in Vietnam about what they had experienced and they had seen.  It is an accurate portrayal of a combat soldier in Vietnam.

        Each of the 38 chapters of the novel is interconnected through the protagonist's experiences; nevertheless, every chapter is designed to stand alone as a story with a beginning, middle, and end. Many serious and important issues about the Vietnam War are discussed or simply mentioned in the book as part of the plot, but the ultimate judgment is reserved for the reader.      

        There are over 500 photographs and some drawings and graphs, which are interspersed throughout the text of the novel to provide clarity and enhance understanding.  These visual aids have been selected from many thousands researched on the internet; they were deemed to be the most relevant and suitable for the particular story being told.  Photos or illustrations are used as an author’s creation, as public domain, or as “Fair Use” within the copyright rules of the United States.  They also serve to provide a parallel photo history of the war.

        I should finish publishing all seven books by the end of the summer. The first one is already available for digital download from Amazon.com for those of you interested in what really happened to America in Vietnam. 

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The following link is provided for the book in Amazon.com:   http://ow.ly/LjApm