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A classic, must-read Vietnam war memoir
The classic Vietnam war memoir, ...and a hard rain fell is the unforgettable story of a veteran's rage and the unflinching portrait of a young soldier's odyssey from the roads of upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnam. Updated for its 20th anniversary…
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...and a hard rain fell is a devastating firsthand portrait of a young man brutalized by the war from basic training to his final discharge and the nightmares that followed.
John Ketwig’s memoir pulls no punches in an account of his experience that is as eloquent as it is horrifying.
If you want to know what an ordinary soldier’s life was like, from basic training to the jungles and the recurring nightmares, this is the book.
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