For anyone who wonders exactly what it was like to be a Marine in Viet Nam, this book does an amazing job of putting you right into the middle of the war and the battles. It also shows you the courage and dedication of the young men who went there to fight for their country, and then found out what all war is really like. You feel the heart and soul of Bill Taylor, a young man from the South Side of Chicago, and you will never look at war , not just the Viet Nam War, in the same way ever again. And the most amazing thing is that Bill Taylor never lost his sense of fairness nor his sense of humor. God Bless this man and all of the veterans he has helped by writing this book.