In August 1964, three days after his 17th birthday, the author entered the U.S. Army. At that time Vietnam was just a small blurb on the six oclock news. After a tour in Europe, where he became the youngest E5 in the 2nd Battalion, 5th Artillery. He was looking forward to interring a new faze in his Army career. Life was good; then everything changed with orders to Vietnam, which in 1967 is front page news, and the lead story by Walter Cronkite.
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