They Called Him Doc: Joseph Guy LaPointe Jr.

By Linda Swink and Linda D. Swink

A young widow sits at home considering the "what ifs." What if her husband hadn't volunteered to go on that mission? He didn't have to go. He was supposed to be on an airplane, flying to Hawaii for R&R to meet me and his newborn baby. What if he had gotten into college before being drafted? He would have had a deferment. What if he had run off to Canada to avoid going to war? He'd be safe now. What if he hadn't declared himself a conscientious objector? He wouldn't have been assigned as a medic, running to the aid of his buddies, only to get killed. As a regular soldier he would have carried a gun instead of a medical bag. He would have been able to defend himself. He would be alive today. But "what ifs" never change anything and life goes on.They Called Him Doc is the story of a young man, not yet twenty-one, who gave his life for his fellow soldiers in Vietnam.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 109364818X
• ISBN13: 9781093648188
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"