The author takes the reader on his journey to war. His story represents a generation of children who grew up in the fifties. A time of structure and discipline in their early childhood. As teens in the sixties, arguably the greatest time to be a teenager, they were part of all the changes in society defying the establishment. The world was at their feet until a notice to appear for military service. They fought and returned home as outcasts. The author shares his stories in combat and his struggles to find the life he left back home. The story is a history lesson and timeline of the US involvement in Vietnam. The story reveals many startling facts kept secret by our government. The betrayal by the government was of epic proportions. It took some fifty years to understand fully what happened and how he found the answers to his question. His story is personal, shocking, and informative.