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Summary: Powerfully moving...sensitively recounts the horrors of war.
Review: These comments are from the review by Marcia Morphy that appeared in the December 4, 1995 issue of the Brighton-Pittsford (New York) Post. The following is excerpted from Ms. Morphy's review: "There are moments in this book that are powerfully moving. Kenneth P. Sympson takes us on a wartime journey with a descriptive account of his tour of duty as a Marine Corps artillery officer during America's longest war - Vietnam. (Quoting from the book) 'Villages in the distance. Rice paddies framed by dikes. Occassional Vietnamese in the fields. Bent over in the paddies. Shuffling along the roads. Lined with palm trees. Peaceful. Primitive. Lush and green. So pretty from up here... The helicopter about 75 meters ahead of us begins its descent into the LZ. Suddenly it's hit by ground fire from the hamlet. (Jesus, what was that!) ... Trailing smoke and clutching its Marines, it rolls to the left and free falls out of sight beneath us. Now we are the prey.' "Sympson started writing this book as a form of self-therapy after he was stricken with non-Hodgkins lymphona, a cancer probably caused by exposure to Agent Orange. In his book, Sympson vividly and sensitively recounts the horrors of war: small pockets of Viet Cong hiding in hedgerows and tunnels, booby traps and punji stakes... "
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