{"product_id":"2940015693058","title":"Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War","description":"Grady Myers was an artistic but aimless teenager in 1968, when, desperate for troops, the U.S. Army overlooked his extreme nearsightedness and transformed him into Hoss, an M-60 machine gunner. His illustrated memoir \"Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War\" is by turns funny and sobering. Grady recounts his military initiation at Fort Lewis, Washington, where there could be a fuzzy line between training and torture. He describes the intensity of Vietnam, where an old man carrying a bundle of sticks posed a moral dilemma and a young man would weigh the burden of his virginity against the dubious pleasures of riverbank prostitutes. Grady's explosives-happy comrades in Charlie Company sometimes posed the greatest danger. But, in a dramatic ambush, that same bunch of crazy soldiers risked their lives to save his. For more information, visit www.shortcrazyvietnam.com","brand":"Julie Titone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184459792624,"sku":"2940015693058","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015693058_p0.jpg?v=1763623293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015693058","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}