{"product_id":"9781418468033","title":"The Redcatcher Express","description":"\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Redcatcher Express\u003c\/i\u003e is the author's Vietnam War memoirs.  Drafted and sent to fight in the war, the author, a  musician by trade, is thwarted in his attempts to get into an Army band.  He is assigned to Recon Platoon E 4\/ 12 of  the 199th Light Infantry Brigade where he endures the adversity of war.  The situation worsens when he is picked to  be \"point man\" for Recon.  At the forefront of battle, the author begins to feel that he is losing his senses.  His  prayers are answered when a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eStars and Stripes\u003c\/i\u003e writes a story about his musical background.  The  Commanding General of the 199th reads the story and commissions the author to recruit members for a band to  entertain the troops and raise the morale.  He organizes \u003cb\u003eThe Redcatcher Express\u003c\/b\u003e, and the band, consisting of  American GIs, becomes popular with the troops.  He later discovers that raising the morale is instrumental in raising  the enemy body count in the 199th's war campaign as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153812635888,"sku":"9781418468033","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781418468033_p0.jpg?v=1763779293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781418468033","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}