{"product_id":"9781937907327","title":"Viet Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* Winner of the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) Gold Medal for Best Literary Fiction\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eViet Man\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is about the transformation of a young man who enlisted in the Navy during the Viet Nam War, was trained as a hospital corpsman, was transferred into the Marine Corps, then sent to Viet Nam where he joined the elite First Recon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a first person narrative of alternating episodes experienced in the rear and in the bush. In the rear, Doc encounters a straw-haired mid-western farm boy who shows him how to prepare a meal of long-rats, and Loopie, a Puerto Rican from the Bronx who shares a guilt-torn confession that borders on confabulation. In the bush, Doc experiences the terror of accidentally releasing a live grenade among his men, of rushing to rescue a wounded marine, and of sharing a quiet conversation in a bunker with Trang, a South Vietnamese soldier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter being assigned to the Recon Dive Team and attending the Navy diving school in the Philip-pines, he returns to Viet Nam were he engages in numerous combat dives and river operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of his tour, he is processed out of the military. And upon his return to his hometown as a veteran, he faces a jarring reception of insolence, indifference, and fragmented flashbacks. In \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViet Man\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, D.S. Lliteras unlocks the inner mystery of a man’s combat experience. It is poetic and haunting, authentic and amusing. It is a story told by a man who ultimately survives the war and returns to his homeland, but another country will forever dwell in his soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rainbow Ridge Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044262985968,"sku":"9781937907327","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937907327_p0.jpg?v=1769898261","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937907327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}