The story follows a very young boy through airborne training just prior to the Korean War. He then gets involved in the war and is put in many terrible combat situations that test both his mental and physical strengths. There are several first person accounts of soldiers dying or being severely wounded and their thoughts as they lie awaiting medical attention or death. There are poems and other narratives that are sprinkled with G.I. humor and G.I. philosophy and appeals to all of the human senses.
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Mr. Smith was born in Long Beach, California in 1931 and graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1949. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and flew over 13,000 hours as a loadmaster on a cargo aircraft. He flew many combat support missions into Viet Nam while stationed in Okinawa and also went through parachute training with the 173rd Airborne Brigade that was based there. He retired as a Master Sergeant in 1971 and is married to the former Ethel House of San Jose, California. They have four grown children and make their home in Reno, Nevada.
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