From Library Journal
As did most GIs in Vietnam, Sargeant Rowe sent home a steady stream of observations, hopes, fears, reassurances, in letters heavily sprinkled with photos, drawings, memorabilia, and maps. When he was killed with only two weeks of his year in combat to go, his sister Gary edited the letters into this short but vivid picture of what a combat infantryman sees. The book is tinged with poignant knowledge that this vital presence, with its eager enthusiasm for life, ended without realizing the plans he so often mentions. Communications to one's family can be more open and candid than any others; Rowe gives them the undisguised feelings of one soldier, doing his job earnestly and well; for us their value is as a personal view of war. Solidly recommended. An additional sad note: Gary died of leukemia early this year.
- Mel D. Lane, Sacramento, Cal.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Mel D. Lane, Sacramento, Cal.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
