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Reconciliation Road: A Family Odyssey of War and Honor

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Loserama. Another selfish, cowardly baby-boomer writes a long, tedious attempt at justifying his cowardice. Historically inaccurate to boot. Loserama. Skip this turkey

I very much enjoyed this intimate examination of the family of SLA Marshall written by his grandson, John D. Marshall (JDM). JDM does a good job of presenting a 'warts and all' picture of his grandfather without lapsing into bitterness, especially considering how their relationship deteriorated. That having been said, I have no sympathy for JDM. JDM volunteered for ROTC in college and then volunteered for the infantry. If he had any doubts about Vietnam, he should not have joined ROTC or at least he should have picked a non-combat branch of the Army - like Quartermaster, Signals, or Adjutant General. From my point of view, he used ROTC to avoid the draft and then shirked his duty after he was commissioned.

I thouroughly enjoyed this book. I have read a great many of slams books and greatly enjoyed his writing style. I also am very familiar with the other people in the book Hackworth,Westmoreland,truscott,etc.thats why i was so interested in it but aside from that, it is a great story of an american family torn apart by Vietnam as many families were.Really enjoyed learning all the history of slam as well.