“A patch with an Eagle on it or something!” Well, there’s a good indication that we are talking about the 101st Airborne which was headquartered at Camp Eagle, just a few miles from Hue! Names like LZ Sally, Camp Evans, Eagle’s Nest, Firebase Helen, and Bastogne, still ring in my ears after thirty-eight years of distance between then and now. And this story made me recall Hueys, and door gunners and hot LZs, and even the count-down to when a Freedom Bird would land and take you back to the good old U.S.A. where toilets flushed and water tasted like water, and beer tasted like beer!
I thought the writing good and the G.I. language of Viet-Nam believable.
I don’t know what to think about Stephen going through time and winding up in Viet-Nam. It was a nice transition, and the use of marijuana by Uncle Carl as Stephen slipped into a time-shift as he dozed off from marijuana’s mind altering effects, fitted in very nicely about Viet-Nam.
Stephen saw first-hand what his uncle had undergone years ago. The events surrounding a hot LZ landing, and the attitude of Viet-Nam G.I.s in-country, and the bizarre action of Cantrell towards Stephen in the chopper, give a nice perspective on the logic one faced in Viet-Nam! I know, I was there!!!
A very entertaining story, easy to read and crafted well.
