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Some of the best books about the Vietnam experience are "The Grunts" by Charles Anderson, "Chickenhawk" by Robert Mason, "Once a Warrior King" by David Donovan and "Everything They Had" by Al Santoli.. This book is right up there with the best first person account of the war. The author runs the gamut of emotional. professional and personal feelings during his tour. As a combat medic he feels the need to be with a combat platoon and not sitting back "in the rear with the gear" His description of his professional growth from a newbie with no combat experience to a hardened combat medic earns him the highest honor a combat platoon can bestow upon a medic. He becomes their "Doc". The author pulls no punches with his description of the daily ups and downs during a combat tour in 'Nam.
