Lawrence of Vietnam

by Peters, Michael M.

• ISBN13: 9780976626923
• ISBN10: 0976626926
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Heidelberg Graphics

Summary

The story is told by a young man named Broadleaf, stationed somewhere in Vietnam. At one point he's asked how he got his name. "I was born in the South." "How'd you wind up here?" "I'm in Vietnam avoiding the draft." So why did he really join? To forget a girlfriend? "I dunno," Broadleaf replies. "Maybe I'm a mercenary. Maybe I joined up for the 25 bucks a week." Broadleaf survives and returns to college but can't stand the profs who think they know all about the war. "I disagreed with them, trying to explain that we left South Vietnam in 1972 and three years after we left, the South Vietnamese lost, not us. This upset their way of thinking and made them confused and rather than admit they were wrong and that their lives were useless, they flunked me." As for Broadleaf, he's still trying to figure out his own life. The book ends with some of his poetry.

Author Biography

Michael M. Peters served as sergeant in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War working on F-105s, F-111s, and C130s. He is a scriptwriter.