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(More customer reviews)Quang X. Pham has penned a marvelous book that should be read by every Vietnam veteran, everyone who lived during those tumultuous times, and every young student wanting to understand the times and the tremendous sacrifice made by so many.
Pham's book is a powerful account of one Vietnamese family's experience during the war, the end of the war, and their survival in the years that followed. Pham's mother struggled with establishing a new life in the U.S and his father struggled to stay alive during years of hard labor and `reeductation" by the North Vietnamese.
Through it all, the author grew to manhood, joined the Marines and served honorably as a pilot. Over the years, a sometimes bitter, sometimes thankful, and often confused young man grew to know the strength of his family and especially the strength of a father who sacrificed so much.
Quang Pham signed my book during a reading in Portland, Oregon but I didn't see what he had written until I had left. It says: "Thank you for your service in Vietnam."
Well, thank you, Quang, for your years of service in the Marines and for your father's tremendous work and courage during the war.
Loren W. Christensen, author of ON COMBAT and WARRIORS.
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