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University of Georgia Press, Published 1989. Hardcover, 291 pp.; 24 cm; First Edition (with full number line).
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In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Gray cloth boards with white lettering on spine. Mild shelf wear, binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket shows light bumping to edges and mild shelf wear. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover.A Vietnam War memoir by William E. Merritt, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1968 and was stationed near Cu Chi. In short, vivid vignettes he recalls the sights, sounds, and absurdities of daily life in country, from the induction center through combat to the return home. Cover photograph by Philip Jones Griffiths of Magnum Photos. Merritt, an attorney, later practiced law in Portland, Oregon.Contents: Prologue; Cu Chi; Phu Cuong; Coming Home; Epilogue.