{"product_id":"book-gtqc","title":"DEROS Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDEROS Vietnam: Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e presents a unique, fictional montage of the war, and postwar, experiences of Vietnam support troops. Structurally based on Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time, \u003cem\u003eDEROS Vietnam\u003c\/em\u003e (the acronym stands for Date Eligible for Return from Over Seas) is a riveting collection of 16 short stories and 16 interlinears about the GIs who battled boredom, racial tensions, the military brass, drugs, alcohol-and occasionally the enemy. From cooks and correspondents to clerks and comptrollers, \u003cem\u003eDEROS Vietnam\u003c\/em\u003e distills the essence of life for soldiers in the rear during the war and, later, back home in a divided America. Vietnam veteran Doug Bradley, a former Army journalist who served in the air-conditioned jungle at U. S. Army Headquarters near Saigon in 1970-71, tells these compelling stories with wit, intensity, and empathy. In doing so, he provides a gateway to a Vietnam experience that has been largely ignored and whose reverberations still echo across America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more common experience of war in all branches of the service is that of support. Bullets, beans, and bandages don't get to the grunts by magic. Doug Bradley's stories explore the Vietnam War as experienced by the majority of its veterans. These stories are not about battle, but like all great stories they are about the battle for the human soul. Bradley is a talented and experienced writer and he describes that battle with clarity, insight, humor, and great skill. --Karl Marlantes, author of \u003cem\u003eMatterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49414249677104,"sku":"BDgtqc","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gtqc-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773505514","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gtqc","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}