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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

 On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> There are different breeds of military folks.
>
> I have a good friend who is a Green Beret (now retired).  He also isn't a
> believer in the wars of politicians and is rabidly anti the Iraq war.

I have a friend who was a combat marine in Viet Nam. He was scheduled
to leave the country just as the Tet offensive began, but he demanded
to be returned to his unit (and that's where he earned a purple
heart). You won't find anyone who's more rabidly anti-war. Most of his
books are still in print (he wrote the first one while living in our
back bedroom).

If you're interested his name is Bill Ehrhart, and the first book is
Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir.

http://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-Perkasie-Combat-W-D-Ehrhart/dp/0870239570

His book shaped my final opinion of the war (well, he personally, did also).

Marie