It's dangerous to keep a diary in a combat zone. So I wrote a letter home everyday where they were filed chronologically. This book is a distillation of some three loose leaf notebooks of letters. It captures the frame of mind at the time.

     Another way to do a book is to research Unit Diaries that are on file in various places. But even across the short distance from the flight line to the Admin Office, much "cleaning up of events and facts " takes place!

     Every death is quick and heroic. In unit diaries, no one burns to death screaming trapped in their armored seat! No one is found dead with their head bashed in behind the village whore house after going AWOL. Everyone upholds the "Highest Traditions of the Naval Service". No field grade officer says he can't take an emergency extract because he conveniently "just took an anti-histamine".

     Reality, of course, is things like this happened! I have tried to capture the REALITY! That's why the Marine Corps doesn't like this book!

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