Flying Into the Storm (ebook)

Argumento de Flying Into the Storm (ebook)

Jared Christopher's transition into adulthood was defined by youthful indecision. He follows his childhood friends to college. Then, halfway through first semester, he begins to acknowledge the futility of the path he has chosen. Jared decides to withdraw from college and volunteer for the draft. A year later, the young infantry soldier is thrown boots first into an escalating Vietnam War. The glory of going off to war turns out not to be so glorious after all. It's 1968, the year of the Tet and Jared finds himself in a place called Quang Ngai. Just a young private fresh out of training, Jared is suddenly in the heat of combat; following orders and taking lives. Meanwhile, he develops a compassion and need to understand the plight of the ordinary Vietnamese citizen. He seeks purpose where there seems to be none and quickly develops instincts that help him to survive while sustaining his most basic human principles. Not your typical war story, Flying Into The Storm, carries you along and encourages you to see, feel and share a young soldier's journey into both war and manhood.

"Authentically details a ferocious year in Vietnam and delivers an unforgettable ending" - Kirkus Reviews "This is Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage for the Vietnam War" - Marilyn McAfee, US Ambassador (ret.) "Grabs you by the throat and heart - so riveting at times that you even have to stop and remember to breathe and realize that you are safely in America and not back in Vietnam someplace long ago" - W.H. MacDonald, Jr, Founder, MWSA "This book is fascinating. As someone who covered national news during the Vietnam War, I like the way the book puts me in the center of action. It gives flesh, blood and texture to a history most of us lived through at a distance." - Mort Crim, NBC news anchorman (ret.) "This book gives real hope for true healing of the ghastly and despicable cries against humanity on both sides of a war...and all the stuff in-between." - Father Ron Camarda, author, Tear in the Desert, and Navy chaplain (ret.)0