Landing Zone: A Novel About the Vietnam War

This novel is not an autobiography, although it is substantially autobiographical. It is based on my own one-year tour as an airborne-ranger, infantryman with a Recon Platoon of the First Cavalry Division-Airmobile in the jungles of Vietnam. I write about the things that I experienced and the things that I saw, as well as what I was told by fellow soldiers in Vietnam about what they had experienced and they had seen. It is an accurate portrayal of a combat soldier in Vietnam. Each of the 41 chapters of the novel is interconnected in the experiences of the protagonist, nevertheless, every chapter is design to stand alone as a story with beginning, middle and end. Many serious and important issues about the Vietnam War are discussed or simply mentioned in the book as part of the plot, but the ultimate judgment is reserved for the reader. There are over 685 photograph and some drawings and graphs, which are interspersed throughout the text of the novel to provide clarity and enhance understanding. These visual aids have been selected from many thousands researched in the internet; they were deemed to be the most relevant and suitable for the particular story being told. Photos or illustrations are used as an author’s creation, as public domain, or as “Fair Use” within the copyright rules of the United States. The novel is being published in seven volumes as follows: 1. The Beginning 2. The Shock 3. Survival 4. Resignation 5. Analysis 6. A Different Side of War 7. The End Read more