{"product_id":"a-year-in-nam-one-soldiers-diary","title":"A Year in Nam' - One Soldier's Diary","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I went to Vietnam, thatÕs what I expected to be - a hero - like John Wayne, fighting to save the South Vietnamese from Communism.  If I had known that no one else thought of us that way - not our parents, not the rest of the country, and certainly not the Vietnamese people - then maybe when it was over IÕd have felt differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore I went to Vietnam, I wanted to be a hero. Once I got there, all I wanted to do was survive and come home.  I accomplished that and returned to the United States in 1967.  I took the diary I kept during my one year tour, hid it in a closet, and tried to begin life again.  As you read this story, there will be gaps. Some days were so much alike that they blended into each other. Most days were a repeat of the one before.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIÕve done the best I can to piece it all back together, to get it all straight.  In many ways, it is such a long time ago Ð over 50 years Ð but in other ways, it feels like I never left.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bob Lotto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44933989499041,"sku":"9781312324749","price":34.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/dk42q9-front-shortedge-384_7f2dd149-2aea-4944-9461-f7797b64b7d0.jpg?v=1748354207","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/a-year-in-nam-one-soldiers-diary","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}