▲ 3 r/whatsthatbook
A Vietnam book written by a veteran and he became a journalist
- The authors name I can't remember Jonathan or Christopher or Wolf
- He went to Vietnam, there he had an old dog that lazily snapped at flies
- When he was younger he had a crazy Russian girlfriend he would keep getting together with, I believe she was named Vera, she crashed his car, and they smoked together afterward
- He would watch a show called Bonanza I think with his squadmate
- One chapter a Chinook helicopter dropped a heavy mounted machine gun near him, it could have squished him
- I don't remember him describing seeing combat in the book, but I believe he was hospitalized at some point and was sent home
- When he returns home as a civilian he considers a writing career. He married a woman that was not Vera.
u/Alien_Jackie — 2 days ago