A revealing, sometimes gut-wrenching war memoir that examines virtually every aspect of his tour of duty.
It is unlike any book About the Vietnam War..
Di Di Mau is Darren\'s unabashed personal account of warfare, survival, and brotherhood-and the enduring reflections that followed.
Semper Fidelis.
No social barriers erected.
No conditions imposed.
No questions asked.
Darren survived thanks to the unconditional loyalty and courage of his fellow Marines, men who risked their own lives to save his, men who demonstrated uncommon courage in the most desperate of circumstances.
But there were many, many other times when he and his fellow Marines labored under the terror of the worst the Jungle had to offer: torrential monsoons, torturous humidity, rapacious insects, and enemy-placed punji traps springing from hell below.
There were a few times when he basked in the breathtaking beauty of the triple canopy jungle, the contoured glistening mountain ridges, and the luscious green valleys.
In no time, he got pressed into service as a member of a Marine reconnaissance unit operating near Da Nang, Vietnam.
Marine Corps, trading life in idyllic Marin County in California for the chaos of a raging Jungle war in Southeast Asia. -Marc Leepson, Arts Editor and Senior Writer, The VVA Veteran magazine In 1969, Darren Walton, at the tender age of nineteen, enlisted in the U.
S.
A revealing, sometimes gut-wrenching war memoir that examines virtually every aspect of his tour of duty
