In the summer of 1984, the war in Vietnam came home to Sam Hughes, whosefather was killed there before she was born. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more..
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S. "I guess you\'re not embarrassed," she said to the picture.
Granddad had said they were embarrassed that they were still alive.
Anyone who survived Vietnam seemed to regard it as something personal andembarrassing.
Emmett was walking around with his.
But Dwayne had died with his secrets.
I was in the second grade." She stared at the picture, squinting her eyes, as if she expected it to cometo life. "You missed Watergate. "Astronauts have been to the moon," she blurted out to the picture.
But he seemed so innocent.
In a way that made him dependable.
The soldier-boy in the picture never changed.
In the summer of 1984, the war in Vietnam came home to Sam Hughes, whosefather was killed there before she was born
