Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-262) and index.
Contents:
Rendezvous in paradise -- Hazardous duty -- Death's door -- Laid up -- Growing up in Stone Mountain, Georgia -- Returning home -- The Ridenhour letter -- The inspector's general summons -- The My Lai Massacre -- A daring rescue -- The pursuit of truth -- The president's will -- The sabotage of the My Lai trials -- Soldier under fire -- Obstruction of justice -- A nation divided -- A return to obscurity -- Quest for the Soldier's Medal -- A day of triumph -- Mission to My Lai -- A whole new light -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Vietnamese people killed at My Lai; Letters to a hero; Soldier's Medal narrative.
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