They walked into the jungle as strangers. They walked out as brothers. The jungle forgot them the moment they left. They will never forget.
November 1967. Six American soldiers disappear into the Vietnamese highlands on a five-day reconnaissance patrol. What happens in those five days will haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Reed carries a Bible he hasn't opened since his brother bled out at Ia Drang. Jefferson walks point, running from a secret he's never told anyone—the truth about how his brother really died on a burning Detroit street. Delacroix reads the jungle like he reads his Louisiana bayou, fighting to get home to a wife who lights candles for him every Sunday. Chen carries the radio and the unbearable weight of calling in coordinates that turn men into smoke. Kowalski is nineteen years old, writing letters to a girl in a yellow dress, terrified of becoming what the war needs him to be. And Tran, the Vietnamese scout, carries a silence that conceals the ashes of everything he ever loved.
They are being watched.
They are being hunted.
And before they reach extraction, each man will face the question that haunts every soldier who has ever pulled a trigger:
What are you willing to carry for the rest of your life?
From the suffocating tension of the jungle to the quiet devastation of homecoming, THE JUNGLE DOES NOT REMEMBER follows these six men through the war and beyond—to a Louisiana bayou, a Detroit hospital room, a factory floor in Michigan, and finally to a black granite wall where the names of the dead wait to be touched.
This is not a war story. This is a story about what war leaves behind.
"For readers of THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, MATTERHORN, and REDEPLOYMENT—a Vietnam novel that earns its place alongside the classics."
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. They walked into the jungle as strangers. They walked out as brothers. The jungle forgot them the moment they left. They will never forget.November 1967. Six American soldiers disappear into the Vietnamese highlands on a five-day reconnaissance patrol. What happens in those five days will haunt them for the rest of their lives.Reed carries a Bible he hasn't opened since his brother bled out at Ia Drang. Jefferson walks point, running from a secret he's never told anyone-the truth about how his brother really died on a burning Detroit street. Delacroix reads the jungle like he reads his Louisiana bayou, fighting to get home to a wife who lights candles for him every Sunday. Chen carries the radio and the unbearable weight of calling in coordinates that turn men into smoke. Kowalski is nineteen years old, writing letters to a girl in a yellow dress, terrified of becoming what the war needs him to be. And Tran, the Vietnamese scout, carries a silence that conceals the ashes of everything he ever loved.They are being watched.They are being hunted.And before they reach extraction, each man will face the question that haunts every soldier who has ever pulled a trigger: What are you willing to carry for the rest of your life?From the suffocating tension of the jungle to the quiet devastation of homecoming, THE JUNGLE DOES NOT REMEMBER follows these six men through the war and beyond-to a Louisiana bayou, a Detroit hospital room, a factory floor in Michigan, and finally to a black granite wall where the names of the dead wait to be touched.This is not a war story. This is a story about what war leaves behind."For readers of THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, MATTERHORN, and REDEPLOYMENT-a Vietnam novel that earns its place alongside the classics." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798252144702
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. They walked into the jungle as strangers. They walked out as brothers. The jungle forgot them the moment they left. They will never forget.November 1967. Six American soldiers disappear into the Vietnamese highlands on a five-day reconnaissance patrol. What happens in those five days will haunt them for the rest of their lives.Reed carries a Bible he hasn't opened since his brother bled out at Ia Drang. Jefferson walks point, running from a secret he's never told anyone-the truth about how his brother really died on a burning Detroit street. Delacroix reads the jungle like he reads his Louisiana bayou, fighting to get home to a wife who lights candles for him every Sunday. Chen carries the radio and the unbearable weight of calling in coordinates that turn men into smoke. Kowalski is nineteen years old, writing letters to a girl in a yellow dress, terrified of becoming what the war needs him to be. And Tran, the Vietnamese scout, carries a silence that conceals the ashes of everything he ever loved.They are being watched.They are being hunted.And before they reach extraction, each man will face the question that haunts every soldier who has ever pulled a trigger: What are you willing to carry for the rest of your life?From the suffocating tension of the jungle to the quiet devastation of homecoming, THE JUNGLE DOES NOT REMEMBER follows these six men through the war and beyond-to a Louisiana bayou, a Detroit hospital room, a factory floor in Michigan, and finally to a black granite wall where the names of the dead wait to be touched.This is not a war story. This is a story about what war leaves behind."For readers of THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, MATTERHORN, and REDEPLOYMENT-a Vietnam novel that earns its place alongside the classics." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798252144702
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