Heart of War: The Bridge at the End of The World - Softcover

Johnston, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1520105142 ISBN 13: 9781520105147

Publisher: Independently published, 2017

Synopsis

This book is a follow-on to 'Blood and Brown Water'. After finishing the first book I realized that the chapter about the Liberty Bridge not only needed a better explanation but, a lot of it needed to have more information supplied by my returning memory with additions from friends. In the after-truth of Vietnam the entire futility of what happened there should be explained better...shown on a clearer cleaner light. This book goes deeper into the days down at the bridge. We were Navy supporting Marines, United States Marines. We served with them and along side of them but we weren't them. This gives a better insight of how we lived down there, how we survived from day to day and how others fought and died around us...on both sides. It shows the frustration and, sometimes, the absolute futility of daily life in a place which, while only about 35 miles from Da Nang, may as well have been on the dark side of the moon. It was fairly easy to write because, after the chore of remembering things, it's all fact. The hard part was getting past some of the sorrow that I carry to this day.

About this edition

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1520105142
• ISBN 13: 9781520105147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 113
• Illustrator: Harrison Steve