This is a short, powerful book about SP4 Steve Warner, US Army, who could arguably be called the most intelligent enlisted man to have served in Vietnam. This remarkable story begins with Steve's undergraduate years at Gettysburg College where he became an articulate anti-war spokesman at a time when it was not popular cause. Graduating summa cum laude, he went to Yale Law for one year after which he was drafted. Rather than head for Canada he decided to serve and served admirably. The details of Army basic training in the late 60s are as accurate as any I have read. Anyone who went through this, or any other time, will appreciate it. The story of Steve in Vietnam is absolutely incredible. He had a nice safe job in Public Information but chose to use this position to go out into the field and get stories from the fighting soldiers first hand. His journal entries from these trips are fascinating as is his metamorphosis into a soldier. Steve was killed in action. In February 1971 the vehicle on which he was riding in Quang Tri Province was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, killing Steve and three other American soldiers. The book contains 22 photographs taken by Steve Warner during his travels around Vietnam, as well as a selection of his human interest articles.