Table of Contents
Map viii
Foreword Peter Arnett xii
Chapter 1 A Man's War 1
Chapter 2 On the Ground in Vietnam 11
Chapter 3 Worlds Collide in Saigon 25
Chapter 4 Born to the Sound of Bombs 35
Chapter 5 Nowhere Near As Much Fun As You'd Think 43
Chapter 6 They Did Not Accept Me 55
Chapter 7 Itching for Action 63
Chapter 8 Is This Why They Call It Olive Drab? 75
Chapter 9 Proving Myself Under Fire 83
Chapter 10 Not Very Pretty 93
Chapter 11 Like You've Never Felt Alive Before 107
Chapter 12 Jumping for Joy 117
Chapter 13 A Door Opens to the Sky 129
Chapter 14 Everything Rotted 139
Chapter 15 A Big, Professional Success in Every Way 149
Chapter 16 Rumors and Gossip 159
Chapter 17 Battle for Hill 881 171
Chapter 18 Front-Page Pictures 181
Chapter 19 Côn Tiên, Hill of Angels 193
Chapter 20 Thirty-Five Pieces of Shrapnel 201
Chapter 21 A Bombshell for Têt 213
Chapter 22 The Enemy Has a Face 221
Chapter 23 Return to Huê 235
Chapter 24 Photos "First Class" 247
Chapter 25 The Biggest High of All 259
Epilogue 266
Author's Note 271
How a Camera Worked in the 1960s 274
Glossary 278
Timeline 284
Notes 286
Selected Bibliography 296
Acknowledgments 299
Image Credits 301
Index 302