Unlikely Brothers: Just Trying to Make it Home

Unlikely Brothers: Just Trying to Make it HomeAlan Newberry always believed it was a mans duty to answer his countrys call and serve with dignity. When he received his draft notice at age nineteen, he knew he had to mentally prepare himself for what he was about to face: a brutal war in Vietnam. In a riveting memoir, Alans son, Shannon, shares a walk through not only his fathers journey, but also the journeys of other soldiers who put their lives on the line for freedom. Beginning with Alans

Alan Newberry always believed it was a manÕs duty to answer his countryÕs call and serve with dignity. When he received his draft notice at age nineteen, he knew he had to mentally prepare himself for what he was about to face: a brutal war in Vietnam.

In a riveting memoir, AlanÕs son, Shannon, shares a walk through not only his fatherÕs journey, but also the journeys of other soldiers who put their lives on the line for freedom. Beginning with AlanÕs arrival at boot camp in 1969, Shannon details how his father became ÒbrothersÓ with his fellow soldiers while attempting to survive infantry life, learning to kill or be killed, and facing the brutal North Vietnamese Army. As Shannon chronicles the soldiersÕ experiences from the battlefields to their eventual return home, he reveals the many challenges they faced while processing the emotional after-effects of a war that took so many young lives.