Davis, resident of Elizabethtown, Illinois, recalls his personal experiences in
the army during the Vietnam conflict. He was drafted after graduating from
high school and worked in a local fluorspar mine. Davis recalls incidents from
his service in Vietnam, including seeing a man blown to pieces by a Vietcong
satchel bomb and witnessing a black soldier saving a white soldier trapped in
a bombed tower bunker. Photos taken by Davis while he was in Vietnam are
included in the memoir.
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