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An Accidental Soldier

Memoirs of a Mestizo in Vietnam
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"I was born in a log cabin just like Abe Lincoln, except our cabin was a rental.". Starting with this account of his humble origins, Manny Garcia, who describes himself as 'a left-handed, rather contrary Mestizo-American', has written a memoir that begins in late 1947 in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado and takes him to Utah and a stint as a Mormon and ultimately to Vietnam. In late 1965, a cocky, naive, alienated teenager, Garcia joined the army almost accidentally, enlisting for three years. At eighteen he became an Airborne Ranger, a combat infantryman with the crack First Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. His book shows you the war from the point man position, up close and personal, at eye level.
Manny Garcia is a lawyer in Salt Lake City.
""Accidental Soldier" is a solid book that will endure." "YGarcia? has produced a smoothly written, thoughtful book." "This is a book at its best about war and a reminder to us all that men and women now in Afghanistan and Iraq will have their own demons to master over time." "[Garcia] has produced a smoothly written, thoughtful book."
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