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The Two-Dollar Bill: One Man’s Year in Viet Nam
Author: Roger H. Soiset
Publisher: Palmetto Bookworks
Reviewer: Joe Fabel, MWSA Review Board
The author graphically illustrates his experience of “The
taste of fear and the knowledge of mortality.” The incidents portrayed in
“The Two-Dollar Bill (the 200th Brigade),” a fictional Army group, are based
upon actual experiences in the camp life and the front lines in Viet Nam.
Roger Soiset immerses the reader in the vibrant fire zone
of the “grunts.” As he exposes each soldier’s reactions to “his taste of
fear and the knowledge of mortality,” the reader vicariously becomes part of
the patrol deep in the hostile jungle environment. We are immersed in the
daily challenges the combatants must deal with, some successfully, others
with variations due to personalities.
Each “grunt” in the “hot zones” can be described as “You
look the same and sound the same, but you have undergone some serious
changes you really cannot adequately explain even to yourself.”
The author offers the reader an excellent insight into
the fear ridden tour of the American fighting men in the Viet Nam conflict
“who came from the house next door to yours.”
MWSA's 2004 Distinguished Medal Award
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2005
- 2009 MWSA