Rating: 3.5
What it's about:
Sack followed a company from the inanity of a barracks inspection at Fort Dix to the senseless killing of a 7-year-old girl in Vietnam. He has produced a gripping account, compassionate and rich, colorful and blackly humorous. -taken from back cover of book
My thoughts:
This book gives one a feel for military life. Sack followed M company from infantry training at Fort Dix, New Jersey all the way to Vietnam. He writes about the soldiers who make up M company and their thoughts and feelings about their situations. There's Mason who wants to become a Green Beret, Russo who lied to get into the army (he's only 16), gentle Morton who doesn't even want to hurt an ant and many other men. Sack writes about barracks inspections and haircuts to landing in Vietnam and M's first military operation. The writing is a little bland and boring in parts. The humor was dark and clever but too sparse. As a non-fiction novel, M
seems a little coarse but worth a read.
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