In the fall of 1969, Gary Bray landed in South Vietnam as a
recently married, freshly minted second lieutenant in the U.S.
Army. His assignment was not enviable: leading the platoon whose
former members had committed the My Lai massacre--the murder of
hundreds of Vietnamese civilians--eighteen months earlier. In this
compelling memoir, he shares his experiences of Vietnam in the
direct wake of that terrible event.
"After My Lai" documents the war's horrific effects on both
sides of the struggle. Bray presents the Vietnam conflict as the
touchstone of a generation, telling how his feelings about being a
soldier--a family tradition--were dramatically altered by the
events he participated in and witnessed. He explains how young men,
angered by the deaths of comrades and with no release for their
frustration, can sometimes cross the line of legal and ethical
behavior.
Bray's account differs from many Vietnam memoirs in his vivid
descriptions of platoon-level tactical operations. As he builds
suspense in moment-by-moment depictions of men plunging into jungle
gloom and tragedy, he demonstrates that what led to My Lai is
easier to comprehend once you've walked the booby-trapped ground
yourself. An intensely personal story, gracefully rendered yet
brutally honest, "After My Lai" reveals how warfare changes you
forever.
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