HOTEL LONG BINH: A Collection of Short Stories About Serving in the Rear in Vietnam

In 1964 when Rick Smith was a junior in high school, there were no U.S. combat troops in Vietnam. But in August of 1964, an attack by the North Vietnamese on an American destroyer prompted Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing President Johnson to "take all necessary measures to repel armed attacks." Rick Smith was thinking about colleges at the time; serving in the U.S. Army was not on his life's radar. In 1969 when Rick was a junior in college, over 500,000 combat tro...