Vietnam, Full Circle: A Combat Veteran Returns

"The immigration officer at the airport in Saigon slid my passport over the scanner at his desk. After consulting his monitor, he remarked in English, 'Welcome back, Lieutenant.' I answered in Vietnamese, 'Thank you, Captain.' Our eyes met. He dipped his head and smiled. I entered his country, stamped passport in hand, exhilarated at what lay ahead." -Vietnam, Full Circle.

Forty years after serving as the only American combat adviser in a 500-man Vietnamese infantry battalion, Dockery return...