A Marine's Promise To God: A Memoir of Vietnam

Life-threatening, near-death experiences are common subjects for books or television; usually these focus on a single experience in one person's life. A Marine's Promise to God, by David L. Ray, follows the author on his tour of Vietnam in 1970, through more than ten near-death experiences-during which he never even received a wound. He was the squad point man, notorious for being the most dangerous combat role. The marines around him were wounded and killed, but Ray survived by the power o...