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Winner of the Gold Quill for literature. This book details the story of Beauford Pete Peterson as he leaves his home in Southeastern Utah after a mining disaster. When I die, they won't have to dig me up to bury me! Pete tells his mine boss. The promise of electronics training from the US Navy convinces Pete to enlist. After basic training he succumbs to peer pressure and ends up with a U.S. Marine combat unit in Viet- nam. Seventeen men of his one-hundred-twenty man rifle company return from battle. Pete is eligible for immediate transfer from the combat zone but elects to stay until his normal rota- tion is complete -- and his adventure begins. The story follows Pete through his four years of service. Every chapter being a new adventure.

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