![]() ![]() ![]() As a retired Army officer and veteran of two tours in Vietnam and having personally been under enemy fire, I can attest to how well you captured that experience within the events of the story.” - Norman Mays, Major, USA, (ret) This novel takes an important place on the small shelf of African-American Vietnam War novels… the book is well worth reading.” - Vietnam Veterans of America. “…this is an intelligently crafted tale, brimming with both suspense and social commentary.” - Kirkus Reviews Their leader inexplicably disappears, leaving the ill-prepared soldiers to fight the jungle and enemy on their own.Īlthough forced to confront the shock of combat and a deteriorating family life, the reporter pursues the story hoping to uncover the truth about what happened to the soldiers.Ī Long Way Back is a tense journey merging the lives of the soldiers and the reporter as they struggle to overcome their fear, and face the battles they must fight to survive. ![]() Led by a battle-fatigued sergeant, they fall under enemy fire. The men, mostly noncombat soldiers, are the remnant of a squad sent on an illegal mission to Cambodia as punishment for their participation in a race riot at Cu Chi base camp. When a reporter for the Washington Post sees a group of wounded, half-starved, black troops disembark from a helicopter in Cu Chi during the height of the Vietnam War, he senses a story, but receives no cooperation from the army or the soldiers. ![]() Funding and Grants For Black Women and Families! ![]()
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