Don't Bunch Up

Bill Van Zanten joined the Corps in 1957 and after boot camp and arduous officer's school in 1965-1966, he was an executive officer and company commander in Vietnam. Readers will find no brutality here, no bitterness, no drugs, no fraggings or racial confrontations. Van Zanten's memoir of his milita [...]
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Bill Van Zanten joined the Corps in 1957 and after boot camp and arduous officer's school in 1965-1966, he was an executive officer and company commander in Vietnam. Readers will find no brutality here, no bitterness, no drugs, no fraggings or racial confrontations. Van Zanten's memoir of his military service details the processes by which the Marines took a young man, molded him into an infantry officer, and sent him to Vietnam to fight. Basic training, Officers' Candidate School, Basic Infantry Officers' School, and combat experiences are described and demythologized. The memoir is a modest, well-written account of the author's coming-to-manhood during the earlier phase of the Vietnam era.