Warrior : From Nazi Occupied Holland to the Jungles of Vietnam...An Immigrant's Story

"I ...learned that sick prisoners in the concentration camp were injected with typhoid in the heart to make room for other patients. About one month after Dad {thus} passed away, the camp was freed by the British." [Experiences from World War II] "The enemy, whether guerrillas or North Vietnamese army units, were always able to engage us when most opportune for them; hence their successes in ambushes. We had learned some effective counter tactics, but we always took casualties." [Experiences in Vietnam] "Stores with smashed windows were on fire and people were running in the street with appliances and TVs which were surely not paid for. I was appalled by the lawlessness and the chaos and I thought to myself "How did I get so lucky to go from Vietnam into this mess?" [Washington, DC in the late sixties.]