{"product_id":"no-time-to-cry-we-werent-considered-heroes-9781685155261","title":"No Time To Cry: We weren't considered heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Julian\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Palmetto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palmetto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the soldiers serving in Vietnam were draftees. Back then, a classification of 1A meant the chance of getting drafted was about 99%, and the chance you would end up in Vietnam was around 90%. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the over 58,000 names etched on the Vietnam War Memorial, the majority were boys just out of high school, brothers who never had a chance to live out their lives, their dreams. Not to mention a forgotten list of wounded and dismembered to the tune of 304,000. Of the 2.7 million who served in Vietnam, one out of every 10 soldiers ended up a casualty. Amputations or crippling wounds were 300 times higher than World War II. Over 75,000 Vietnam veterans are severely disabled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd not a single thank you, or welcome home, we missed you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Memorial Day, even today, president after president honors the WWII, Korean, Iraq, and Afghanistan veterans, but the Vietnam veteran does not even get an honorable mention. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is another list of names that no one sees. These names are not written down or etched into a wall, nor do they have a monument anywhere. They are the names of the survivors who left Vietnam physically but not mentally, never fully returning home. Completely changed, a whole different person, a stranger alone in a crowded world they could not wait to get back to. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a true story told thru the eyes of one of those survivors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHopefully writing this book will help put the ghosts in his head to rest, and bring to light how badly Vietnam veterans were treated when they returned home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46443337744535,"sku":"9781685155261","price":2318.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781685155261.webp?v=1769126156","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/no-time-to-cry-we-werent-considered-heroes-9781685155261","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}