"In 1967, Joe Putnam, fresh out of officer training school, is shipped overseas to Vietnam as part of President Johnson's American Adviser program. Putnam is one of the American soldiers advising the South Vietnamese Army on how to conduct a war against the invading North Vietnamese Army and their counterparts in the south, the Viet Cong. This plan would supposedly keep the Communists at bay without actually getting the U.S. into full-fledged war in Southeast Asia" -- Publisher's description.

Prologue -- Departure into culture shock -- Arrival in country -- Getting assigned and reality sets in -- Meeting the rest of the team -- Tenth Cav arrives with pink hat -- Our neighbors get hit -- The shot (not a pushkin story) -- A new lesson in the importance of commo -- Loaned out -- Trouble in paradise -- My best friend in-country -- Transferred to a one-hole paradise -- The last battalion -- Long Huu -- Raid on the fridge -- Operation Concordia -- Stress relief -- The party -- Real man's general and lovely diversions -- Another near miss and a temporary escape to Thailand -- Back to my future -- The teasing goes on -- Epilogue.