Collateral Damage

A fact-based novel of what happens to a family and a community when a soldier is killede. If you look at the Vietnam War Memorial you will see the name of a Marine named Michael Conroy who was killed in Vietnam. Our middle initials were different but we were both of the same rank and in the same division. Due to an error, my family was notified that I has been killed. The news had an astonishing impact upon everyone who knew me, from the extended family and girlfriends to church members and former schoolmates and neighbors. This type of event transcends the generations and nationalities. This is how it affected me and my circle of family and friends. There is tragedy and heartbreak. It is a love story and a war story by someone who experienced the war down in the bush eyeball to eyeball with the enemy, who was seriously wounded and has had to fight to overcome the restrictions of those physical and psychological wounds.