Overview
This book chronicles some adventures (or misadventures)
of Alan Miller and his boyhood best friend Steve McQueen
(they call themselves the Musketeers) while growing up in a
small, rural Wisconsin town, before going off to join the
Marines. He tells stories about the rigors of Marine Corps
boot camp and fleet Marine Corps infantry training; but more
important the close relationships with fellow Marines.
Particularly, stories about a close knit group who call
themselves the Amigos. Interwoven are stories about his
continual crossing of paths with his boyhood pal Steve
McQueen at home, in the Orient, and in California. He tells
heart breaking narratives of the men he met while in
hospitals in Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan and Okinawa.
Alan Miller describes the day to day accounts of a Marine
rifleman in Vietnam. How he dealt with the stress of one day
walking patrol in a hostile war zone, and three days later
walking the streets of his hometown. He describes living
with the nightmares of war and death, while adjusting to his
life back home. How, during a 30 day raucous,
homecoming party, he meets the love of his life, and asks
her to be his wife.