The Truth
October, 1969
The TruthChapter 1: In which the enemy appears on my flank & I find myself in an untenable defense positionWhen Colonel Arthur O'Bower caught me between his wife and their bedroom ceiling, his first reaction was to blow, through the pair of horns he'd just been given, a blast of fury in which fragments of Charge, Sick Call and Retreat each fought for and failed to get the upper hand. This brass-lipped blat was much, much louder than the thunderstorm that had kept me from hearing him double-time...