Fort Benning Blues

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If you've never even been to Southeast Asia, can you be a Vietnam veteran? In a novel that captures the life and times of a generation, Mark Busby takes us on a journey through an era of hippies, the shootings at Kent State University, integration, and Woodstock. Fort Benning Blues tells the story of Vietnam from this side of the ocean. Drafted in 1969, Jeff Adams faces a war he doesn't understand. While trying to delay the inevitable tour of duty in Vietnam, Adams attends Officer Candidate School in Fort Benning, Georgia, desperately hoping Nixon will achieve.  Read more... At the End of Our Time: A Prologue Chapter 1: Arrival Chapter 2: Welcome Chapter 3: Learning Chapter 4: Garrett Chapter 5: Training Chapter 6: Low Crawl Chapter 7: Birthday Boy Chapter 8: Thanksgiving Chapter 9: Candy Raid Chapter 10: The Spirit of the Bayonet Chapter 11: Leaving on a Jet Plane Chapter 12: CQ Chapter 13: Gen Con Chapter 14: Eighth Week Panel Chapter 15: New Roomie Chapter 16: Night Bivouac Chapter 17: Turning Black Chapter 18: The Silver Slipper Chapter 19: Driving Rusty Chapter 20: Losing Rancek Chapter 21: Getting Kochs Chapter 22: Turning Blue. Chapter 23: Ranger WeekChapter 24: Kent State Epilogue Acknowledgements.