Freedom Bird — Dennis K. Philburn

For his birthday, Ryan James got a ticket to Vietnam. He is nineteen. Leaving behind the rolling hills of his native Pennsylvania, he journeys to Southeast Asia, and a place called Landing Zone Bayonet. Here the men of Charlie Company forge a bond stronger than steel and thicker than blood, as they witness the unforgiving brutality of war. And here Ryan James will learn the simple truths of life...and death. The next year will change his life forever, and nothing back in the World can ever be the same.