Death Angel

<p> The author enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17 with dreams of becoming a hero. Two years later a disillusioned young sergeant returned from a tour of Vietnam his new assignment recruiting: finding a few good men for the Corps--and soon too often delivering death messages to the families of those he had recruited. Here are gut-wrenching memories of a Marine's service in Vietnam the grief of the parents and the burden of guilt suffered by the bearer of the news.</p>