RINGS of MISFORTUNE

<p>Over 16000000 men served in the armed forces in WWII. Perhaps as many as 3% or 480000 had a homosexual orientation. Admittedly several thousand were screened out before being inducted and some later received Undesirable Discharges. 120000 of these men saw combat action and undoubtedly hundreds were killed and thousands were wounded.</p><p>Jack Scott by far the most outstanding seventeen-year-old in a small town in Arkansas is forced to confront this problem both at home and in the military. This story is his and to a degree the stories of his family his friends and his comrades in combat.</p><p>The problem is handled sympathetically if realistically.</p>