POV - You Enlist for the Vietnam War

You enlist for the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive. Two years later, your little brother arrives at your base, excited to serve beside you. You already know what he hasn't seen. Step into the life of Andy Keane, a fictional young mechanic from Erie, Pennsylvania. Follow him from his family garage through Army training at Fort Polk and combat with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. Letters home leave out the hardest parts. Then the 1969 draft lottery changes the future of his brother Joey and their neighborhood friend Vince. By 1970, both have been inducted, trained and sent to Vietnam. Joey is thrilled to find his older brother at Camp Eagle. Andy has to decide how much of the truth to tell him. This illustrated historical-fiction story follows brotherhood, duty, friendship and the struggle to find your place at home after war. The characters, dialogue, personal assignments and two firefights are fictional. The Tet Offensive, draft lottery and wider military setting provide the researched historical background. Subscribe for more history POV stories following ordinary people through extraordinary events. Historical background sources (context, not documentation of the fictional characters): U.S. Department of State — Tet Offensive, 1968 https://history.state.gov/milestones/... Mid America Veterans Museum — December 1969 draft lottery and 1970 induction order https://mavm.org/storiesarchive/the-1... Selective Service System — 1970 lottery number table https://www.sss.gov/wp-content/upload... U.S. Army — Fort Polk and Vietnam-era training https://home.army.mil/polk/about/history U.S. Army — 101st Airborne Division history https://home.army.mil/campbell/units/... #vietnamwar #tetoffensive #militaryhistory #warhistory #historypov #povhistory #vietnamhistory #usarmy #101stairborne #draftlottery #historicalfiction #warstories #soldierstory #illustratedhistory #americanhistory