On a spring day in 1968 the men of Golf Company, Second Battalion, 9th Marines, walked into a disastrous firefight along the Quang Tri River. Only half the company walked away.
In one of the most powerful books to come out of Vietnam, former Marine and New York Times columnist Michael Norman explores the extraordinary bonds that form between men in war, as he tracks down and reunites ten men who served with him in Golf Company. In Vietnam they shared the intimacy of war: the fear, the sacrifice, the camaraderie set amidst blood and death. Back home they were on their own, pursued by their own injuries and memories--in Texas suburbs, the hard-scrabble Oklahoma Hills, the swirl of New York, the elegance of London. Yet a fierce attachment linked them forever.
Beyond the violence and brutality of war, These Good Men is the story of what happened to these men in combat and in the twenty years after. It is the story of the journey of faith and 50,000 miles that brought them together again--at an emotional reunion nearly two decades after they left Vietnam. Most of all, it is a moving testament to one generation's loss, resilience, loyalty, and love.
