And the Tears Flowed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798894194851)

Discover the sometimes humorous, but always hazardous life of an; 4 Infantry Officer in the turbulent and deadly times William L. McCar-ron, and the men he commanded, experienced during their one year '1 AS of combat duty in Vietnam. McCarron walks you through his enlist-ment qv into the U.S. Army at Fort Jackson, SC, through his attendance and commissioning as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant at Fort Benning, GA, and his eventual assignment in Vietnam as a Platoon Leader and then Executive Officer to B Company, 1st Battalion (ABN), 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Throughout the book, he accurately portrays the horrors of war as well as the heart wrenching loss he feels for the men who died serving with him.