{"product_id":"no-time-to-cry-joseph-julian-9781685155278","title":"No Time To Cry: We weren't considered heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the soldiers serving in Vietnam were draftees. Back then, a classification of 1A meant the chance of getting drafted was about 99%, and the chance you would end up in Vietnam was around 90%. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the over 58,000 names etched on the Vietnam War Memorial, the majority were boys just out of high school, brothers who never had a chance to live out their lives, their dreams. Not to mention a forgotten list of wounded and dismembered to the tune of 304,000. Of the 2.7 million who served in Vietnam, one out of every 10 soldiers ended up a casualty. Amputations or crippling wounds were 300 times higher than World War II. Over 75,000 Vietnam veterans are severely disabled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd not a single thank you, or welcome home, we missed you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Memorial Day, even today, president after president honors the WWII, Korean, Iraq, and Afghanistan veterans, but the Vietnam veteran does not even get an honorable mention. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is another list of names that no one sees. These names are not written down or etched into a wall, nor do they have a monument anywhere. They are the names of the survivors who left Vietnam physically but not mentally, never fully returning home. Completely changed, a whole different person, a stranger alone in a crowded world they could not wait to get back to. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a true story told thru the eyes of one of those survivors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHopefully writing this book will help put the ghosts in his head to rest, and bring to light how badly Vietnam veterans were treated when they returned home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Julian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685155278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685155278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palmetto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Joseph Julian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069510971647,"sku":"9781685155278","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc2df1ac-cbf9-4219-a7fe-56b7cad2e6bb.jpg?v=1685425112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-time-to-cry-joseph-julian-9781685155278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}