Patrol
An American Soldier in Vietnam
by Walter Dean Myers
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appears in Vietnam War.
Vietnam.A young American soldier waits for his enemy, rifle in hand, finger on the trigger. He is afraid to move and yet afraid not to move. Gunshots crackle in the still air. The soldier fires blindly into the distant trees at an unseen enemy. He crouches and waits heart pounding, tense and trembling, biting back tears. When will it all be over...
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