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In his new memoir, William Taylor reveals the epic and largely untold story of his 13 month tour of duty with Special Landing Force Alpha, one of the most active Marine combat units of the Vietnam War.
The story emerges from his personal experience and the accounts of other veterans who served with him during the heavy combat of 1967 and 1968.
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Follow the journey of a an eighteen-year-old Marine recruit who ages a lifetime in a little more than a year and who is transformed into an experienced, hard fighting grunt while struggling to survive his time in country.
Vietnam 1967-68
Eighteen-year-old Marine recruit William V. Taylor Jr. and his brother Marines are assembled into a new reaction force that is immediately tested in the fire of a bloody conflict known as Operation Beaver Cage. After a traumatic first fight, they push through back-to-back operations with little time to rest or reflect. Those who survive will return home ensnared by everlasting memories of a real, but entirely surreal nightmare. Now after more than fifty years of holding everything in, Taylor shares his experience in explicit and often horrific detail and with a reverent honor for those Marines who did not live to tell the tale.
Taylor reveals what it truly means to walk the path of a warrior, to sacrifice, and to live a lifetime with the memories of a war—seeking answers to the question: “Was it worth it?”