Military autobiographies usually deal with the military portion of life. The obligatory introductory chapter with the background and life before the military but then it is all combat, blood and guts and tactics. Seldom do we read of their off duty time or life after military service. This book is different. There is combat – the experience of undergoing incoming artillery, sniper, machine gun fire, running the gauntlet of mines and ambushes and the medivac process – and the Army’s navy. But there is more.

There are stories showing the difficulty of adapting to the peacetime Army, adapting to the environment of peace and paperwork. There are tales of hippies, bikers, lifers and just plain people. Delivering pizza, driving a taxi and riding a Harley coast to coast not just once but twice. It is also a love story. Comedy and pathos mixed with excitement and adventure.