Field of Fire

Heroes of Vietnam, Book 4

A routine patrol north of Da Nang, and they enter a village pronounced deserted. It isn’t deserted, and Charlie is home. The Vietcong and Joe Walker goes after them with his best pal Bo Buc, the West Virginian marksman.

Joe runs into a hidden punji trap, and the poisoned stakes deal him a hammer blow. A dustoff back to Da Nang and a long stay in the hospital puts him out of action, and the only consolation is the pretty nurse who attends to his wounds. When he is released, his platoon is in the field, and they give him a temporary posting to another platoon about to fly out to the Laotian border to check out a rumored convoy of vital supplies, weapons, and ammo for the VC.

The platoon is commanded by a gung-ho lieutenant who leads them into a trap where they all die. Except Joe, who makes it back with a critically important message. A message his boss chooses to ignore and puts him on his shit list. Yet Walker’s troubles have only just begun.

Heroes of Vietnam Book 4 – Field of Fire is the fourth shortread fictional war story set during the Vietnam War. The book is a collaboration between Todd McLeod and Eric Meyer, the best-selling author of more than 50 war novels.

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