...And a Hard Rain Fell

A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam

By: John Ketwig

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

A classic, must-listen Vietnam war memoir

The classic Vietnam war memoir, ...and a hard rain fell is the unforgettable story of a veteran's rage and the unflinching portrait of a young soldier's odyssey from the roads of upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnam. Updated for its twentieth anniversary with a new afterword on the Iraq War and its parallels to Vietnam, John Ketwig's message is as relevant today as it was twenty years ago.

"A magnetic, bloody, moving, and worm's-eye view of soldiering in Vietnam, an account that is from the first page to last a wound that can never heal. A searing gift to his country."-Kirkus Reviews

"Solidly effective. He describes with ingenuous energy and authentic language that time and place."-Library Journal

"Perhaps as evocative of that awful time in Vietnam as the great fictions . . . a wild surreal account, at its best as powerful as Celine's darkling writing of World War One."-Washington Post

©2002, 2008 John Ketwig (P)2024 Tantor

Don’t waste your time on this book.

His Pissing and moaning was endless. I went through basic at Fort Brag, yes Fort Bragg not Liberty, sure training was hard but not the Hell he describes. I think his story is embellished with a lot of half truths . He’s not the guy I would have a beer with!

Sobering account of how lives are changed by war and the politics and greed that escalated the conflict to obscene human costs.

Sad and realistic narrative that shouldn’t have happened . For those that missed this conflict because of our age I think back to how Vietnam has scarred us.

Heart wrenching, eloquent, and devastatingly truthful

One of if not the best memoirs I’ve read about the Vietnam War. Immersive. Thought provoking. Honest. A glimpse into the totality of one person’s experience of war, enlistment to present day. Written with an empathetic and truthful lens.

to much whining

the main character whines his way through the story. I know it's his story, but too much for an entire book.

His hatred for the military and war

It was a good story. very descriptive I felt like I was there in a lot of the book. Sadly I got the feeling he was angry at me for wanting to hear his story. he had a lot of pent up anger. I'm glad he got it off his chest. I should say I hope he got it off his chest.