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Ride along on this breath stopping journey of the heart, mind and soul of a 19 year old Marine in this true account of the author's life and experiences in 1969 Vietnam. EVERYTHING HAPPENED IN VIETNAM - THE YEAR OF THE RAT is no dry accounting of military strategy or historical narrative, but rather written in a style more in keeping with the novel, it is a heart rending, soul touching exploration of humanity as a young man comes face to face with the godless countenance of the merciless Rat of War. Beautifully written with an artist's naked sensitivity and a young Marine's unbridled honesty, wit and humor, the reader will not escape being moved and moved deeply. This is NOT your Average War Story. You will not be able to put this one down. And you will read this book more than once. Get ready for one of those rare books that is written for all time and for all people. Somewhere between the covers of this book you will change and be changed forever. "It's a full ride". (24 Photos)
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- Published on: 2009-02-22
- Original language: English
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- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .59" w x 6.00" l, .77 pounds
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- 234 pages
- ISBN13: 9780615244983
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From the Author
From the cover: "What were you doing when you were nineteen? Ride along on this breath stopping journey of the heart, mind and soul of a 19 year old Marine to 1969 Vietnam. It's a full ride."
"EVERYTHING HAPPENED IN VIETNAM: THE YEAR OF THE RAT"
A memoir by Robert Peter Thompson
What affect does war and combat have on our young warriors? Does the average citizen really know? Do they ever really think about it? Perhaps they don't want to,
yet we as a nation send them off. This book is my self-published memoir of life as a 19 year old Marine in 1969 Vietnam. Yes, it is harsh in part but also inspiring and even replete with the kind of humor you will find nowhere else. It is also 'beautiful'. Hard to believe when you read the forward I created for my book. Still, we should know. We should try to understand. It is true and we should show respect and care for those who have walked this path.
I wrote the following as the forward for my book. Not because I thought it was clever or witty or deep. But because it is TRUE. I wrote it for all those who have witnessed war and reaped its bitter fruit. Also the sweetness of real love born under the most trying of circumstances during all the wars and from any time period. You will also be introduced to "LINA" and "the most beautiful girl in the world".
Some things remain the same:
'"But not everything is remembered and not everything is told. Lost with those who did not survive and with those who did not return. Lost in the chaos and confusion and the self protective suppression of the formidable and yet fragile mind. Sometimes that which affects you most is that which you can no longer see and is perhaps better left alone. But what of that which so stubbornly remains and cries out as it does from the darkness of time and says;
"I am here, I am still here, you will look at me, for I will never go away."'
No book is for everybody and this one was not written to be so. I was acutely aware of the potential criticism of what could be described as "run-on sentences". However, their presence in this book was an intentional device, to create within the reader a sort of `breathlessness' and to place the reader in the experience as lived by the story's teller. I also wrote it for myself. I began writing poetry when I was an 18 year old Marine in Southeast Asia. When I returned I dabbled in song writing. My writing style reflects that. If you want "only the facts mam" then choose another book.
As for the changing cadence in my writing, imagine yourself sitting on a barstool in a Legion or VFW saloon. The guy sitting next to you, who you have never known to talk about his personal experiences as a young Marine in Vietnam, inexplicably begins to tell his tale - 40 years after returning from war. It is not clear what has triggered this. However, as the narrator weaves in and out throughout his recalling of particular events, some more intense than others, he rushes along sometimes apparently not stopping to take a breath. One becomes tense just listening to this. That is the device I tried to achieve.
It may not work for everyone and I readily accept that. Still, this book was not written to exhibit the author's grammatical correctness, but quite the contrary, in the voice of a 19-year-old Marine, to give a sense of `realism' and conjure in the reader tensions, emotions and yes, a sort of breathless exhaustion somewhat equivalent to that of the story teller. The actual veteran (myself) who lived it.
My interest in writing this book was not simply to create a "narrative" of events and of course, not all the events I experienced are included. I attempted to weave a story based on my personal experiences that as a sum of its parts, creates an effect upon the reader: What was it like? What did they feel? What thoughts coursed through their minds when all around them life was falling into utter chaos. What did they feel afterward? What didn't they feel? This book is not meant to simply convey the most troubling thoughts and experiences, but to allow the reader to 'feel' what happens within the mind, heart and soul of a young man (or woman) as he is 'altered' by events. How he responds to loss. That is why my book is dedicated to "Sandy". Get to know him as I did. Maybe just a little. Perhaps you will take something home from this book as I did from living it.
All the best,
Bob Thompson (aka Robert Peter Thompson), USMC 1967-1969.
My book website: everythinghappenedinvietnam.com/
From the Back Cover
"We ask you to forgive the author of this book. He didn't have a choice. He didn't want to write our stories. But we never really gave him a choice. We just kept working on him. Year after year. And finally we wore him down. Before he forgot. Before we were forgotten. And we showed him no mercy. We really worked him over. In fact, we played these stories over and over again and again in his head. Until he just couldn't take it anymore. It's not his fault. It really isn't."
"Forever young,
Sandy, Johnny the New Guy,
Tator & the Rest"
"...but the wave would not return and would be remembered always at full crest. Tinged with light, with promise and forever young."
About the Author
Robert Peter Thompson is a former Marine (1967-1969) with a family of four who has worked as a Quality Assurance Analyst, Sr., for a large national company for over 30 years.
During the 1980's and 1990's he wrote extensively on matters relating to his research of the POW/MIA issue, particularly in regard to satellite imagery of alleged POW distress signals photographed over North Vietnam in 1992. He was published in a full-page article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper by the editor of "NEWS WITH A VIEW" in 1994.
He subsequently was published in the Editorial Section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune in 1995 with a portion of his 53 page analysis of POW distress signals imagery entitled: "'DISSECTING A LIE & The Case For The Life Of U.S. Air Force Major Peter Richard Matthes "GX 2527"' by Robert P. Thompson." (13 type written pages and 40 photo copy pages of FOIA acquired distress signal documents from the Defense Dept). Analysis was drawn from, among other venues, the 1223 page "Senate Select Committee Report on POW/MIA Affairs" dated January 13, 1993.
Many incidents resulted from the exposure of this issue: Written attacks from government bureaucrats and hang-up day and night phone calls. Proudest of Mr. Thompson's efforts was being personally called and subsequently published by the heroic late Colonel Ted Guy who published Mr. Thompson's analysis on his own web site. Another treasured moment was when Mr. Thompson was personally called by another heroic returned POW; Captain "Red" McDaniels, who told Mr. Thompson: "You have proven the existence of 'living' POWs". Unfortunately, the defense dept and the government bureaucracy took another view.
This book: "EVERYTTHING HAPPENED IN VIETNAM: THE YEAR OF THE RAT" is Mr. Thompson's first work relating to his own experiences as an 18 and 19 year old Marine in Okinawa and then the Republic of South Vietnam.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
A Tour in Vietnam
By J. Beat
A friend of mine in the Army told me that everyone owed two years to their country and Vietnam was the dirty end of the stick. He just wanted to do his tour and go home and be a pipefitter. All he wanted was a simple, normal life. He didn't make it. Thompson's book is about people like my friend. It's about friendships that become a part of your heart, fear that sears your soul and simple bravery that makes you proud of young men willing to give service to their country. Thompson lets you meet these young men and learn to know and love them as he did.
As a Vietnam veteran, I avoid books about Vietnam, but I read Everything Happened in Vietnam-The Year of the Rat on a recommendation. This memoir is a tour in Vietnam like it was: difficult, fear-filled, deep friendships, confusion, anger, humorous, sadness, grief and horror. It easily can stand beside such memoirs as Robert Graves' Good Bye to All That. Students of history will find this book engrossing as a personal account of the average guy's experience in war. Students of Vietnam will experience a virtual reality tour in Nam through Thompson. His description of action is so realistic, so emotionally compelling that you live Thompson's tour. Yet, he does not blame the system, the government or the military for his tour. He simply allows you to enter 1960s Vietnam in a way that will change your opinion of those who lived it. You also find out why it was his "Year of the Rat."
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
Real history: raw and unvarnished...
By Doug DePew
In "Everything Happened in Vietnam: The Year of the Rat", Robert Peter Thompson has given us a glimpse of what the war looked like through his eyes. It is very authentic. This book reads much like sitting and hearing Mr. Thompson tell his story. The stream of consciousness style lends itself well to the confusion of war. His conversational writing is pleasant. It's like sitting in a bar and listening to an old friend relate his memories. At times, I became a little lost but I'd keep reading. Then I'd say to myself,"That was well done!" I especially liked the little updates at end of some of the chapters.
I enjoyed this book. It's good to find more Vietnam veterans telling their personal stories. Our history is made up of millions of regular people. Real history isn't made by famous generals and presidents. It's made of regular people like Mr. Thompson. Too often, nobody knows about it except the people who were next to them. This book very clearly shows the struggles to mentally survive the war. I'm sure it was cathartic for Mr. Thompson to tell us his story. I thank him for sharing it with all of us.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
One year in real life...
By J. C. Willis
After the years of analysis, explanations and excuses from scholars, ex-generals, and politicos, we're finally beginning to hear from the men who actually fought the war in Vietnam. Mr. Thompson has given us an up-close look at the inside of the war, from the bunkers to the hill-tops. His vivid imagery and stream of consciousness style unite to bring the moments of terror and wonder to life. As a Vietnam veteran of combat myself, I salute him for his honesty and observation. Everything and anything did happen in Vietnam, and it really was a lifetime compressed into one year.
This book should be of great interest to anyone interested in the war in Vietnam or military history in general.
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