Pennies from Vietnam: A Sister at Home, a Brother at War by Tracy Smith, Larry Ray Smith
- Pennies from Vietnam: A Sister at Home, a Brother at War
- Tracy Smith, Larry Ray Smith
- Page: 247
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9781476694634
- Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pennies from Vietnam: A Sister at Home, a Brother at War
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Overview
In this collection of 70+ letters from Vietnam, the raw honesty of one homesick teenage boy speaks for every lonely soldier at war. Huey crew chief Larry Smith grew into a hardened man in his First Cavalry helicopter while his little sister Tracy started kindergarten back in New Jersey and memorized the sounds of combat from the black and white television. This dual perspective unveils the war's invasion on the whole family as they revered every envelope and suffered alongside their hero. In December 1967, Larry turned 19 as battles intensified and his letters darkened, making his promise to return home harder to keep, or even believe. Decades after the war, as he lay in a coma, Tracy rediscovered her brother's letters and vowed to find Army friends he lost to uncover the whole truth of his war. She found a boy she never knew, innocent, fearful, and fearless, full of many words, then silenced. These truths offer a two-fold lesson and make the case for generational trauma in the mental health realm: children do not belong in war, nor should they watch one unfold on television.