A_Rumor_Of_War

A Rumor Of War A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo was an interesting story about one man’s reflection upon and story of the Vietnam War. I found this book very interesting. I chose it because I knew little of the Vietnam War, and thought it would be educational yet interesting for me to read. I also choose it because it was actually written by someone who was in the war. Philip Caputo starts his story from his indecision of what to do with his life after high school. Once he decided to join the marine corps he tells of his college career, marine corps training, service in the war, and finally to when his tour of duty came to a close after the dismissal of his murder trial, and he finally got to go home. Caputo told his story from a point of view that no media source could have covered during that time. Caputo was actually there, in the battlefield, waiting for their attacks and drills against the Viet Cong. He told his story of whores and alcohol to blood and death. A very detailed account of what he actually saw and did during his time of service. I enjoyed this book. I book, war, caputo, way, story, about, time, must, thought, one, felt, words, vietnam, very, think, service, read, people, murder, made, life, interesting, guess, good, glad, found, experience, end, emotions, during, being, because, after, actually, wrong, writing, women, understood, told, someone, soldiers, soldier, realized, philip, parts, men, marine, man, know, knew, killing