Brothers: Black Soldiers in the Nam [Inscribed]

Novato; London: Presidio Press ; Arms & Armour Press, 1982. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Octavo with orange and black half-cloth boards in brown and black pictorial jacket; xvi, 201 pages: illustrations; 22 cm Very good (+). crisp and tight copy; with remnants of damp stain to top edge of front board and some wear to head/foot of spine; some foxing to edges; Jacket is very good (-) with dampstain to front top edge and rubbing to edges overall; now in archival mylar; please see photos. Hardcover. ISBN: 0891411399;0853685649

Two inscriptions, one lengthy. Name obscured in photo for privacy."Stan and Bob, in this oral history, speak for themselves, but the experience of thousands of black infantrymen is reflected in their words. [...] They felt compelled to tell the world what it meant to be a black soldier in Vietnam: what it was like in battle--and on R&R; how a war situation can make men of all colors brothers; what they felt about duty, fighting for their country; what it was like to "walk point," carry and fire the "pig" (M-60 machine gun). It is a story of pain and fear and triumph. Stan earned the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery under fire; Bob, the Air Medal for more than twenty-five combat assaults." --Jacket copy