It was extremely, extremely dangerous. The casualty rate was very high. |
My dad is very ill right now [with cancer], and I was talking the other day with a social worker from the hospice. And when I told her about what I was writing, she said, 'Oh, I know what memoirs mean. You just make it all up.' It's shocking that people who aren't in the literary community have such a reaction now. |
My dad witnessed that and carried him back to the rest of the platoon, which were behind him. And this experience damaged him very deeply. |