Table of Contents
| Preface................................... AUGUST 1966 (Ch. 1)....................... Into the Box.......................... Welcome, Rabbits...................... Group Cell............................ Work Call............................. Text box: Army Ranks, Abbreviations, Terms Of Address, 1966... SEPTEMBER (Ch. 2)......................... Text Box: AWOL and Desertion.............. Text Box: Types of Courts-Martial........... Boys of The Stockade.................. Alone Again .......................... Text Box: The Stockade................... What it's Really Like................. Text Box: The American Ground Soldier ...... WHAT MADE ME THIS WAY (Ch. 3)............. The M-1............................... Early Years........................... Religion & Bigotry.................... I Shot a Kid.......................... Teens................................. Art School............................ The Draft............................. Becoming a Soldier.................... Sick Father........................... Army Training......................... Trained killer........................ Still a Soldier....................... My Sword Gets Too Heavy............... Application Submitted................. ACDUTRA............................... Text Box: FT. Knox and POWS............. OCTOBER (Ch. 4)........................... Text Box: Jehovah's Wittnesses............. Group Cell Again...................... Into the Woods........................ NOVEMBER (Ch. 5).......................... DECEMBER (Ch. 6).......................... Text Box: Chaplains...................... JANUARY (Ch. 7)........................... No more KP............................ Text Box: Project 100,000 and The African-American Soldier... FEBRUARY (Ch. 8).......................... To The Max............................ Taken out to Be Shot.................. Getting Nearer the Shooting........... Why So Many Mistakes.................. Reality.................................. Inflation............................. Text Box: Body Count.................... Article 32 Hearing.................... How The System Works.................. MARCH (Ch. 9)............................. Patriots All.......................... Bye Bye Kentucky Sky.................. BEHIND the SCENES (Ch. 10)................ You Are Cordially Invited............. Pentagon Again........................ Message from Mom...................... Epilogue.............................. Afterword............................. APPENDIX.................................. Holiday Card Senders.................. Veterans and GI Peace Organizations... Other peace groups.................... Acknowledgments....................... About the Author...................... ENDNOTES.................................. |
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