Fallen Angels Chapter Summary

Good Afternoon.Fallen Angels is a book that takes place in 1968, twoards the end of the Vietnam War. The book follows the journey of a 17 year old boy named Richie Perry. Who was a african american from New York City. He just graduated from high school, and Perry doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life. He knows that his single mom cannot afford college,he choosees that he wants to join the army so he can go to college. On the plane to Vietnam he thinks about how he is going into combat but he shouldn’t be due to his knee injury from high school. During the long journey, Perry meets Harold "Peewee" Gates, he is also African American private, but he is from Chicago. He also meets Judy Duncan, an army nurse from Texas.

When he lands in Vietnam, Perry and Peewee are assigned to Alpha Company, which is stationed in Chu Lai. They meet the soldiers who will be fighting alongside them, including Johnson and …show more content…
Alpha Company's next assignment is a public relations mission to a nearby hamlet. Perry and his squad mates hand out food and medical supplies to the Vietnamese civilians. That night, Sergeant Simpson tells Perry and Peewee that Alpha Company's commander, Captain Stewart, is dying for a promotion to be major by trying to increase the company's body …show more content…
When they arrive, the VC forces have already killed most of the civilians. Then a VC soldier hiding in a hut nearly shoots Perry in the head. The man's gun malfunctions, giving Perry no choice but to shoot him in the face. Sergeant Simpson fights with Captain Stewart who, as it turns out, has been volunteering Alpha Company for all kinds of dangerous missions in order to increase his body count. During another patrol, Perry and Brewster are hit badly; Brewster dies on the evacuation