Vietnam Walking Wounded Book Report

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The historical fiction book Vietnam: Walking Wounded by Chris Lynch follows the story of four friends who enlisted into different branches of the military to fight in the Vietnam War. The book follows the characters from the first four books but puts them all into one. The story follows after Rudi one of the four friends, is killed in battle and the story starts as Beck carries him to base. When Beck delivers the body to base Morris, another one of the friends, takes the job of escorting him home. The rest of the story follows as he makes stops around the world to take other fallen soldiers back home.

The book was a 4/5 because it was a good conclusion to the series that tied up loose ends but overall had a slower less interesting pace. I

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