Meeting Steinbeck! My, I just told my daughter, who wrote one of her college entrance essays on a Steinbeck-related theme.

Thank you, and thanks for your service.

If you want a funny, frustrating, and sad Vietnam memoir, pick up a copy of Art Wiknik's NAMSENSE.

http://www.namsense.com/

It will have you on the floor laughing, and wiping your eyes at the other end of the spectrum.

--tps