Vietnam Veteran Gives Back to His Country in More Ways than One

Draftee, a new book by David Volk, tells the story of one soldier's incredible journey.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota (PRWeb) April 15, 2007 -- In Draftee: A High School Teacher Goes to War, author David Volk tells of being drafted into the Army in 1969 and serving his country in Vietnam. Encouraged by the gratitude shown today for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Volk shares his memoirs as a draftee in an all too rapidly fading war. In his book, he seeks not to rehash the rights and wrongs of that war, but to tell how it forever changed him and an entire generation.

In the faraway summer of 1969, Volk, an idealistic newlywed and recent college graduate, was preparing for his first job teaching high school history when the call to service came. Within weeks, the author found himself in the Army and later Vietnam.

Told with biting humor, Volk paints an altogether original and incredibly vivid account of Army life and the Vietnam experience as seen through the eyes of a draftee from a small Midwest town. As the author reminisces, he also tries to reconcile his pride in serving his country with the appalling waste caused by a war that shook the foundations of America.

Though the author does not miss his chance to point a few fingers, this memoir is mostly told with a romantic, heartwarming wanderlust and humor.

"Moving, memorable and funny, Draftee: A High School Teacher Goes to War, is sure to spark memories from veterans and to open up the Vietnam era to a whole new generation. This book is a page out of American history, but also a window into the human heart."

- Ellen Tanner Marsh, New York Times best-selling author

For more information or to request a free review copy, please contact the author at dave.volk @ stalwartins.com and Drafteegoestowar.com. Draftee: A High School Teacher Goes to War is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author

David Volk served two years in the Army, one of those in Vietnam, as a combat photographer with the 101st Airborne Division. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and Bronze Star for his service. At the age of 25 he was South Dakota's youngest elected State Treasurer and was reelected four times. Appointed by the Reagan Administration as Chairman of the Vietnam Veteran's Volunteer Program for South Dakota, Volk engineered an outreach program to troubled veterans from the Vietnam era. A member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans, Volk makes his home in South Dakota.

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