β Scribed by Deborah Challinor
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Here we are, fighting alongside the so-called mightiest nation on earth with all the firepower you could ask for--jets, B52s, tanks, gunships, arty, rockets, napalm, you name it--and the VC are creeping around with a rifle each and we still can't beat the beggars! And it's getting worse, not better.It's 1969. The sixties are still swinging, man is headed for the moon and surfing-mad Davey is out to win the inaugural Newcastle Under-14 Surf Championship. But when his older brother Tom is drafted to fight in the army, the far-away war in Vietnam creates waves very close to home.
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