Chapter 1:One Night in a New York City Bar—The Colonel’s Challenge
Chapter 5:Anchored off Qui Nhon
Chapter 6:Looking for Chuckles’s Brother
Chapter 7:The Texan Couldn’t Care Less About Orders
Chapter 8:The Good Samaritan in An Khe Looked Familiar
Chapter 10: “Who’s This Guy?!”
Chapter 11: “Wait a Minute—You Don’t Have to Be Here, and You’re Here?!”
Chapter 12: Firefight at the Ambush Post
Chapter 13: Screams on the Night Road
Chapter 14: An Air Force Pilot Does Me a Favor
Chapter 16: American Money Is Good for Bribes
Chapter 17: The Caravelle Rooftop Bar
Chapter 18: Finding a Seafaring Friend
Chapter 19: Happy New Year, Baby
Chapter 22: The American Embassy Under Siege
Chapter 23: Battle at the President’s Palace
Chapter 24: Am I Dead and in Purgatory?
Chapter 25: Befriending a South Vietnamese Cop
Chapter 26: A Giant Floating Freezer Full of Food in the Midst of Famine
Chapter 27: Coast Guard Brass: A Big Job on a Big Ship
Chapter 28: Australian Marines Lock the Caravelle Up Tight
Chapter 30: Explosion at Long Binh
Chapter 31: Helping a Descendant of the Mayans
Chapter 33: Please Do Feed the Animals
Chapter 35: “We’re Outta Here!”
Afterword: Reflections on the Journey
Addendum: The Neighborhood—Inwood, Manhattan, New York City
Bonus Chapter: BBQ and a Beer-Can Shoot with a Powerful Stranger