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Mass Market Paperback Medic!: The Story of a Conscientious Objector in the Vietnam War Book

ISBN: 0891418482

ISBN13: 9780891418481

Medic!: The Story of a Conscientious Objector in the Vietnam War

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Book Overview

A conscientious objector who served as a medic during the Vietnam War offers an unflinching, compelling account of his experiences on the battlefield, describing his work with the injured and dying in the heart of combat.

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6 customer ratings | 6 reviews

Rated 4 stars
Good read on Vietnam

An honest narrative of a young man caught up in having to service his country in Vietnam. I enjoyed reading it.

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Rated 5 stars
riveting

I can't remember when I have ever been so moved and inspired by a book. I have never written a review before, but feel compelled to voice my admiration for Mr. Sherman and the way he so poignantly described his experiences before, during, and after Viet Nam. This book is thought provoking, funny, upsetting, and brutally honest. I could not put it down and recommend it to everyone. The comment about America becoming more materialistc...

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Rated 5 stars
A different kind of soldier

"Medic!: The Story of a Conscientious Objector in the Vietnam War," by Ben Sherman, is an exciting, well-paced narrative that reads more like a novel than a memoir. The book tells how Sherman was drafted and was classified as a noncombatant soldier; he didn't carry a weapon, but still went into Vietnam and was exposed to danger in the combat zone. As a medic, he tended the wounds of his fellow soldiers. The early part of...

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Rated 5 stars
Captivating Oratory (CO)!

I'm touched by how Ben Sherman can so well put words to his feelings, his fears, his shame, his intentions, his gifts, and his misgivings. I cried so much while reading Ben's vivid descriptions of the heart-felt humanity wedged between officious detachment and reckless bravado, that I weep still just glancing back at the book cover. Despite Ben's humble awakening to the realizations of how much he (we?) didn't...

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Rated 5 stars
Wonderful, Moving and Honest

This book was excellent. Ben Sherman has written his story in an honest and respectful way. He does not present himself as a paragon of virtue, but a 23-year-old man who does not want to go to war. Very few of those young men did, but Sherman went anyway and is honest about how much he wanted out of the situation. I loved the descriptions of his buddies and I felt the story was better for his having let us see the beginning,...

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