A native of Western Massachusetts, first-time author David Smith captures the turbulence of the Vietnam era in an adventure and romance piece summoning from his own experience as an enlisted soldie...view moreA native of Western Massachusetts, first-time author David Smith captures the turbulence of the Vietnam era in an adventure and romance piece summoning from his own experience as an enlisted soldier in the mid ‘60s and early ‘70s. Smith reentered the U.S. Army as a chaplain 20 years after the story’s period, serving in New Jersey and Germany. He retired from the Vermont Army National Guard in 2003, and currently lives with his wife, Leigh, in St. Albans, Vermont, where he continues contact with many veterans who fought an unpopular war, and who still bear scars from it.view less