In this exclusive excerpt from his memoir, Robert Nylen, a founder of New England Monthly, is in the heat of war in Vietnam—and describes it in detail. Nylen died in December, before his memoir was released.
Whamcrack! It exploded—close—too close to our lead guy, a big black dude from the 2nd Platoon. The Specialist Fourth Class was throwing a grenade at the bunker as a rocket charge blew into tiny, lethal shards.
