Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index.
Down in Egypt -- Where have all the flowers gone? -- A party school -- I felt I was born that weekend -- Maybe I can help somebody -- My life changed forever -- They stood alone -- Just a damn piece of metal -- Back in the world.
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Born in rural Illinois, Ken Kays was a country boy who flunked out of college and wound up serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. On May 7, 1970, after only 17 days in Vietnam and one day after joining a new platoon, the young medic found himself in a ferocious battle. As a conscientious objector, Kays did not carry any weapons, but his actions during that engagement would earn him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Yet Kays' valor came during just another unheralded fire fight near the end of a long and s.
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