{"product_id":"boocoo-dinky-dow-my-short-crazy-vietnam-war-9781467955683","title":"Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War","description":"Grady Myers was an artistic but aimless teenager in 1968, when, desperate for troops, the U.S. Army overlooked his extreme nearsightedness and transformed him into Hoss, an M-60 machine gunner. His illustrated memoir \"Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War\" is by turns funny and sobering. Grady recounts his military initiation at Fort Lewis, where there could be a fuzzy line between training and torture. He describes the intensity of Vietnam, where an old man carrying a bundle of sticks posed a moral dilemma and a young man would weigh the burden of his virginity against the dubious pleasures of riverbank prostitutes. Grady's explosives-happy comrades in Charlie Company sometimes posed the greatest danger. But, in a dramatic ambush, that same bunch of crazy soldiers risked their lives to save his. \"Boocoo Dinky Dow\" is how American GIs heard the French\/Vietnamese phrase \"beaucoup dien cai dau\" for \"very crazy.\" For more information, visit www.shortcrazyvietnam.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise from the Pacific Northwest Inlander: \" 'Boocoo Dinky Dow' offers readers a unique, intimate and often humorous glimpse into the absurdity and savagery of Vietnam.\" Grady Myers was a professional artist, working for the Boise and Spokane newspapers and then the U.S. Forest Service. He died in 2011. Co-author Julie Titone is a writer and photographer whose work has appeared in regional, national and international publications.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337798488338,"sku":"9781467955683","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_001cc4fa-6e89-4f73-af7e-748eabda76d7.jpg?v=1727969995","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/boocoo-dinky-dow-my-short-crazy-vietnam-war-9781467955683","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}