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Made in America, Sold in the Nam: A Continuing Legacy of Pain

Rick Ritter and Paul Richards, editors
Loving Healing Press (2007)
ISBN 9781932690248
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (5/08)

If you’ve read “My Tour in Hell,” the first book in this series by David Powell, then you’ll want to move on to this edition. This is book two in the Reflections of History series and it is absolutely magnificent. “Made in America” is a well written, true account novel of the men who fought and survived the Vietnam War. We hear poems and stories from them. We get to live their tragic, fearful and sometimes desperate lives with them as if we are there.

Some of the poems written in this novel are terribly sad, and sometimes really an eye-opening experience. There are stories in this book that will make us sit down and reanalyze our own lives. These men went through a great tragedy, not only while they were in Nam; they also share with us the great suffering that occurred once they went home. Things changed for many of the soldiers while they were away. Some lost friends, loved ones, marriages, children, and some lost their sanity.

As stated in the memoriam at the beginning of the book, Paul Richards, a Vietnam Vet who was killed shortly after the release of this book, survived his time in Nam only to be killed by a car while changing a flat tire on a foggy morning. I am sure that his loved ones and friends miss him, and I am grateful that he was able to share his stories with us before he passed. He was just one of millions who served their country only to be taken away too soon from this world.

The editors of this book did a terrific job. The reason for writing this book should speak for itself. We are fortunate that these men shared their experiences with us and that Paul Richards and Rick Ritter were able to bring it to us with these writings. “Made in America: Sold in Nam” is an adult book, mostly because of some explicit descriptions of the war. I am positive that you will enjoy every minute of this book as I have. I look forward to reading book three soon.

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