Stay Safe Buddy - A Story of Humor and Horror During the Korean War (Paperback)

Promised that he wonat have to fight in combat, instead of being drafted for two years, 19-year-old John Lefter enlists for a three-year hitch in the Army Security Agency and ends up in the Korean War. At first, Lefter has a acandy assa assignment 30 miles behind the fighting area. He spends a lot of time drinking beer, laughing, and partying. Then he is forced to face his own mortality after being assigned bunker duty in the fighting area. He breaks down after his foul-mouthed buddy is hit with burp gun fire while saving Lefteras life. In a hospital psychiatric ward, his recovery is aided dramatically by an innovative doctor and the only man he has ever hated. Back on the front line and atop the bunker celebrating just after the cease-fire, Lefter is again confronted with a shocking incident that takes him over fifty years to find closure for.