Joe Fair's "Call Sign Dracula" reads like a journal a descriptive person may have kept about their 1 year experience fighting in Vietnam. He gets right to it too... sure, he gives a LITTLE information about his life before the war, but he gets to the meat of things pretty quick.
The book doesn't follow the traditional format of a book either. He rambles a bit about his friends, what happened to them, what happened to him, etc. You feel like you are setting next to Joe listening to his many stories from that time in his life.
There is a huge picture section, but a lot to read too. You get the good- Joe gets the girl and lives happily ever after, but you get the bad too- a friend accidentally shoots and kills a buddy while they are horsing around.
I really like this book. I know a lot of Vietnam vets are super reluctant to discuss their time in that war, and it is to Joe's credit that he has put this book out there. Readers, and historians for generations to come will be glad that it exists. This one gets my highest recommendation.
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