John Stillman

Jumping from helicopters by John and Lori Stillman kept my interest throughout. However, I expected much more from this story. There was mention of ambushes, clearing villages, firefights, and men killed on both sides. However, there was no detail given for any of them. The story read like a diary with statements of fact taken from military after-action reports. I would surely have liked to find out how they died. What happened during ambushes? What actually took place during these security missions for the Rome Plows and bridge guarding? A few episodes included details and emotion. If you want to read an overall summary of what one soldier experienced during his year in Vietnam, but without emotion or details, then get this book.

I would have given this book Three stars since it did keep my interest throughout, and I added a fourth star to commend this veteran for telling his story. I imagine that if John wrote this alone, it would have been much more fleshed out.… (mehr)