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As a Vietnam Vet I struggled with this book. I was a medic with the 1st Cav, 15th Medical Battalion for 13 months. (May 1969 through June 19, 1970. I was also a Contentious Objector. I did not carry a weapon. I killed no one, but I became increasingly happy that others were willing to kill to protect me.

This book brought back the awful reality of war, and specifically this war, that I had managed to push below my conscious mind. You can’t train a man to kill, bathe him in blood, gore, fear, hate, and anger and expect he will act honorably all of the time. The phrase “Kill them all, let God sort them out! “ spoke volumes. By the end of my tour I knew that there was no God and so nothing would ever be sorted out.


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Word of Honor Nelson DeMille 9780446674829 Books Reviews

I have just finished reading this book, this time on my , for the second time. The first time that I read it was perhaps 12-15 years ago. Much was forgotten since the first read.
I had always thought that this was the best 'novel' that Nelson DeMille ever published and wrote, and I always thought that it deserved a second read. I am glad that I did read it again. Over the time span from the first reading much was forgotten except the main highlights. I am thrilled to have read it again and must state that I enjoyed it even more this time
If you have not read it then you are missing a great book.
Thank you Mr. DeMille! Every page is an adventure. It just appears so real and factual.
It is said that there are autobiographical similarities in Nelson DeMille's Word of Honor novel and his army tour spent in Vietnam as an army infantry platoon leader at about the same time the story plays out, 1967 - 1968. In my mind the similarity tends to enhance the reality of the book. The story begins when Andrew Picard, a novelist, publishes a Vietnam book, specifically about the so-called Tet Offensive in January 1968, titled Battle of Hue. In the book Picard identifies Lieutenant Benjamin J. Tyson as the army platoon leader of a unit suspected of massacring occupants of a hospital occupied by women, children, nuns and wounded enemy soldiers. Picard's book is published 18 years after the incident allegedly took place, and becomes an overnight success. With negative publicity brewing, the army and some Washington politicians are convinced the matter must be addressed, someone must be held responsible. Mr. Ben Tyson, who for the last 18 years has led an exemplary life with a wife and son as well as becoming a vice president of a large New York City firm, is notified that he is under an Article 32 investigation. Major Karen Harper, a smart and beautiful army JAG officer is appointed to investigate the incident in preparation for possible charges under Article 32 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, similar to a civilian grand jury. The book struggles through extremely detailed, protracted and sometimes boring narration. From the beginning, DeMille develops his characters extremely well, particularly his prime players. However, DeMille's writing is flawless; I rank him at the top of his class of story tellers for this genre. The book provides an army war college equivalency course in fundamentals of the UCMJ, Article 32 and military court-martial procedures.
Word of Honor is definitely thought provoking; it is not your everyday Vietnam novel. DeMille points out that the book is a story of love, survival, loyalty, betrayal, and, ultimately redemption. The author is fair and balanced in his political views.
The reader will not put this book down until the very last sentence. It is the best of the dozen DeMille books I've read. I rate Word of Honor a strong 5.
This book should be required reading in every university's history and philosophy departmental. The why of it is it recounts the horror of a war, a tragedy really,that should in retrospect never have happened. Mr. DeMille's passion for this story is self evident as he was a combat officer in the same war. He makes no excuses yet his eloquence is brilliant in the telling of this difficult time.
In this time of disposable, one wear clothes, shoes, coffee cups I read moanin n groanin about “it’s a long book” and want to hit something.
I’m a seamstress. I can whip up a quick, over the head, v neck cute cotton print sheath dress in an hour or.......I can construct most carefully of heavy satin, pure silk lining, sewn in corset bodice, bound buttonholes a work of art gown. Both cover the body. One is quick and serviceable. One is an elegant heirloom. Word of Honor is, in today’s book world, a long book. An elegant work of art to be read again every several years and recommended to grandchildren of age. As a woman of the time of Vietnam Nam....graduated HS 1963, graduated college 1967, at HS 10 year reunion we had three KIAs in Nam and several amputees......Nam was our war. Over the years we lost more to addiction and suicide. It was a messy, gruesome, non comprehensible war but this book isn’t a novel of war ......it’s a novel of humanity, tradition, perception.....and it’s one helluva good page turner. Sly wit, cute bits humor, attraction, fidelity almost lost but maybe not quite. I coulda handled a few more chapters.
When history teachers get to the Vietnam Nam “conflict”.....put the textbook in a drawer and assign this book to read. Your students will actually learn treasures to store up for their lives.
As a Vietnam Vet I struggled with this book. I was a medic with the 1st Cav, 15th Medical Battalion for 13 months. (May 1969 through June 19, 1970. I was also a Contentious Objector. I did not carry a weapon. I killed no one, but I became increasingly happy that others were willing to kill to protect me.

This book brought back the awful reality of war, and specifically this war, that I had managed to push below my conscious mind. You can’t train a man to kill, bathe him in blood, gore, fear, hate, and anger and expect he will act honorably all of the time. The phrase “Kill them all, let God sort them out! “ spoke volumes. By the end of my tour I knew that there was no God and so nothing would ever be sorted out.