Book excerpt: This book is about my three years in Vietnam as an Army Air Traffic Controller. This is not about a front-line infantry "Grunt." I was what is called a REMF. That anacronym is explained in my book. This is what happened to me and my fellow soldiers during my tours. I also flew as a door gunner on my days off for those three years. I have been around the southern tip of Vietnam and up to Dong Ha and Quang Tri near the DMZ In my three years in Vietnam, I flew over 1000 hours of combat time on my days off. I have been told that I should never have seen my 21st birthday. My "Welcome to Vietnam" in March '68 was a mortar attack as we got off the plane atTan Son Nhut Air Base. We were hit on my first night working as a controller. I spent three years "In-Country" as a controller. I started out in the Mekong Delta and worked my way north to Phu Bai which is just south of the DMZ.