Poppy3
Jack was one of the War dogs who worked with the American soldiers in Vietnam. Approx 4,000 dogs served,, but the US government refused to bring them home at the war's end. "Finding Jack" was written as a tribute to the real Vietnam War dogs only 200 made it back to America the rest were abandoned.
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west-bus
Thank you dopey for posting this and making us aware of this fine novel which is readily available from Amazon and all good bookshops.
Finding Jack, by Gareth Crocker
St. Martin’s Press, 304 pp.
In his debut novel, Gareth Crocker pays homage to thousands of unsung war heroes: dogs. Highly trained and fiercely loyal, canine soldiers risk their lives for their fellow fighters with little fanfare. Some 50 years ago, a reported 4,000 dogs served in Vietnam, where they sniffed out explosives and led troops to safety. After the conflict ended, however, only 200 of them made it home. The rest, labeled “surplus military equipment,” were left behind. From such distressing facts Crocker builds the premise of Finding Jack.
After a great personal tragedy, Fletcher Carson enlists to fight in Vietnam. There his nights are haunted by the past and his days by the horrors of war. When a critically wounded yellow Labrador limps toward his unit, Fletcher feels compelled to save him – against his lieutenant’s order. Jack, as he comes to be named, miraculously survives, and a bond is irreversibly tied.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
