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--and a hard rain fell is John Ketwig’s nonfiction biography of a U.S. Army veteran’s experience in Vietnam. The narrative follows the soldier’s progression from upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnamese territory during the 1961‑1975 conflict. An updated edition adds a new afterword linking Vietnam to the Iraq War, underscoring the book’s ongoing relevance to contemporary readers. 
First publish date: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: John Ketwig
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