Fallen Angels

By Donny

Daringness and Terror and Death is Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers which recalls the Vietnam War through the eyes of Richard Perry an African American.

Perry is 17 and on his way to Vietnam, a new life and a whole new world. He volunteered to serve his country, unlike draftees. Thinking of his home in Harlem and his family though Perry has second thoughts.

The horridness of the war nearly takes him over. Death is the only thing that comes knocking at his door day after day, night after night, he just doesn’t answer. He has the same horrible food everyday, with little sleep and a shit load of mosquitoes. He wakens only the support of the platoon and safety of his gun.