He fought, he shot, and they shot at him; he saw how the jungle was burning, set on fire by napalm, and how easily human life was cut short. Brad Brekk, an American soldier who fought in Vietnam, talks about his experiences. If at first the war seemed to him a romantic adventure, then the very first battle revealed its ominous grin, its dirty, bloody underside. A foreign land, a foreign way of life, a foreign sky above your head, and in the end - a foreign war. It will forever remain with those who survived: like the terrible silence of the jungle, the crimson bursts of flame, the faces of dead comrades, the pain and despair of people drawn into a senseless and merciless massacre... Brad Brekk is an American journalist and writer. In 1966-1967 first as a gunner in the 1st Airmobile Division of the US Army, and then as a war correspondent, he fought in Vietnam. Participated in almost every major combat operation - from Da Nang to Saigon, from the Central Highlands to the Delta. He recreated the experience in his novel, where the war is seen through the eyes of a simple soldier who makes raids through the jungle, mourns his dead comrades, wanders through the brothels of Saigon and loses his last hopes. Translated into Russian, B. Brekk's novel was published for the first time and in a truncated form under the title "Vietnamese Nightmare" - the writer was unable to publish this tough and truthful book in his homeland.