Through the Water and the Fire: A Swift Boat Sailor’s Story

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While most of us who grew up within the late 60s and early 70s sentimentalize the flower-covered VWs, the Beatles, bell-bottom jeans and tie-dye t-shirts, or even the party-like atmosphere of one of the anti-war demonstrations, there exists a smaller segment of men who conversely recall days and days of sitting within the blazing sun, bathing in murky rivers, being bitten unmercifully by swarming mosquitoes, and being fired upon by a hidden enemy. Charles Hunt, the writer of Through the Water and the Fire: A Swift Boat Sailor’s Story, falls into this latter group. Throughout the pages of his book lies not just a true war story but also a history lesson, an autobiography, and a witness to the love and grace of God. In accordance with his letters and audios sent home all through his days serving on a Swift Boat, Hunt allows the reader to glance through a window into the mind, heart, and emotions of a Vietnam combat sailor in addition to glimpse his reflections of the Vietnam era as a retired veteran decades later. Between the covers of his book, he heralds the value of freedom, reveals the price of freedom, and shares his laments when sacrifice is wasted. —Laura T. Gainsborg

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