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The life of Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey is at first glance a classic American tale. Raised on the Great Plains in a large family, the handsome young Bob Kerrey planned to be a pharmacist. But in 1969, with the call of the Vietnam War, he left the sheltered environment of Lincoln, Nebraska, and joined the elite Navy SEALS, never to return the same. On an early-morning raid in 1969, a grenade blast shattered Kerrey's right leg. Recounting that raid, he remarked, "In one explosive moment the physical strength of my youth was blown away." For his valor, Kerrey was given the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor, but the experience left him profoundly changed. His staunch support of the war yielded to acrid criticism, his patriotic cockiness replaced by awareness of the "tears of things." Today Kerrey compares the difficulty of his return to the Australian soldier and amputee in the song "And the Band Played 'Waltzing Matilda.'" After a long stay at the Philadelphia Naval Hospital, Kerrey returned to his beloved Cornhusker State, to a land where the calm and expansive prairies stand in direct contrast to the jungles of Vietnam. The transition would not be easy. With determ

Author

Harper, Ivy

Publisher

New York: St. Martin's Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312076603

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.3 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14