Fallen Angels
By Walter Dean Myers
The Real War
Fallen Angels is a story about Richie Perry. This very young man enlists in the military to go to Vietnam. Through this book Richie befriends many other soldiers and goes through much grief and sorrow as he learns that war isn't like how it is seen in the movies.
"My father used to call soldiers angel warriors, because usually they get boys to fight wars. Most of you aren't old enough to vote yet."
- Lieutenant Carroll
The Death
A makeshift grave marker for a fallen soldier in vietnam
The Acton
Soldiers Jumping out of a helicopter going into the battle zone
The Caution
A U.S. Vietnam patrol
read about how these frightened young men pushed through this hard a grueling war
Don't be the last one to go back to the past and see how the Vietnam War really was.
“Fallen Angels is a tale that is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, touching and, on occasion, humorous.”
- New York Times