As one of more than two million draftees called upon to fight in the Vietnam War, 19-year-old Allen Hoe thought he would serve his time and then his life would return to normal. He couldn't have imagined that his 10-month combat tour would make him what others describe as a soldier's soldier. The longtime Hawai‘i attorney reflects on the wartime experiences that forever shaped his civilian life.

Allen Hoe reads from To My Grown-Up Son.