{"product_id":"if-i-die-before-i-wake-9798990398016","title":"If I Die Before I Wake","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year was 1968. I had already been in Vietnam for five months. I was 20 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn August 1967 I was drafted out of my Anaheim, CA. home, and was no more aware of a Vietnam than I was aware of any \"domino theory that was forcing the U.S. to escalate it's draft mandate. It was the time of The Tet Offensive, Apollo 8 orbiting the moon, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy; and about all my 19-year-old self could think about was getting gas money for my 1957 Chevy, and what girl I could take-out and impress with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Greeting: You are hereby ordered for induction in the Armed Forces of the United States.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis rude awaking of the Military Draft Notice, and the Induction system in general, shocked, and insulted my young artistic sensibilities - like it must have for most of the 300,000 American men drafted that year, that opened that envelope, and reacted with the same combination of panic, anticipation, and resignation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I'm sure some of the men\/boys - as at 19 some of us were still boys - did support the war, at least initially. And as my Dad served in the Army during WWII, I did have the feeling that this was an obligation, something that I should do - But nothing could have prepared me for what was to come..\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.H. Cline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798990398016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"G. H. Cline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733050945717,"sku":"9798990398016","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/if-i-die-before-i-wake-9798990398016","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}