Fallen Angels : Uncertain of his future goals, seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, a black high school graduate from Harlem, travel
s to Vietnam to fight in the United States Army. When Richie leaves basic training for Vietnam, he harbors a host of illusions about the war and the army. He confidently believes that the medical profile he has received for a knee injury will be properly processed and prevent him from engaging in combat. He also believes in the flurry of rumors about imminent peace and in the prevalent romantic myths about warfare. True / False
Richie eventually goes to war and is wounded but not fatally.
Peewee’s wounds are serious enough to earn him a discharge from the army. Peewee and Richie fly home on the same plane, along with caskets containing dead soldiers.
