In Refusal of Murder

It has been more than forty years since my outfit shipped out to the Vietnam war zone. When I read out the orders to the detachment of which I had charge, one of the seamen asked, "Why are we going?"

Taken aback, I had no intelligent answer for him.

Some say "America, love it or leave it." Jeff Knaebel left and explains why. 

Jeff Knaebel is an expatriate American domiciled in India since 1995. He formerly practiced as a registered professional engineer, having been trained at Cornell Univ. and the Colorado School of Mines.