Two Years to Serve: Recollections of a Drafted Marine

In 1966, at the age of 20, Thomas Elliott was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps. The transformation from carefree surfer to a hardened U.S. Marine required some serious re-programming. After boot camp assigned as a radio operator Thomas embarked on a harrowing adventure that would change his life forever, an odyssey that thrust him into the fire of combat in Vietnam.    Painstakingly recounted after more than 50 years, many spent trying not to remember, his unflinching memoir describe