I was a member of the 1st Brigade, 2/502 Infantry, 101st Abn Division. From January thru December 1967. I was assigned to B Company, 3rd platoon, the same platoon that manny garcia affirms to have been a part of during this time frame. It is my opinion that manny garcia's book is full of deception and half truths. Statements about our operations and jargon used in his book were positively NOT a part of our operations during 1967. There are key events that occurred during 1967 that were not included in manny garcia's blurb. This opinion is shared by myself and others who were actually in the platoon during this time frame. To say that manny garcia's opus is nonfiction is an insult to the men of our platoon and to the University of New Mexico. UNM editors are responsible for and in part share this fictionalized misstatement of a book.