REVIEWS

So I just finished Edmond J. Cubbage's book, Just a Kid from  Swampoodle to Vietnam,  and I have to say it was very fascinating.  It  was a quick read of a collection of first hand stories written by the  person who was there. I throughly enjoyed reading about the memories as  if I was in the room with Mr. Cubbage listening to him tell the stories  himself. From boot camp, to volunteering for jump school for an  additional $55 a month, to his longest day where he threatened another  soldier to let him and his buddy Carson into their bunker while they  were in the heat of battle. The stories gave an enlightened view of a  war that many don't understand or care to understand. Thank you Mr.  Cubbage for writing this and thank you for your service.  

 If you love listening to your dad and his  friends telling their tales  of Vietnam this is a book for you. In this book Mr Cubbage shares his  experiences of his time in the service. While most are pretty funny,  it’s far from glamorous. I think each story should be read with a beer  in your hand imagining yourself listening to the guys in the bar. From  the prospective of a Philly kid. Well done.  

A very good book, I enjoyed this book from start to finish. The book  had humor ,but also the sadness, that was always part of the Vietnam  War. I highly  recommended it, for it's honest account of what life was  like, for a soldier in Vietnam.  I read it in one sitting, enjoyed it to  much to stop. Michael J. Walsh  

I really enjoyed Mr. Cubbage's insight on his experience in Vietnam. I thought it was a brutally honest view
of  a typical young city kid's perspective of his experience during his  time in Vietnam. I especially liked his tribute to all his fellow  soldiers who fought with him there.  

I received my copy the other Day and I started to read it and I  couldn`t put it down, it is very well written and You could put your  imagination to work and you could envision what Ed was writing about. I  would highly recommend this Book!!  

Read it in 2 days with about 10 hours of actual reading. It just makes  you want to find out what happens next. I hope the author didn't pay  his editor much cause on one page he misspelled his CO'S name 3 times.  Its amazing to me (being a USMC Vietnam era veteran) the amount of  disrespect they army put up with from the author and his fellow  soldiers. But that was a sign of the times. Absolutely worth the read.  

Read it in 2 days with about 10 hours of actual reading. It just makes  you want to find out what happens next. I hope the author didn't pay  his editor much cause on one page he misspelled his CO'S name 3 times.  Its amazing to me (being a USMC Vietnam era veteran) the amount of  disrespect they army put up with from the author and his fellow  soldiers. But that was a sign of the times. Absolutely worth the read.  

Father’s Day present for husband. He very much enjoyed this memoir as he too is a VietNam veteran.  

Well Done and colorful recollections that took a young man from sanity to insanity!  WAR!!    

I have searched for years to find someone who was in Vietnam with my  husband.  My husband died over there but Edmond knew him and spoke of  him in the book. The book is well written.  I hope to speak with Edmond  sometime in the near future! I was married to Richard Recupero.