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Dinner in Happy Valley: A Humorous Memior - If It Wasn't for the War

2016 paperback. 222 pages. 9" x 6"

On Day 2 in Vietnam, Captain Joe Bonpensiero is handed the responsibility of the 315th TAW (Tactical Airlift Wing’s) Aircraft Maintenance Unit, as all assigned officers depart taking a permanent holiday back to the ZI-(Zone of the Interior) USA. Faced with security breaches, incompetent record keeping and a bungled aircraft mechanical repair operation, Bonpensiero must cajole the unit into shape - or suffer the consequences - potentially ending his military career. He soon learns that bizarre humor, unorthodox methods and a home cooked meal is what keeps the human spirit pumping. Dinner in Happy Valley tackles the irrationality of war from a young officer’s perspective in the face of incompetent leaders and possible drugged-out pilot hellions. With a nod to Korea’s MASH and WWII’s Catch 22, “Bomb-Dispenser’s memoir is a wild and wacky tribute to his comrades-in-arms who carried on in the face of foolish bureaucratic demands, often resulting in dangerous SNAFU’S. He tells it like he lived it - the insanity of war with some of the finest enlisted and NCO’s around, while some wacko officers attempt to lead the charge.