Publisher's Synopsis
In the early sixties, eighteen-year-old Jose Lozano, with a fake birth certificate, immigrates to the United States. He assimilates quickly, purchasing a car, his driver's license, registers for the draft, and is issued his social security card. He meets a beautiful girl, Angelina, but before their relationship matures, he is drafted. Jose quickly enlists into the Marine Corps. After his bootcamp and electronics school he is assigned to a helicopter squadron on their way to Vietnam. While on a mission to a forward operating base, Jose and his crew chief successfully help repel an enemy attack by a division size force. Jose is seriously wounded and eventually returned to the US for rehabilitation. The heart- warming ending will make everyone believe, dreams can come true.
