Viet Nam Body Count 
by Mushroom Montoya    (CreateSpace July, 2013) 

Viet Nam Body Count chronicles Mushroom Montoya’s first three months in the Viet Nam war aboard the USS Trippe.  He “feels” his own soul loss when he witnesses the deaths of  three boys in the first few minutes he is in Viet Nam.  His spirit helper, in the guise of a beautiful young Vietnamese woman, visits him during his meditations. He struggles to find ways to cope with the moral dilemma of war, all the while fending off his boss, Chief Jaffee, who is hell bent on getting him kicked off the ship because he is a “peacenik.” Montoya not only endures the daily bombardment, but he has to battle his own complicity in the war. This book provides an insight to the soul loss and the “ghosts” that haunt so many combat veterans.  Website

“Viet Nam Body Count,” …is painful, funny sometimes, and it manages to give a realistic sense of young men at war. Jerry Large, Seattle Times

For readers who enjoyed The Caine Mutiny and want to read a book similar to it in many ways—but which takes part in the Vietnam War—this is the book for you. I found it a refreshing contrast so many Vietnam War memoirs that laud the American war in Vietnam, but forget about all the innocent villagers who died from being shelled, and the many American soldiers who died as a result of indiscriminate friendly fire. David Willson, Vietnam Veterans of America

Mushroom’s thoughtful words gave much insight into the Viet Nam experience and aftermath.  This book helped me immensely to better understand the feelings my brother likely experienced when he was over there, plus his feelings/actions once he was back home. Margo Z.

…It (Viet Nam Body Count) goes beyond being an account of time spent at war; it gives a voice to the damage war causes to one’s soul. Sylvia Edwards

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