GENRE: FICTION

Characters!

• Main Character: Morris (nickname Mo)

• Family: Morris’ mom

• Friends: Rudi, Ivan, Beck

• Navy Friends: Rivera (Vera), Moses, Bruise and Seven

setting

• The setting in the beginning of the book is Boston, Massachusetts.

• The setting in the middle of the book is on the uss boston in the gulf of tonkin and the navy there is called blue water navy because it is in calm seas.

• The setting in the end of the book is in the mekong delta and the navy there is called the brown water navy because it is along the jungle and the water is brown.

plot

• THE PLOT of this story IS four friends who end up in vietnam because of a friendship oath they made during middle school. The oath was that if one of them was drafted into the war they would all go to protect each other and stay together.

problem

• Morris and his three friends are separated during Vietnam because they are in different branches of the service.

• Morris tries to contact his friend ivan by radio phone but can’t reach him.

solution

• During morris’ second tour he gets letters from his friends beck and Rudi.

• Finally he reaches his friend ivan on the radio phone during a typhoon.

SHIPS SERVED ON

• USS BOSTON – a heavy guided missile cruiser• Riverine assault force vessel

Jobs in the navy

• Aviation electrician’s mate third class (ae3)• Communications officer• Midship terret gunner

SUMMARY

• The main character morris had a bad dream about him and his friends being hurt in the military.

• Morris and his 3 best friends made an oath when they were in middle school to all join the military if any of them were drafted so they would all protect each other.

• As they grew up they always hung out and did everything together.

SUMMARY

• Since rudi was the oldest of the friends, because he was held back in school, he was drafted into the marines before anyone else.

• To keep the oath, morris and his other two friends joined other branches of the service.

• Morris started out in the navy as an Aviation electrician’s mate third class (ae3).

SUMMARY

• While morris was in the navy he got letters from two of his friends, but never got a letter from ivan, so he was worried about him.

• After serving some time he got to go back home and spend time with his mother. Right before he went to bed he had a feeling there was a reason to go back to the uss boston.

SUMMARY

• not long after he was called back. When he got there he was reassigned to the Riverine assault force vessel with the jobs of Communications officer and Midship terret gunner.

• While on this vessel they were involved in combat.

• While he was still on the vessel there was a typhoon.

• During the typhoon he was finally able to communicate with ivan BY RADIO PHONE and he was fine.