ornelas, tell us about your book, why you wrote it, and what do you want folks to get out of it. dr. michaelell, i got a request from rudy razo. he had been collecting names, and his ambition was to write a book about the vietnams from our little hometown of guadalupe, california. we--i became interested because the number of veterans during the vietnam era was substantial. he had about 120 names that he would collect in the book. he shared the book with me. we started asking around, and we reached 250 vietnam-era veterans from the little town of guadalupe, california. i wanted people to understand the tremendous amount of contributions that were made by these gentlemen from this tiny little town, you know? many of them didn't have the option to go to college. they had very limited job opportunities in the area, but a substantial number of them went to the vietnam war. i want people to understand them, what they experienced, and their lives since vietnam 'cause they were never the same once they've left and came back. they were completely different people who suffered in private many times,