Diary of a Mad Puerto Rican

About the Book

This book is the true story of a young man who loses his innocense in the war of Vietnam and his battle to overcome his many problems after the war. Three parts. His Childhood, His time in the Army and His life after the war. Filled with dozens of photographs of actual events  places and people.

About the Author

Angel C. Rivera was born in Coamo Puerto Rico. He spent most of his life trsaveling all over the United States and overseas with his family because his father was in the Army. He joined the U.S. Army in October 1968, went to Vietnam and got out of the Army in 1971. He decided to write this book to try to understand what was going on in his head and to let people into the mind of a combat soldiers sadness, sorrow and pain.