That Shade of Green

In February of 1971, twenty-two-year-old
Robert Poindexter involuntarily entered the U.S. Army for a
two-year tour of duty. A recent college graduate, his plan
for a career in advertising would have to wait. In this
memoir, Poindexter provides a firsthand, and often humorous,
look at his military experiences.
Based on journal
entries written during the period, Poindexter narrates his
entire experience from being drafted; to the induction
ceremony; traveling from Chicago to Fort Campbell, Kentucky,
for basic training; attending Air Defense School in Fort
Bliss, Texas; and thirteen months of serving in Korea.
Making the best of his situation, he tells how he was
determined to find a niche in the Army where a man could
serve two years without getting shot.
Sharing some
fond and not-so-fond memories, That Shade of Green narrates
Poindexter's nineteen-month stint in the Army and shows his
transformation from a twenty-two-year-old kid just out of
college to a twenty-four-year-old man.