In this collection of six short works of fiction, author Richard Michael O'Meara puts readers in the boots of infantrymen during the Vietnam War and takes them on a powerful experiential journey.

Beginning with basic training and ending with the difficult, often fraught, transition back to civilian life after the war, Going Home for Apples and Other Stories covers most of the aspects of military service during this controversial and often misunderstood period in US history.

With great compassion and without judgment, O'Meara marches his characters-and his...