For decades, the soldiers who served in Vietnam were shunned by the American public and ignored by their government. Even today, these soldiers have not received their due, and so the author of We Were Soldiers Once and Young teams with veteran Marvin Wolf to present these profiles. In stories that are touching and courageous, often startling, here are accounts of both the combat and postwar experiences of such figures as Frederick Wallace ("Fred") Smith, CEO and founder of FedEx; Marshall Carter, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange; and Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr., first African American in space