Book excerpt: THIS IS A HISTORICAL NOVEL CONCERNING MILITARY RESERVE UNITS FORM POST WORLD WAR II DAYS TO THE PRESENT. CAREERS, ATTITUDES, ASSIGNMENTS AND PERSONAL LIFE ARE REPRESENTED. LIVES AND TIMES IN THE RESERVES ARE TRACED THROUGH THE KOREAN CONFLICT, THE BERLIN CRISIS, THE CUBAN FIASCO AND FINALLY VIET NAM. THE RESERVISTS, THE WEEKEND WARRIORS ARE SHOWN IN THEIR DUTIES, INTERESTS, THEIR WORK, THEIR LOVES, BOREDOM AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THE FUTURE. WEEKENDS AND WEEKDAYS SPENT AWAY FROM HOME LEAD TO JOYS AND FRUSTRATIONS, BECAUSE OF WORLD CONDITIONS. RESERVE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND NATIONAL GUARD, AS WELL AS REGULARS WHO EXPERIENCED THESE ACTIONS WILL SEE THEMSELVES IN THE VARIOUS ROLES DEPICTED IN THIS STORY.