Naked Heart This was a story of a young man form east Bronx on his journey through basic training to the front and home once again. He described the events and people along the way, including his true feelings. He was eighteen when he was drafted just beginning college. Harry was a very intelligent young man who entered a program called the ASTP, which was the Army Specialized Training Program. It was a program for …showed first 75 words of 1062 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1062 total…officers would have been nicer to the troops in order to raise and keep morale high. This was a very interesting book and I’m glad that some of these people will write and talk about it. There are only facts in textbooks, no first hand accounts or feelings. It also makes the tragedy of war seem much worse. In there eyes they hope that this will prevent more by sharing their stories. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**