Care Under Fire

Throughout Care Under Fire, Strusinski discusses what it was like to be thrust into a training regimen designed to teach him everything he needed to know about saving a life in just ten weeks. He also explains how he felt when the transport he was on touched down in Saigon; and the significant things that happened in the warzone between the day he landed in Vietnam in Aug. 1967 and when he returned home 366 days later. Vietnam War Veteran's Memoir Wins National Recognition Bill Strusinski's Care Under Fire Has Been Named Best Military Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Strusinski did such a good job of transferring the raw emotion of what he went through from his psyche to his memoir, Care Under Fire, published by Calumet Editions of Minneapolis, has now won two national and one state book awards. The National Indie Excellence Awards has recognized Care Under Fire as the Best Military Non-Fiction Book of the year in its 15th annual contest. In addition, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards named it a finalist in the category, Memoirs (Overcoming Adversity/Tragedy). The book is also a recipient of the 2020 Veterans Voices Award from the Minnesota Humanities Center. Strusinski said, " I am humbled and proud to receive these prestigious recognitions, however these awards belong to all veterans who served in Vietnam. We all share the same stories about heartache, suffering and learning how to overcome adversity." Reviews coming in for the book have been very favorable. Jeff Howe, Lieutenant Colonel, Minnesota Army National Guard, Retired, said, "Bill Strusinski's Care Under Fire is a must read for military, combat medics, EMTs and all first responders! This is the self-help book for those of us that have served in the military or as first responders and have had to deal with PTSD, the haunting questions and guilt when we lose a soldier or patient. Questions like 'What did I forget to do' or 'Could I have done more?'"