A bit of information I only brushed upon in the two SUN novels, not finding a good spot for expansion (who needs info-dumps, after all?), was that Will Booth did not, strictly speaking, join the Marines. Marine medics are provided by the Navy, even combat medics that end up serving with units in the field. So Will would have been directed to the proper service by his recruiter, undergone basic training with the Navy, and then taken further training as a combat medic at Fort Lejeune.
It is likely I will be able to fit more about this into the next novel. By the summer of 1969, Will will be in Vietnam. He is most unlikely to show up in person in the narrative but will, of course, be a topic among his friends. His romance with Kris is likely to survive at least that long. Long term? We’ll have to find out—which means the author hasn’t quite decided!
I have always intended him to survive the war, however. Killing Will would be a definite cop-out (do folks still use that expression?). He and Kris will have to work out their future eventually. So I suppose I am committing to further sequels, aren’t I?
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