Amid 150,000 people, the author re-meets an old schoolmate at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication in Washington, DC on November 13, 1982**,** and what unfolds is a love story between two unlikely people; Mike, a veteran of the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep), Ranger Medic and LRRP , haunted by his time in service, and Martha, a successful NYC entrepreneur and designer with a client list of fashion superstars . (Perry Ellis, Eli Tahari, Henri Bendel, Angelo Donghia, Willie Smith, Levi Strauss & Co.) Through their 3003-day journey, Martha eloquently describes their effort to recover Mike's "lost" self as he is diagnosed with PTSD , (little known at the time) as well as Martha's own recovery after the loss of their child, poisoned by Agent Orange . Now, Martha's clients are dying of****AIDS . Martha tells the story partly through Mike's letters , from their early romantic stages, and after the couple is married when Mike re-ups in t****he USArmy . **Through their letters, it becomes both of their stories,** A Generational Memoir .