Aaron Silberman News Today

Ronald Glasser’s 1971 book, “365 Days,” became part of the canon of firsthand accounts from the Vietnam War for its unblinking narrative on what he witnessed amid the young men whose lives were riven by horrific injuries and mental trauma.

Ronald Glasser trained as a doctor but left greatest mark as a writer who documented the physical toll of war.

His “365 Days” offered unvarnished, vivid sketches of soldiers injured in the war. He said it was a book he felt compelled to write.