Lucky Charm Any war is a mix of patriotism, brotherhood, and a whole lot of luck. This is the incredible, often times hilarious story of Pat Moffett, a very lucky 20-year old, a self-admitted street-smart wise-ass kid from Brooklyn who in 1968 joined the United States Army’s famed 101st Airborne Division, and was shipped 8,000 miles away to the bloody War in Vietnam—and somehow, despite one misadventure after another, lived to tell this tale. Shortly after touching down in the Land of the Blue Dragon, Private Pat Moffett realized if he was to survive the madhouse of war he had to make the best of it. With a bit of Irish luck and the gift of blarney, Pat's true life wartime capers in Vietnam began with a vengeance, as he ran secret personal missions for army brass, became embroiled with currency schemes, the black market, impersonating officers, hijacking a helicopter to get pizza, dating bar girls, cutting deals, dodging bullets, picking shrapnel out of his butt, skirting police, getting dragged into street fights, being stalked by tigers, rescuing orphans, and going from being nearly arrested to getting a bronze star. But if it wasn’t for a fateful typographical error, Pat would have been assigned to a platoon that got entirely wiped out in a nightmarish jungle firefight. For Pat it was a lucky stroke, one that changed his life for good. Call it "survivor's gilt," a reminder of just how lucky he was during those fourteen months in 'Nam. "Lucked Out" is Pat Moffett's brilliant, irreverent firsthand account of his tour in Vietnam that ranges from the outrageous to the mind-bending, packed with action, but truly, in the end, is an embrace of all those with whom he was lucky enough to have served.