Following in the footsteps of Civic Action, A True Story, Year of the Monkey tells the story of how Major Rich Risner and Staff Sergeant Dick Petterson first met. In a never before told story, the two Marines were assigned to a secret mission in the 1950s that would affect them both for the rest of their careers and lives. Reunited in Vietnam, they found themselves again depending on each other for their very lives. With more harrowing detail and a surprising twist to the end not contained in Civic Action, Year of the Monkey is a page-turner full of action and suspense.