Charley Trujillo, who wrote the 1991 American Book Award winner on which the film Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam is based, is our guide to the war and post-war experiences of five Chicano soldados from Corcoran, California. Corcoran sits in the lush San Joaquin Valley amid rich cotton fields and had long been a destination for Mexican migrants seeking work. For Larry Holguin, Miguel Gastelo, Frank Delgado, Jose Barrera and Trujillo himself this wasn't ancient history. They all grew up working in the fields alongside their parents and siblings, and shared a life and values not much different from that of their forebears.