In Pharaoh's Army



In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War is a memoir by Tobias Wolff. The book was originally published on October 4, 1994.

The book chronicles the author's experiences as a US Army officer in the Vietnam war. Before beginning his tour of duty proper, Wolff spent a year in Washington, DC learning the Vietnamese language; prior to that he had been trained as a paratrooper. Wolff was stationed with South Vietnamese Army soldiers near My Tho and he was present during the Communists' Tet offensive. The memoir includes a recollection of that battle as well as vignettes of various personal experiences, both in and out of Vietnam.

The book picks up more or less where Wolff's first memoir, This Boy's Life, leaves off. It was a National Book Award finalist for nonfiction.