An American Sin
, by Su, Frederick- ISBN: 9780971120600 | 0971120609
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/1/2001
"I killed because I was Asian fighting in an Asian war. How else could I prove I was American?" David Wong, the protagonist, asks. While on long-range patrol in Vietnam, he and his squad ran into an old Mama-san and her granddaughter. "We were in enemy territory. We couldn't handle excess baggage," he explains to his psychiatrist. "Our fear spawned a darkness in our hearts."