Beneath the Seventeenth: From Vietnam to Home reveals war through the eyes of a horse, offering a rare perspective on survival and healing. The Vietnam War left combatants struggling to silence memories they could not escape. Many weary warriors sought refuge-some in bottles, others in chemicals. ----- Too often, the burden proved unbearable, ending in self-inflicted death. Yet there was another path. For some, solace came not from substances, but from a horse-a descendant of a bloodline that had carried men through America's wars, standing steadfast beside those who fought to defend the defenseless.