Meet the author of 'Don't Bunch Up'

CAMP PENDLETON — Bill Van Zanten, author of the new book “Don’t Bunch Up (One Marine’s Story),” will hold a book signing on Camp Pendleton October 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Captain Van Zanten was a member of the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines in 1966 — a year when any day could bring death or dismemberment from a Bouncing Betty or a punji stake, a firefight or a sniper bullet. He and his men faced B-52-sized mosquitoes, rain, heat, disease and a determined and elusive enemy who kept the Marines off-balance, edgy and sleepless. However, Captain Van Zanten persevered with a soldierly professionalism...