Friendly Fire examines the enduring relationship between brothers separated by the Vietnam War. Narrated with humor and insight in the first person by the younger brother; each brother learns that physical and emotional scars endure a lifetime.
Jack is drafted and Joshua joins to be with his brother. Both bear the scars inflicted growing up without a dad, with an alcoholic mom, by the war and by each other. Both boys are injured; both men seek forgiveness from the other.