Better Times Than These was about a rifle company in the Vietnam War whose lives and patriotism both are shattered. Groom's first novel was Better Times Than These which was published in 1978. Groom resigned to pursue a career in writing novels. newspaper covering the justice department and federal court system. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked as a reporter for the Washington Star, a Washington, D. Most of his Army service was with the Fourth Infantry Division. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Groom attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and the Army ROTC, graduating in 1965. Groom's earliest ambition was to become a lawyer like his father but, instead, while a literary editor in college, he chose to become a writer. Winston Groom was born in Washington, D.C., and was raised in Mobile County, Alabama, where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School).
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