Fifty-four years ago today, I was in training on the Island of Okinawa. This training was for a new tactic specifically designed to surprise the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the Viet Cong. Marine strategists determined we had to get the...
moreTHE BOOK IS FINISHED!!
The book is finished! Yes!! I’m soliciting for an agent right now and hope the book will be published soon. If I can’t land an agent right away, I will self publish and get it out. The book is fantastic and better than I ever...
more13 MONTHS, A Vietnam War Story is almost finished!
As you may or may not know, 13 Months has 13 Chapters. Each chapter represents each months served from February 1967 to February 1968 during the height of the war. It’s a memoir of compassion, personal struggle and survival. Feel...
moreThe 2 Engineers
This story is about two engineers who try to defuse a bomb and their tragic outcome due to poor judgment.
moreThe Youngest VC.
An amazing and touching story with interactions between a Marine & an unexpected visitor who becomes a part of our platoon for two days. A true story of the tragedy of war.
moreSnipers in the village.
The next story takes place in the Qua Son Valley. This was a hotbed of enemy hiding and ambushing us all the time. Every time we swept through this one particular village we would get fire. Our Platoon Sergeant set up a trap for the...
moreThe Grenade And The Kids.
The Grenade and the kids. I’ve just finished a story about 5 little kids and an incident we had with a grenade. We start off on the USS Okinawa LPH (Landing Platform Helicopter). It’s a small WW II aircraft carrier converted as...
moreFinished the battle for C-4.
13 Months. Army served 12 months. Marine’s had to do 1 better. Thus the name 13 months. The book will start out Month 1. (January 1967) and end February 1968. A chapter for each months served. I just finished a story in Month 11. A...
moreA Vietnam War Story
I graduated from Chicago’s Mendel Catholic High School in June 1966. Played football and basketball all the way through. Vietnam was a million miles away from this 18 year olds life. Kathy was my first love. She was my sweetheart for...
moreBilly Taylor
This story is about a young black Marine that came to our platoon early in November, 1967. It starts out at a place called A-4. A-4 was one of McNamara’s bases to stop the infiltration of the North Vietnamese to South Vietnam. McNamara...
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