Introduction General Hal Moore was perhaps the most respected American military officer of the Vietnam War. (Then Colonel) Moore was a dedicated and intelligent warrior, yet compassionate and inspiring. My connection to General Moore was through his friend and collaborator Joe Galloway, the famous war […]
Category: War and Military Stories
A few years ago I attended a Veteran’s event in Michigan where several of us authors of military writings were holding a book signing. I had the privilege of meeting fellow writer and Vietnam War Veteran John Podlaski and his wife. John is the author of the superb book Cherries: A Vietnam War Novel and […]
I recently connected with an old high school classmate, Norm Kober. Norm is a fellow USAF Vietnam War Veteran who has led a very interesting life. Here is Norm’s story in his own words: I have been a Chick-fil-A restaurant Operator for 37 years in […]
Never again will one generation of Veterans abandon another. ~Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) Introduction by JoAnn Forrester Vietnam! Vietnam, the war of the Baby Boomer generation has left a multitude of raw scars on our national conscience. A war, where 9.2 million American men and women served through-out the world during an […]
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young. ~ Gaius Octavius Thurinus ( Augustus)  My friend Jim Northrup recently passed away. Jim and I became acquainted at a veteran’s event in which he was […]
I flew to desolate fire bases filled with the tools of war and the men who used them. It was my job to perform the miracle of making the war disappear (however briefly) for boys who had been trained to kill. It was my mission to raise the morale of children who had grown old […]
No Peace We came home nearly forty years ago to a place that we didn’t know, and that didn’t know us. We tried our best to fit in, to go back in time, trying to return to who we were and what we had been just a few short years earlier. For most of us […]
We were castoffs and slaves, orphans and unwanteds and used-to-be princesses…and we were mighty. ~Lesley Livingston, The Valiant One of the many unfortunate by-products of war are orphans. The orphanages near our base at Phu Cat, Vietnam were visited by the base chaplains who brought sustenance in the way of food, clothing, and […]
Many people have asked about the characters of my books, The Kansas NCO and Back To The World, particularly during speaking engagements. All of the characters in the books are based upon real people, and exhibit characteristics from those people. Some are based more on fiction than on fact, others more on fact than fiction. […]