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At the Kenosha Area Vietnam Vets 2023 fundraiser with Bud, Marion and JoAnn. We raised many funds for local charities.

The Kansas NCO is loved by all creatures, great and small. (Credit Donovan Scherer’s Studio Moonfall)

Speaking at the Veterans Creative Arts Festival at the James Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Sept 2022
We are humbled and honored that On War, Fishing and Philosophy has been selected as the 53rd best fishing book of all time, by Bookauthority:
https://bookauthority.org/books/best-fishing-books

A fun day at the Kenosha Kingfish ball park with the whole family. We had a great book signing day while there.

Otto Reetz of Wounded Warriors of Wisconsin United, accepts books donated by Joe for future fundraising events

With Tom Banner, President of the local Vietnam Veterans of America, at a recent book signing in Racine, Wisconsin
Veteran’s Radio recently featured Dwight Zimmerman from the Military Writer’s Society of America. (MWSA) Dwight selected my book “On War, Fishing and Philosophy” as one of the best out of the Military Writer’s Society of America authors for 2021. Dwight’s discussion is about 47 minutes into the show:
On War, Fishing and Philosophy has been rated number seven for books of it’s category for 2021!
https://bookauthority.org/books/new-fishing-books

Had a great turnout at the Hero’s Cafe for our recent book signing. JoAnn managed the event, and did a great job!
Recent interview with Happenings Magazine:

Joe with other Veterans at the Wounded Warriors on the Water event. Joe had the honor of being the Emcee at the event banquet
A copy of The Kansas NCO resides in the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in Chicago, Il.
https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/library/online-catalog/view/oclc/895268042

With The Kansas NCO on the path to becoming a motion picture, we’ve started doing some promotional work.

On a book tour in Toledo, Ohio, screen writer Charissa Gracyk who is writing a screenplay for The Kansas NCO, her mother and my friend Larry Montrie who I served in Vietnam with.
Three Wars has now been released and is available on Kindle and paperback; via Amazon, or this website.

Alyssa from “The Highground” Veteran Memorial in Neillsville, Wisconsin holding my books which they offer in their gift shop.

A wonderful play about 5 nurses in Vietnam; put on by the Lakeside Players of Kenosha, Wi. I was honored to speak to the audience before the last showing.

The Air Force Commendation Medal for my service in Vietnam was awarded to me at Commander’s Call at March Air Force Base upon my return.

I spent much of the last two months of my tour of duty in Vietnam working out of this bunker, with members of the Republic of Korea Tiger Division. A great bunch.

I was honored to be a guest at the 65th Combat Engineer Battalion reunion, Oct 1st, 2016 in Pulaski County, Missouri.

Spooky AC-47 gunship from the Vietnam War. I flew several missions humping cargo on the unarmed version.

Patch of the Republic of Korea Tiger Division. I spent much time with these stalwart warriors in Nam. They taught me Taekwondo. Kim Jun-Ki and I became friends and corresponded for many years until I eventually lost track of him.

ROK Tiger Division soldier and friend Kim Jun-Ki, a young Vietnamese boy we called “Sun”, Christmas in Vietnam, our hooch dog “Noah”