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  • Notification-of-Next-of-Kin

    This short story is based on actual events during one of my early military assignments. I’m posting it early this week. I’m undergoing some minor out-patient surgery and I won’t be able to make my normal Friday morning posts. Enjoy! One of the most difficult duties that any soldier can be assigned is to be… →

  • Vietnamese/US Military Ranks

    Throughout my books I have always tried to use the Vietnamese rank when I was writing about dealing with my counterparts. In all of the books when I have used the rank for the first time I have added a footnote to the page because the Vietnamese language is so much different than is the… →

  • WEST POINT?

          When I enlisted in the army in 1968, I had to take an extensive preinduction physical, in the words of Arlo Guthrie, in his classic song “Alice’s Restaurant”, “they left no parts untouched”. There were also scores of mental examinations that had to be taken as well. These mental tests determined what area soldiers… →

  • “Stealing My College Degree Fair and Square”

    When I talk to people about my time in the military one of the things that I am very proud of is the comment that I often make that “I stole my college degree fair and square”. So, what did I mean by this? You see I took advantage of everything that I could possibly… →