Category Archives: war

In the Belly of the Animal Kingdom

As I strug­gled with the appear­ance of the white knight, I grew extremely agi­tated. Hav­ing just had not only my horse, but my gal as well, stolen right out from under­neath me by this vil­lain, was I left stand­ing there, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Through the Looking Glass

I’m not goin’ to the brig,“ I insisted when, later on that morn­ing, I resumed the con­ver­sa­tion where she had left off, the night before. “You’d choose death over life?“ she asked. “I don’t under­stand.“ “May I have your atten­tion, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Another Round of Harassment Interdiction

Mean­while, the David­son had returned to the gun line for another round of harass­ment inter­dic­tion, to put an end to Viet Cong activ­ity in the Rung Sat Zone of the Mekong Delta. In response to an emer­gency call, one night, … Con­tinue read­ing

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An Animal Transgression of the Law

Hav­ing inter­nal­ized the war in Viet­nam, I found my self get­ting less ’n’ less sleep after our guns had come on line. Forced to par­tic­i­pâté in an effort, totally repug­nant to me, was I con­sumed by my own mis­ery when … Con­tinue read­ing

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Who Are You?

With your guns & drums ’n’ drums & guns, hur­roo, hur­roo,“ repeated my fac­ul­ties, over ’n’ over, in a barely audi­ble chant that quickly ground to a halt beside the dead man’s body. “With your guns & drums ’n’ drums … Con­tinue read­ing

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Humpty Dumpty Had A Great Fall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,“ rem­i­nisced my shadow over the plight of this poor egg. As I stood in this Asian gar­den, wait­ing for the sun to shine, I was inevitably forced to endure the scorch­ing heat of the … Con­tinue read­ing

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Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,“ enig­mat­i­cally pro­claimed that eggheaded shadow of mine. As the David­son expended thou­sands of rounds of five-​​​​inch shells on enemy tar­gets within range of its ghastly guns, in the days ’n’ nights that fol­lowed, I … Con­tinue read­ing

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The Man This Naughty Boy Had Become

And so was I left stand­ing in the bushes beside the lane, star­ing down the end of a rifle, with a gook in my sights. “Remem­ber, my son, you are three per­sons in one,“ admon­ished my men­tor, as I stewed … Con­tinue read­ing

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They Never Will Take Our Sons Again

You don’t belong here,“ emphat­i­cally insisted all my fac­ul­ties. Had I heard them right? Or had I only heard what I wanted to hear? If that were true, I cer­tainly would not have wanted to hear again, that I did … Con­tinue read­ing

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The One Voice

As my head spun round and round, faster ’n’ faster, I got caught up in a whirl­wind of such mag­ni­tude it lifted the ship right out of the water with me cling­ing onto it for dear life. While it dropped … Con­tinue read­ing

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