THE COWARDLY LION, Book Two, Chapter LIII

THE COWARDLY LION, Book Two, Chapter LIII

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I lay in bed, my body wanting to fall into a restful and restorative sleep, but my mind was having none of that. In closing my eyes, I wasn’t taken back into combat, which happened only rarely and never when I was so tired. No, it was Gularte’s words about a possible...
From The Wilderness, Article One Hundred-Two

From The Wilderness, Article One Hundred-Two

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FROM THE WILDERNESS Newsreel By James Strauss   Ken Burns and Lynn Novick have made a ten part series about the Vietnam War, and it’s been making headlines for its truthful veracity.  These two “Hollywood-style” historians present that war, as they have presented...
From The Wilderness, Article Forty-Nine

From The Wilderness, Article Forty-Nine

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THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS BALL Newsreel By James Strauss   Today, November 10th, is the Marine Corps birthday, going back to 1775. Why has this birthday celebration become so popular and relevant in modern times.  The Marine Corps, a relatively small military...
THE COWARDLY LION, Chapter XXII

THE COWARDLY LION, Chapter XXII

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It was hard to imagine, much less witness, that everything my wife, daughter and I owned could be fit into the interior spaces of a 1966 GTO. Nothing was attached or tied on the outside. I’d been raised in a Coast Guard family where the frequent moves were paid for by...
The Cowardly Lion, Chapter XIV

The Cowardly Lion, Chapter XIV

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I’d been home for a week before my first contact came in from Oak Knoll, but it wasn’t from the medical side. It was from Johannson, the Marine Corps liaison officer both Mary and I’d dealt with when I was in the ward with the other prisoners. The call came in at...