A collection of photo illustrated war and post war vignettes, short stories, war nightmares, war poetry and travel writing by a Vietnam combat medic. Site includes war related videos and documents. There is some harsh language.
In 2017 Medic’s poem “Forty-Five Days”, first published in The Chiron Review in 2017, was included in The Inner Voice and the Outer World, a compilation of writings by veterans and their families from the Gloucester Writer’s Center “Cape Ann Veterans Writing Workshop” which was taught by the book’s editor, Dorothy Nelson.
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photo: Delta 1/7 First Cavalry third platoon members (left to right) front row-Shake ‘n Bake, Gary Williams, Jim Lamb, Steve Melhop. Back row-Mike Derrig, Ray Williams, Knuckles, John Roop, Joe Dorio. LZ Compton, An Loc, 1969. Author’s collection.
Medic Reads Two Poems
In 2017 Medic’s poem “Forty-Five Days”, first published in The Chiron Review in 2017, was included in The Inner Voice and the Outer World, a compilation of writings by veterans and their families from the Gloucester Writer’s Center “Cape Ann Veterans Writing Workshop” which was taught by the book’s editor, Dorothy Nelson.
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photo: Delta 1/7 First Cavalry third platoon members (left to right) front row-Shake ‘n Bake, Gary Williams, Jim Lamb, Steve Melhop. Back row-Mike Derrig, Ray Williams, Knuckles, John Roop, Joe Dorio. LZ Compton, An Loc, 1969. Author’s collection.