FROM BROOK PARK OHIO TO BIEN HOA VIETNAM: MY DAD'S VIETNAM STORY

Per my dad's wishes, all proceeds will be donated to Veteran's groups.

This is my father's Vietnam story told by him. He describes how he was mistakenly drafted while in school, went to take his physical, took the oath then found out his paper work went through removing him from the draft. There was no changing it. That evening, he was on a plane to Georgia for basic training. It was May of 1966.

The book starts with his trip to downtown Cleveland to take his physical. It continues with basic training in Fort Benning, Georgia then Fort Dix, New Jersey, jungle warfare training at Fort Stewart, Georgia followed by a three week trip on the USS Geiger troop carrier to Vietnam. Much of the book details his experiences as a member of the 34th Engineering Battalion near Bien Hoa Airbase, how he was able to finish his tour early followed by his trip home as the Tet Offensive began.

Over the last 10 years, my dad has suffered from Vietnam PTSD. For 50 plus years, he kept his experiences bottled up until recently. After carefully asking, my dad reluctantly agreed to be interviewed. In this book, my goal was to preserve his stream of consciousness as much as possible. He would randomly jump from memory to memory especially about his experiences in-country. Memories would start to flow faster and faster filled with with raw emotion. You could see it in his face. We would have to stop on more than one occasion.

The book is split into three parts with many photos: Getting drafted and basic training, Vietnam and the 34th Engineering Battalion, then the trip home and back to a "normal" life.

The book is dedicated to all of the men and women who served in Vietnam especially those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.