Fond memories growing up in the legendary small town of Mayberry, ( Mt. Airy, NC ) Andy Griffith's home town and also the home town of Donna Fargo and Tommy Jarrell. Author Jim Akers, takes you on a journey as a child and young man headed to Vietnam and beyond. Put yourself in the shoes of a young man from Small Town, USA, who found himself in the middle of the Vietnam War. Relive his experience as an American soldier in the years 1968 and 1969 with his account of his time spent in Vietnam. Find out what it was like in the day-to-day life of a soldier in the Vietnam War. The book begins with his experiences in training, taking you through his service in Ft. Bragg, Ft Polk, Vietnam, Hawaii and Ft. Lewis. You will find yourself captivated by the missions he performed in the jungles of South Vietnam

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After arriving in Vietnam, as very young soldiers we decided to make the most of this life and death situation. Engaging the enemy almost on a daily basis, there were still some normal times. These pictures depict mostly these " normal times ". The liberal media at the time of the Vietnam War would have everyone believe that we were nothing more than blood thirsty thugs, baby killers, rapists and murderers. This could not be further from the truth as these pictures will try to show. I served in 3rd platoon, Charlie Company, 6th of the 31st, 9th Infantry Division, also known as the Forrest Gump division, from October 1968 through August 1969… The Pictures selected are forty-four years old. These are the ones that survived many moves and even a house fire! I have restored them the best I could. They are the best quality possible. 152 Pictures

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A young, small town, mans account of his routine daily missions as an Infantry soldier during his tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Serving in Charlie Company, 6th/31st, 9th Infantry Division in 1968 until the first withdrawel of American troops in early August 1969

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This book of 25 bedtime stories (an Advent Calendar storybook) tells the story of six-year-old Belinda whose mom is deployed. While she's away, Mom tasks her daughter with a job worthy of a detective: figure out what it is that makes it Christmas. Every day, Belinda looks for clues to share with her mom on Skype or in a letter. Maybe Christmas is about the tree. Or the reindeer. Or snowmen. Armed only with a crayon, she is up to the challenge, and her dad puts the drawings on the wall of their kitchen, creating a colorful Advent Calendar that's uniquely their own. While Belinda hopes that solving the mystery will bring her mom home early, she knows for sure that it will make her smile. And she has a secret resource to help her when she's missing her mom - or looking for more clues! She calls Him "Howard" - as in "Howard be Thy Name." Howard provides a presence as the little girl hopes and prays for her mom to come home soon. Her journey from the snowman to the manger as she thinks about what Christmas means is one that she can share with her mom - even if they are far apart. The song that tracks Belinda's journey is called "Finding Christmas." Music and lyrics by the author of the book. It's available for listening at https://barbaraescher.hearnow.com/ The book is available at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+girl+who+found+christmas The author has looked for Christmas books for military families and found none. She hopes that this book will enable children to enjoy both the traditional Christmas and the spiritual one. And provide laughter, warmth, and connection to families, whether at home or apart. A copy is in the library at the VA Hospital in Tampa.

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Mitch McCasey is a troubled nineteen year old with a tragic past. Drafted into the US Army, Mitch is ordered to Viet Nam despite an exemption from combat duty. Bullied into service in the Da Nang Mortuary, he is confronted with handling mangled remains, the ever present stench, and constant reminders of how quick and frequently death arrives-the reality that he too might end up in a body bag. Befriended by compassionate officer and a back-woods farm boy, he struggles to maintain a semblance of sanity amid the carnage. In the midst of this hell, Mitch meets and falls in love with Bev, the girl of his dreams-someone very much alive in a sea of dead. Hopelessly smitten, he tries to escape the daily horrors surrounding him by planning their future together. But instead, finds himself dragged deeper into the conflict with each passing day. The mission of the work is to bring about an awareness of the incredible men who staffed GR and the devastation experienced by many of the soldiers who served in the war zone. While the characters are fictitious, all scenes depict in the novel are from actual events of the men who lived them. The numbers of the remains cited in COT were taken from DaNang mortuary records from 1967-1968.

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AMERICA, 1967 Dutch Blevins, who wouldn’t hurt a fly, is on his way to Vietnam. Howie, the centerfielder for the Lexiville Tigers Little League team, throws the ball everywhere except where he wants it to go. One struggles as an unarmed combat medic on sweltering tropical battlefields; the other strives to succeed despite his flaws. Together, they learn that some people can be heroes in the most unexpected ways. Four Buttons and a Baseball is a tale of adventure and heartache, pain and redemption, pride and celebration. It’s a story you won’t soon forget.

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Considering the suspicions, jealousies, bigotry and greed inherent when a foreign power occupies another Golden Ghetto: How the Americans and French Fell In and Out of Love during the Cold War tells an improbable story. If ever a US military base deserved the sobriquet Golden Ghetto it was the Chateauroux Air Station, for 16 years at the height of the Cold War it was one of the most desirable postings in the world. Historians and casual readers will be enthralled by this bird's eye view of how early Communist driven distrust never stood a chance against handshakes and smiles. The book is also available as an AUDIOBOOK on Amazon, Audible.com and ibooks. There is a five-minute audiosample on each site. The book is free on Amazon/Audible.com if a member signs up. There is a link on the Amazon site, or the URL link is https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=golden+ghetto+how+the+americans&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Agolden+ghetto+how+the+americans

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Operation Geronimo II is a novel written by retired White House appointee to the Department of Defense. It describes the use of advanced weapons with our Special Force units in a raid to secure bin Laden's four sons in Iran. The book covers a number of ways that new aerospace platforms and advanced weapons can be mated to give our military new abilities in the GWOT and in nation state conflicts. The novel has a surprise ending for the reader to resolve and consider. As the SEAL Team is compromised leaving the Tehran area for safety. The 512 page hardback comes also in a Kindle e-book version. Online resellers are Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Both new and used hardbacks are available.

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Real estate appraisers are making up to $100,000 or more each year. This e-book reveals insider secrets to the real estate appraisal profession. Introducing the first e-book about some aspects of actually doing real estate appraisals. Let me introduce myself. I'm a licensed real estate appraiser that has been appraising homes for over 10 years. I have worked in California and Colorado. I have made up to a $100,000 In a single year doing real estate appraisals. I typically work an average of 25 to 35 hours per week. I will admit there are schools that can teach you the fundamentals of real estate appraisal, but they don't teach you how to appraise a home or condo or multi family unit. This is a short simple book that simplifies how to perform an appraisal. Foreword This book is not an appraisal procedure book. This book was designed to explain The who, what, when, where, why and how of real estate appraisals. This book will motivate you to take the first step to a new career as a Real Estate Appraiser. This step will put you on your way to a six figure income. This book is not available anywhere else and is extremely affordable for the simple fact of inspiring you to start a great new future. I wish that this information was available in 2001 when I was lucky enough to find this industry. First let me tell you the benefits The benefits of R.E. Appraisal • Working from home • Large income potential • Setting your own hours • Time off when you want • No inventory • No marketing • No sales • No Boss • Less stress There are drawbacks in every career The drawbacks of R.E. Appraisal • Licensing and insurance • Training • Driving • Studying • Computer, software and camera My life’s story has been one of great success, followed by some failure which led me to a tremendous humbling of my nature. Then, I was able to re-build and focus on what makes me happy and successful. I started my work career at a very young age. I was about 5 when my dad would have me help him with his vending business. He owned several candy machines in different areas of California and Arizona. I mostly just helped clean the candy machines at first. As I got older I helped with the driving, collecting the cash, filling and cleaning the machines. I was paid $5 an hour. I feel like learning about work at such a young age instilled a good work ethic. By the time I was 18, I knew that I wasn’t ready for college. So I enlisted in the United States Navy. I took my ASVAB test and scored well enough to have a few options for an MOS. I chose Aviation Structural Mechanic because I thought if I learned to work on aircraft I could make a career out of it when I finished my 4 years in the Navy. When I finished my 4 years in the Navy I realized I didn’t get the experience I had hoped. I had worked much of the time on the line fueling aircraft, cleaning and inspecting. I went back to my home town of San Diego and I hoped to get a job at the airport. After sending several resumes in an attempt to get a position as a baggage handler, I finally got a position as a cargo handler. That job lasted approximately 3 months because $7.50 an hour was really hard to live on and the work wasn’t fun. I was constantly looking for a new career until I found a garage door company that was hiring. It was a small business run by a father and son which appealed to me. I learned a great deal from the father and son about small business. They became very successful and after three years working with them, I decided I really wanted to run my own business. I had purchased a condo after my second year with the garage door company and I had some equity, I realized I could pull some money from it to fund my first business. I researched some different business opportunities in magazines. I found one that promised big money fixing windshield chips and air brushing scratches on cars. I spent about $6000 on the equipment and another $2000 on an ad in a local magazine. Big mistake. I got a few calls and realized the system wasn’t nearly as easy as I thought it was going to be. I only tried for a couple months to make that business work before I realized I had to get a job again. In 2001 I was selling furniture and the company was going out of business. I had a female co-worker that said she was going to a real estate seminar held by Coldwell Banker. I was impressed by the seminar because they stated that the potential income of a real estate agent was huge. Now being the skeptic I am, I was doubting if I could do what these agents were doing. Plus, I couldn't afford the class or the insurance at the time. I knew the fact that more millionaires are made in real estate than in any other industry. So, I started to look into what other aspect of real estate that I could possibly do to make money. I researched real estate appraisal and was lucky enough to find an appraiser that was willing to teach me. If you're still reading this, then you believe you would like a better career with a better income and more freedom In your life. Take your first step to a rewarding profitable career. E-mail me at ryahur@msn.com for the free e-book

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Merry Christmas and a Happy PTSD
By Christopher Oelerich

I was a twenty year old Warrant Officer when I arrived in Vietnam in May 1969; was assigned to B Troop 7/17 Air Cav in Pleiku. Joined the Scout Platoon, spent my entire tour as a Scout and in that time saw my friends killed, captured, wounded and lose their minds. I arrived home in May 1970; my life inextricably altered nurturing a serious alcohol problem and raging PTSD. I have attempted to put down how I have dealt with Alcoholism and PTSD and managed to have a very, very good life.

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Gil Landon, a returning Vietnam veteran, has a pervasive feeling of angst. His love is gone, his graduate studies interrupted, his prospects for a job are bleak, and his treatment for a war wound mediocre. This is quite a plateful for a veteran to handle while trying to acclimate back into civilian life. To make his current state more tolerable, Landon begins a journey, an odyssey, if you will, to find some relief by seeking his past to improve his future. His voyage of discovery is prompted by the discovery of six letters, which he inexplicably finds in a shipping crate he sent back to himself from Vietnam. They belong to six wartime buddies, who Landon plans to visit and belatedly deliver their respective letters. The letters are the mysterious glue that holds the story together and propels it forward. As if by black magic, one of the letters brings him back to an old college anti-war adversary, Josh Hannigan, who knows the location of Landon's lost love: Becky Morris. Unknown to Landon, Hannigan is the fortuitous acquaintance of one of the letter recipients: Johnnie Krupke. Krupke's letter links him to Hannigan and Corsican heroin dealers. The hunt is on to find Landon and the evil contents found in Krupke's letter that Landon has in his possession. Through a series of flashbacks, both to Landon's college days and his Vietnam experiences, the characters are defined and shaped. The major players all come together for a climactic ending in the psychedelic kingdom of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco during the turbulent year of 1968. To give added flavor to this evocative age, the songs of the 60's are included throughout as a thematic emphasis in the respective chapters they are inserted. Painted over a broad national and international canvas, Landon's Odyssey is truly an epic journey. It is a unique and relevant tale for a generation, one still coming to grips with the tumultuous times.

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CODE: TEAM ZEBRA: A single senator is aware of this team of Spec-Op Vets funded by Congress (under a fictitious "Project 7") engaged in subverting and destroying international drug cartels and their American judicial allies. However, assassinations of informants and witnesses, and the flight of others under errant government protection are the background in this 373 page novel classified by US Review as a "fast-pace thriller". Awarded the Gold Seal for Literary Excellence.

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Meet Chris Columbo. Twenty-two years old, intelligent, well spoken - once a promising U.S. naval officer candidate. But at college, his plans and dreams are shattered by the woman he deeply loves. Disillusioned about life in general, he falls into an abyss of self-pity, resigns his ROTC scholarship, abandons his studies, drops out and embarks on a downward spiral, eventually hitting rock bottom.

But all is not lost as he receives orders to report for active duty with the U.S. Navy, an organization to which he is contractually bound. In spite of his recent opposition to the war, desperation forces him to honor the terms of his contract and he soon finds himself aboard the the USS Lawrence, a guided missile destroyer, deployed as an active participant in the Lam Son and Linebacker operations off the coasts of South and North Vietnam.

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT WAR, an historical fiction, provides a sailor's perspective of the Vietnam War through the exploits of Chris and his shipmates. Sometimes challenging, often humorous, Chris's experiences will change him forever, leading him to embrace his life and future. Now, if he can just survive his final mission.

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If you liked Stephen Ambrose's book and series, "Band of Brothers," you'll love this book.

A Great Book for World War II readers.   Combat stories from those paratroopers who fought the enemy.   Learn how Sioux Indians of the 82nd Airborne Division, caused havoc in the Nazi ranks.

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Lieutenant General James Hollingsworth, USA-Ret. says, "The Last Hookers is an outstanding job by Colonel Dunn. His events are accurate and excellently detailed."
This is a five-year effort book deep in non-fictional background exposed by fictional characters.   This 660 page book is comprehensive with details relating to Laos (Air America-CIA), Cambodia (US Special Operations [SOG]) Operations there, North Vietnam (Its people, culture, military, and how Ho Chi Minh came to power) and South Vietnam (From France through the US actions).

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