Vietnam Chronicles


In 2020 I started writing a series of social media posts recalling a time 50 years earlier during my time as a young Army soldier in Vietnam. The articles were based on letters I had written home and that my mother had saved in a brown accordion folder that I had been carting around for decades. It had taken five decades to finally start coming to terms with the experience, and as I processed the memories, I finally started reading those letters. The result was the 11 articles that I have posted here.  


1. 50 yrs ago - drafted.docx
2. 50 yrs ago - Vietnam 1970.docx
3. 50 years ago - Cambodia.docx
4. 50 yrs ago - 21st birthday in Vietnam.docx
5. 50 Years Ago - Christmas.docx
6. 50 years ago - Short-Timer blues.docx
7. 50 years ago - Extension denied.docx
8. 50 Years Ago - R&R to Thailand.docx
9. 50 Years Ago - Final Days.docx
10. 50 Years Ago - Freedom Bird.docx
11. 50 Years Ago - Discharge.docx