Read it in less than 2 days.<\/p>\n
As always, a good book!\u00a0 When I got near the end, the part set in Bisbee, it really hit me.\u00a0 When you listed the names of the men lost in Vietnam from Bisbee, I was so hoping that these were the real names.\u00a0 And they were!\u00a0 I was in tears from then on, through the end of the book.\u00a0 I grew up in Tombstone.\u00a0 We were relatively lucky–we lost only one man, Micheal Montijo.\u00a0 He, like Doug, was a few years older than me.\u00a0 My brother service 2 tours in Vietnam and came home with a cast from his hip to his ankle.\u00a0 My sister served during the Vietnam era at Walter Reed hospital.\u00a0 Cousins, friends, my ex-husband–so many.\u00a0 I see this book as a tribute to all who served.<\/p>\n
Thank you for another winner!<\/p>\n
Thank you for telling about Lt Leonard D. Davis and our soldiers who were in viet nam.\u00a0 As a ’64 graduate of West Point, I was a company commander of an Infantry Company and\u00a0 had so many great people that I served with, most of whom returned home and did well, but I still get calls from some of our “walking wounded”, and I worry that I have never visited the parents of my KIAs.\u00a0I have been blessed many times over, but still feel uncomfortable when Viet Nam is discussed.\u00a0 Than you for your kind words and putting a face on our soldiers during that time.<\/p>\n
This is another nearly-impossible-to-put-down book.\u00a0 You have woven a tale that has seamlessly melded fiction with non-fiction.\u00a0 (I have never seen that done before, even at your hands.)\u00a0 If I had not been aware that you truly knew and lived (as part of Doug\u2019s life) that non-fiction part of the tale I would have been startled at the epilogue-like afterword.<\/p>\n
(You also hit the bilateral-knee-replacement portion of the story spot-on.\u00a0 I\u2019ve worked in that world; the \u201cwhy did I wait so long to have this done?\u201d reaction is the most delightful and repetitive afterwards commentary that I hear.\u00a0 And thank you for the underlying urging of patients to truly engage in the post-op physical and occupational therapy part of the healing process!)<\/p>\n
Your description of The Wall is accurate \u2013 and it is why I have avoided going to see that most heart-wrenching structure and its Travelling sibling.\u00a0 I grew up in the Vietnam War era and those are not just names on stone, those are lives carved in blood and pain.\u00a0 I have too many friends there.<\/p>\n
I have not (except for one time \u2013 to encourage a newbie to keep writing) asked for an autographed copy of a writer\u2019s work.\u00a0 I do not want to contribute to a chronic case of writer\u2019s cramp \u2013 you may wiggle tired fingers in response to that statement if you like.\u00a0 But I will raise a verbal (written?) glass of congratulations and salute to skill, good humor (that Marge had me chuckling and shaking my head!), and capitalized-on-purpose Heart.<\/p>\n
Blessings on you for your salute to our too-often under-appreciated Vietnam veterans.\u00a0 They had to face war on two fronts: here and in Southeast Asia.\u00a0 Their families and loved ones had to face their fears for their warriors and their (and their neighbors\u2019) conflicted feelings about that war.<\/p>\n
Now to get out of your face and let you get back to your writing.\u00a0 Again, God bless you.<\/p>\n
Enjoyed getting to know more detail and why you wrote the story.\u00a0 What a beautiful tribute to those who served in Vietnam and to dedicated policemen.\u00a0 Thank you for writing this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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