How Goes the Battle?

The Vietnam War through the Eyes of a GI

Coffee, Donuts, and White Mice

26 June 2012

Well tomorrow morning we leave about 1AM to surround a village and try and catch some gooks. Sometimes we do and sometimes we don’t. When it gets daylight the National Police come in and search it. We should be done about noon or a little after. Excerpt from letter home dated 16 October 1967 Beige … More Coffee, Donuts, and White Mice

I wandered lonely as a cloud

5 March 2011

I spent a lot of time in the ICU waiting area in the week leading up to his death. His sisters kept me company during the day, but I was alone at night. I tried to read or watch tv in the waiting room but neither stuck. I put puzzles together and drank coffee and … More I wandered lonely as a cloud