WillBrink
01-24-16, 10:54
This is a really amazing story. It's one of those stories of war that makes it so personal to those of us who (thankfully) have not experienced such things, and bonds those who have. You'll thank me for this one. The audio segment via Snap Judgement show:
"An American soldier in Vietnam comes face to face with a surreal, lone North Vietnamese soldier in the jungle one hot afternoon. Decades later, he returns to Vietnam to help put the Vietnamese soldier’s soul to rest"
https://soundcloud.com/snapjudgment/the-soul-of-the-soldier-snap-judgment-full-circle?in=snapjudgment/sets/full-circle
The story was also made into a book, which I have not read:
Memories of an Infantry Small Unit Commander in Viet Nam, with B/1/8 and D/1/8, 4th Infantry Division, AUG 1968 - MAR 1970.
Here you will experience life among the Grunts, who slept in the mud of the Ho Chi Minh Trail on the Cambodia/Laos Border. There are stories of unsung heroes, bravery, regrets, and haunting mistakes. I was a Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Headquarters Commander in base camp, and a Company Commander in the field. Come along as I recall courage, death, anger, fear, sadness, and red Pleiku mud. Arriving a Second Lieutenant and leaving a Captain after two consecutive tours, nearly destroyed me psychologically. Go on to the 4th Infantry Division Unit Pages to get the full story.
http://www.swampfox.info/
"An American soldier in Vietnam comes face to face with a surreal, lone North Vietnamese soldier in the jungle one hot afternoon. Decades later, he returns to Vietnam to help put the Vietnamese soldier’s soul to rest"
https://soundcloud.com/snapjudgment/the-soul-of-the-soldier-snap-judgment-full-circle?in=snapjudgment/sets/full-circle
The story was also made into a book, which I have not read:
Memories of an Infantry Small Unit Commander in Viet Nam, with B/1/8 and D/1/8, 4th Infantry Division, AUG 1968 - MAR 1970.
Here you will experience life among the Grunts, who slept in the mud of the Ho Chi Minh Trail on the Cambodia/Laos Border. There are stories of unsung heroes, bravery, regrets, and haunting mistakes. I was a Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Headquarters Commander in base camp, and a Company Commander in the field. Come along as I recall courage, death, anger, fear, sadness, and red Pleiku mud. Arriving a Second Lieutenant and leaving a Captain after two consecutive tours, nearly destroyed me psychologically. Go on to the 4th Infantry Division Unit Pages to get the full story.
http://www.swampfox.info/