Marines In Vietnam 1969

With the passing of the " Greatest Generation" , a great focus has now towards their children. In a far off end of the world in the 1960's and 70's the baby-boomers fought their war. The war in Vietnam is often portrayed as a bad war and an unjust war by Hollywood. Yet for the men who fought in Vietnam, their service and sacrifice was just as great as their fathers who fought in World War Two and Korea. I had the honor of growing up as the son of a Vietnam Veteran. My father served with Golf Company 2nd Battalion 7th Marines in 1969. a guy who at the age of 19 was awarded three Purple Hearts and yet when he came home was not old enough to legally drink a bear in the state of Pennsylvania . Amazingly he never used the war as a crutch and only spoke on occasion about his combat experience. In the fall of 2010, my new book " Jungle Grunt: The Story of the Men of Golf Company" will be out. It is my hope to enlighten the American people on what it was like to be a U.S. Marine in Vietnam in 1969. That service in Vietnam was not what TV and Film make it out to be, and that the Vietnam Veteran is just as proud to have served as his father was. The story of the men of Golf company 2nd Battalion 7th Marines is a story of brotherhood and bravery. I hope you all enjoy the book and I look forward to it's release.

SPK

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