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Fact or Fiction in Vietnam

Posted on October 22, 2014 by richardmorrisauthor

In preparation for the October 25, 2014 (9:00 a.m.) book club discussion of Cologne No. 10 For Men at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, MD, I thought I would prepare a detailed breakdown on what is fact and what is fiction in the novel, … Continue reading →

Posted in Relating to Cologne No. 10 for Men | Tagged 1st Cavalry Division, Ankhe, atrocity, Bong Son, Bong Son Bridge, C-4, Camp Radcliff, chaplain, Chinook, Combat Assault, Cordon and Search, Duster, H&I, Harassment and Interdiction, Huey, Landing Zones, LZ English, LZs, M42 Duster, night illumination, Peanuts, Rockpile, Search and Clear, search-and-destroy, Sin City, Spooky, Terrence Khoo, Tonkin Gulf Incident, Vietnam War | 2 Comments

Happy anniversary, MDWP

Posted on May 28, 2013 by richardmorrisauthor

On Memorial Day, May 27, I honored American veterans by reading from Cologne No. 10 For Men and singing songs from my CD, Skytroopers – songs of war, peace, and love from Vietnam. The venue was the twentieth anniversary Memorial … Continue reading →

Posted in Relating to Cologne No. 10 for Men, Relating to Skytroopers, CD | Tagged 1st Cavalry Division, A Co. 2/5, body counts, Bong Son Bridge, Clyde Wray, Franklin Taggart, Khe Sanh, lullaby, Memorial Day, memorial day writers' project, Mike McDonell, Open Mic, Operation Pegasus, PTSD, Rockpile Operation, Skytroopers, Vietnam, Vietnam 1967, Vietnam Memorial | 1 Comment

Whiz-Bang, Grand Finale Weekend

Posted on November 26, 2011 by richardmorrisauthor

Our literary efforts for 2011 ended with a bang on Veterans Day Weekend—four days in a row from 11-10 — 11/13: on Thursday, a visit by another author who included a chapter I wrote in his new book; Friday, Veterans Day, reading … Continue reading →

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Honoring Veterans

Posted on November 14, 2010 by richardmorrisauthor

For the third year in a row, I spent Veterans Day on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in the Memorial Day Writers’ Project tent (www.memorialdaywritersproject.com) near the Vietnam Memorial where a dozen of us honored our veterans with … Continue reading →