Monthly Archives: December 2018

Short-Term Memory Loss

Posted on December 28, 2018 by The Twentieth Man

The old man shuffled slowly into the room. He looked around, puzzled, and queried to no one in particular: “Why am I here?” “To make a better world.” I responded.

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NCOIC – TPP3A – A Vignette of Army Life, Việt Nam

Posted on December 15, 2018 by The Twentieth Man

They already had it in for me. The Company got a heads-up the IG was coming. Beforehand, and in anticipation thereof, our platoon sergeant, Sgt. Proctor, assigned me the task of auditing all six of our Rat Pack gunship platoon’s … Continue reading →

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Siblings

Posted on December 11, 2018 by The Twentieth Man

When the promised and much-touted GI Bill of Rights proved logistically inadequate to my college ambitions and my father was opposed and unhelpful to them; I turned in desperation for help from my then grown siblings. I’d done the math … Continue reading →

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Dark Christmas

Posted on December 9, 2018 by The Twentieth Man

  Photographed at Tay Ninh Base Camp, on the Cambodian border, 1969 “God bless us, everyone”.

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