Tag Archives: History

The Shower Incident – (Part Two)

Posted on August 18, 2020 by The Twentieth Man

The morning after the shower was destroyed in the mortar attack I was told my name came up in Morning Formation held in the company area behind CQ, a thing I assiduously avoided as being tedious, depressing and Mickey Mouse. … Continue reading →

Posted in Expository Writing, Human Sacrifice, Observations, Personal History, Plain English, PTSD, Religion, Veterans, Violence | Tagged "The United States of America", 187th AHC, Helicopters, History, Life, Mortars, NVA, Sand Bags, Soap, Tay Ninh West, The American War, The Second Indochina War (1954-1975), US Army, VC, Veterans, Việt Nam, Vietnam War, War | Leave a comment

The Shower Incident (Part One)

Posted on August 5, 2020 by The Twentieth Man

In attempting to write my personal history I frequently kick myself for not keeping a diary or at least a log of events in order to establish the exact dates and proper sequence of events in the telling. In war, … Continue reading →

Posted in Expository Writing, Human Sacrifice, Noise, Personal History, Plain English, PTSD, The Twentieth Man, Veterans, Violence | Tagged "The United States of America", 187th AHC, Helicopters, History, Life, Mortars, NVA, Sand Bags, Soap, Tay Ninh West, The American War, The Second Indochina War (1954-1975), US Army, VC, Veterans, Việt Nam, Vietnam War, War | Leave a comment

The Recipe

Posted on July 26, 2019 by The Twentieth Man

Once upon a time, in a land not far from here, a family gathering took place. A banquet was laid out with all manner of food and drink. It was, as they say, a “pot luck” dinner, where everyone brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Expository Writing, Plain English | Tagged Claim to Fame, Cooking, Culture, Death, Desire, Glass Eyes, History, Knowledge, Pot Luck, Prosthetic Eyes, Recipes, Secrets, Skills, Writing | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Expository Writing, Personal History, Plain English, Short Stories, Veterans | Tagged "Rat Pack", 187th AHC, Army, Army Acronyms, Bitch Session, EM, Gig, Gig Line, Guard Duty, History, IG, NCO, NCOIC, Open Door Policy, The American War, The Second Indochina War (1954-1975), TPP, U. S. Army, Veterans, Việt Nam War, War | Leave a comment

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”.

Posted in Christmas, Human Sacrifice, Personal History, Religion, Veterans, Violence | Tagged "The United States of America", Art, Buddha, Christ, Christmas Trees, Culture, History, Homesick, Humanity, Life, Photography, The American War, The Second Indochina War (1954-1975), Việt Nam War, War | Leave a comment

The Wrong Question

Posted on November 28, 2018 by The Twentieth Man

“The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ‘What does a woman want?’― Sigmund Freud Freud asked the … Continue reading →