Once in Nam, Always in Nam - Paperback

by Richard T. Edwards (Author)

"Claymore mines and Cobra gunships - and more. This soldier's memoir gives us the straw-sweet smell of JP-4 fuel mingling with the stench of stark terror soaked into bunker sandbag and chopper fuselage by GIs who were there before, and moved on - whole, or shattered, or in a body bag ... vivid images from a bitter war. A Cobra mechanic, he offers a knothole view of short-timer daredevil pilots, S.O.S. and tepid coffee in the mess hall; classically stupid sergeants - and a paratroop general playing Santa Claus for grunts on the wire Christmas Eve. That's just for starters..." - William R. Burkett, Jr., Shadow of a Soldier Does this sound like your typical Vietnam book? Richard T. Edwards rebuilt an AH-1G Cobra almost by himself, get left on Firebase T Bone with Mortar rounds blowing off around him. He found parts where there were none, met the 5th Dimension in Osaka, Japan, got flown up to the DMZ and took a picture of a Red Flag there along with the remains of Hillbilly crazy chopper pilots who played capture the flag and lost. Did we also mention that he rode shotgun on a trash truck filled with C-4 donated by the grunts? Does this sound like you're average Vietnam storybook? It's not.

Author Biography

Richard T. Edwards's life has been full of some pretty amazing people places and things. As a seasoned writer and photographer for the past 50 years he has had over 2,000 bylines. His best memories are the times he was in the service. Especially, his time in Vietnam.