Category My Military Subjects

May 29 2023

To the Seven Green Berets that Were KIA in Vietnam During the Months of October, November & December 1967 at the Fifth Special Forces CIDG Camp Bu Dop A-341, May their Souls Rest in Peace they were all Good Men


There are three other Berets that were there that were WIA and we will soon be joining you my brothers.

Mar 30 2023

VVA-15 Speech March 29 2023


What its like to be Wounded in Combat

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Mar 8 2023

A Power Point Presentation on the Vietnam war and French Indochina in general


The following attached presentation was written to give to a local school a dozen years ago. It was meant to give a historical account of Indochina in general and the consequences of the Vietnam work in particular. This picture is me in the Jungle, Im the one on the right with my hand on my hip.

This is the link to download the Power Point

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Mar 2 2023

Diary of a Special Forces Trooper (Green Beret) in Vietnam on the Cambodian Boarder in 1967


This is a book I started writing in in 1965 and made adjustments to up until recently as new information was uncovered. The company that published it is no longer in existence, and no hard copies are available. Attached in a fee down load PDF file. The picture below is of me on break during a patrol in late October 1967 to do a BDA after an Arc Light B 52 flight near the Cambodian border between Bu Dop A-341 and a sister SF camp Noc Ninh A-331 West of us.

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Feb 1 2022

An Interview with a Green Beret


This Video and related article were published originally on January 20, 2019

Click Link Below to read Article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer

https://www.cleveland.com/news/g66l-2019/01/dfdea5df9d1075/john-wayne-elvis-and-the-deer-hunter-green-berets-vietnam-service-was-nothing-like-the-movies.html

Mar 29 2020

Vietnam Veterans Day


I was there in 1967 and we lost 5 men in my A-team and 2 others that were in support of us.  

Nov 11 2019

A Green Beret (me) Talking about Vietnam in 1967


The following is a 2 hour podcast recorded between 1000 and 1200 on November 10, 2019 in the studios of WHK 1420 broadcasting from Cleveland Ohio.

Gerry Quinn’s Irish Radio 11-10-19

The first hour is about the Irish civil war and the American civil war, which is very informative and worth listening to. I speak in the 2nd hour about some of my experiences in Vietnam between September 1967 and December 1967 when I was wounded in a fire fight near the Cambodian border in III Corps. After recovering I wrote down what happened to me because my mom and my wife made me do it.  Always listen to your mom and your wife.  I think it may have helped me avoid PTSD for we were not treated well after coming back to the world all the way to the 1990’s. 

In the section on this blog titled My Books and Papers is a copy of the  the book I wrote from the work I did while in the hospital in 1968.  The title is Diary of a Special Forces Trooper in Vietnam 1967.

Aug 5 2019

The Ballad of the Green Berets performed by Letters from Home Singers


 

Published on May 29, 2016

Letters from Home Singers perform Live on AM Raleigh, ‘The Ballad of the Green Berets,’ written by Barry Sadler, and send chills up my spine with this superb performance! We honor our fallen on Memorial Day and Always and we say with all our hearts, ‘Thank You!’

 

May 29 2019

Two Great Songs about “Combat” the first from Sailor Jerri Hallelujah (two versions) and the second from Mitch Rossells A Soldier’s Memoir, if you haven’t been in Combat, and survived, you will not understand the power of this music.


Flight deck to a stage…

Sailor Jerri is a Navy Veteran from central Minnesota.  While serving in the US Navy she worked as an Aviation Mechanic on F/A 18’s with the VFA 83 Rampagers.  Jerri started playing guitar and singing for the long term care at the VA, and in veteran support groups.  In April of 2017 she wrote and posted “Hallelujah Veterans Version”  In just a year it was viewed over 125 million times, and downloaded in 22 countries. That was the beginning of her music career! ​She has been busy writing and in the Studio ever since. “No Rules In Sight” her new album, was released on April 13, 2018!   It hit #14 on the country charts.  It is available on the website, iTunes, and Google play.  ​Jerri started her year in February 2019 when she took off for Las Vegas to begin her 2019 tour at Mandalay Bay.  Already added to the schedule is over 16 states and 45 shows. ​Jerri filmed a music video for  her original song “I’m Going Anyway” in her squadron’s hanger on Naval Air Station Oceana.   It was released in September and has been watched over 210k times so far!

https://www.sailorjerrimusic.com/

The First from Sailor Jerri:

Hallelujah Veterans Version, Original

Published on Apr 4, 2017

It’s rough. But I wanted it up My rewrite of Hallelujah “Veterans Version” Yes we are working on getting it recorded for everyone who has asked. Thank you for your support and for supporting the men and women in uniform. **yes the lyrics are protected under copy-write

Hallelujah Veterans Version, Final

Published on May 10, 2017

The Second is also good:

Mitch Rossell – A Soldier’s Memoir (Official Music Video)

Mitch Rossell

Published on Jun 19, 2014
May 28 2019

Two Great Songs about “Combat” the first from Sailor Jerri Hallelujah (two versions) and the second from Mitch Rossells A Soldier’s Memoir, if you haven’t been in Combat, and survived, you will not understand the power of this music.


The First from Sailor Jerri:

Hallelujah Veterans Version, Original

Published on Apr 4, 2017

It’s rough. But I wanted it up My rewrite of Hallelujah “Veterans Version” Yes we are working on getting it recorded for everyone who has asked. Thank you for your support and for supporting the men and women in uniform. **yes the lyrics are protected under copy-write

Hallelujah Veterans Version, Final

Published on May 10, 2017

Mitch Rossell – A Soldier’s Memoir (Official Music Video)

Mitch Rossell

Published on Jun 19, 2014