not necessarily the safest place to be

"I was having a lot of problems with my dad. . . We had an argument, and [my dad] says, 'You didn't suffer. He says what you are you whining about? You had easy duty.' Which was true."

"Right. But. . . it's still the military. You're still away from home. It's still not necessarily the safest place to be . . . that's where I struggle with the hierarchy of service. . . [E]veryone served. We just served in different capacities."

The Life and Times of a Korean Veteran Renaissance Man

Once he gets going, this artist-writer-veteran-polio-survivor-German-translator-mime-masseuse-soldier-on-the-Korean-wall-during-Vietnam is good. Have a listen.

 

Pomegranates of the Sun

A review of POMEGRANATES OF THE SUN: 1970-2007 - SELECTED POEMS at Goodreads: These are lyric poems that depend upon alliteration, consonance, assonance, and dare, we confess, rhyme. They span decades and consider topics such as Vietnam, war in general, parenting, siblings, love, American history, and more; for example, so far in this book I've learned about the bravery of The First Minnesota regiment on behalf of the union during the American Civil War. The author served in frigid cold on the Korean wall during Vietnam, translates poetry into English from German, practices yoga, writes fiction, and occasionally sings, mimes, and otherwise entertains at homes for seniors around the country.