Read For Free Sorry About That: A Story From A Soldiers Heart Compiled And Edited By Dick Denne Issued As Hardbound

About That is a unique and fascinating book about the Vietnam War, along with the controversy that accompanied it in thes.
It is unique in that, as a reader, you feel like the author is sitting right beside you telling his story.
Yes, there is killing and gore, There is also humor and serious thought, It leaves you still thinking about it's events and ideas after reading it, You will feel as if you personally know the author a born comedian, I highly recommend it. It is powerful, onlypages, and should be made into a movie, It is available on Amazon, Dear, Author and readers of Sorry About That,
It is a truth that a good story is a good story no matter what it is about.
And this is a good story! It is a great story, It is an amazing and romantic and heart wrenching story, It is a deep and twisted story and it is an ironic story,
How is it that life can be so much better than anything Hollywood can think up As good any survival story I have ever read and I have read quite a few.
This is better.
My personal take on it doesn't mean much and I don't want to go on but I do want to mention what I took out of it as an individual somewhat removed from the Vietnam War and the Vietnam era or Americas history for that matter.
This story is very spiritual to me, and it is a shocking view into humanity, I am in awe of you as a person after reading this, You survived! How on earth did you do that What was it that kept you alive Was it none other than you yourself Was it fate Was it chance Or was it holy I am not a religious person but I do have a sense of the spiritual.
And really, no matter what it was that allowed you to make it through that time in your life, there is a reason, or if there isn't there should be.
You have made reasons. You have continued to live and be a unique life force on this earth, Was it to share this story so many years later to have young people like me think and know about it
I have a thought I wanted to touch on and I hope it isn't too much ridiculous rambling.
It goes back to all my constant spiritual questioning, I am pretty much an atheist, I believe that when we are gone we decompose in the ground, What we leave behind is what we have

given to the world,
Whether love to our friends and family or an actual tangible thing like a statue or a book.
This book makes me question myself, I can't believe it's true,
I was having the thought today about your relationship with death, And to be a little more objective again, lets say the soldier in the book, which is whom I speak of, which is you, I know!.
Did he live because he embraced death So many fear death, I know he was scared, but ever the comedian, he grasped the funny part of life, swallowed his fear, and accepted it.

He wasn't one of the short timers in the book that kept track of his days.
He didn't necessarily believe there would be any days, Like my mother he lived in the moment and was ready, or as ready as he could be.
And think of how close he was to death, Death was a constant companion, He saw it and danced with it and had tea with it every day! Hell, when he got back he cut his own wrists and begged for death himself.

And yet it laughed at him, It kept him company and loved him and maybe loved his sense of humor and his courage.
It was almost like he was the one that said to the soldier at the end, "Fuck you if you can't take a joke!" Wasn't that always the saying And he was playing a joke on you.
He was teasing you. He didn't want the ones that would come willingly, Which is what made the young soldier such a valuable soul And maybe there was a tug of war for your soul And yet it was so obvious who would win.

This story is like the fisherman who was ambushed on the beach, The soldier was just like that man, hit with an onslaught of bullets and real killing horrors and yet the smoke cleared and there he stood.
How was that possible And he could still be alive but in prison somewhere, That was totally fucked up,
That a soul mate from half way across the world was set in place to rescue him swooped down just as he would fall to his deepest depth, never to pull himself out again.

It is such a mind boggling book, If it were fiction it would be one thing to tease the mind, but as fact it is just almost totally on a surreal and spiritual level in trying to process such a tale.

To me it says that there are some truly amazing people out there,
Some get taken from us, you were not, The world wasn't done with you yet, I am thankful for your tale and thankful for all the many people you have touched in your life.

It is history, and meant to be, It has wounded you and shaped you, Life has taken you on an adventure not many can imagine, I am glad you are here, I mourn for that child soldier that came down that destined road, I hope he teaches us something about ourselves, our government, each other, the past, and the future.
It is a good story, Life goes on, the irony continues, the act is not over yet,


Parts of this book does not sound very true, Much of it appears embellished to entice the reader to
continue reading, As a three tour infantry Vietnam myself, I have a difficult time believing all that he has written about of his experiences, especially once he returned to the U.
S. A true soldier never
would relinquished his CIB for any reason

To me the best part of the book is found on page.
I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment expressed on that page, Thank God that is actually slowly coming to a reality as we live today,
Vietnam is a beautiful place with some marvelous people! "Sorry About That is a cautionary tale that must be read.
The author insists that if we are not vigilant if we do not defend our national political inheritance a leadership, lacking transparency and exploiting our confusion, will do it for us.
" Dr. Stephen J. Weiss, author, Second Chance, from his Introduction What would you do if you realized that our political and military leaders were engaged in actions that you believed were wrong In June, Dick Denne returned home from Vietnam as a highly decorated, exemplary U.
S. combat paratrooper. Within a year, he found himself in a military prison, where he was denied due process and subjected to the worst abuse imaginable all at the hands at U.
S. soldiers. Denne's crime Speaking out against the U, S. presence in Vietnam and questioning the motives of our leaders all while wearing his military uniform and in the service of his country.
The irony Dick Denne was never supposed to be in the infantry, All he ever wanted to be was a comedian, Instead, through a series of snafus that would make Hawkeye Pierce blush, he found himself assigned to the legendaryst Airborne, the "No Slack" Battalion, where he repeatedly faced death and the horrors of combat during a thenunprecedentedconsecutive days in the field.
A good soldier, Denne earned many medals, including the Combat Infantryman Badge one of the highest honors the U.
S. Army can bestow on its own, But during his tour of duty, he developed a "soldier's heart" and became increasingly disillusioned with the U.
S. mission in Vietnam. At a time when protests against the war were mounting across America, Denne was branded a troublemaker by the Army and nearly paid the ultimate price for exercising his freedom of speech.
A heartwrenching story about Vietnam that is still timely today, Sorry About That combines the drama of combat, the unique camaraderie that Denne experienced with his fellow soldiers, and the internal conflict that he felt every day as a young teenager, forced to grow up fast while trying to do the right thing for himself, and for his country.
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