by Doug Bradley I had just finished introducing the pop group, The Association, to a standing-room-only crowd at tiny Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia on Monday, November 18, 1968. …

by Frank Gallagher with John M. Del Vecchio In his book, Frank Gallagher has captured all the drama and diffi- culties of operating in a violent war zone, post-Saddam Iraq. As head of my personal security detail, Mr. Gallagher vividly captures the tense and dangerous duty he and his dedicated…

by Doug Bradley Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known to the world as Tony Bennett, died last week, leaving the Great American Songbook minus one of its most incomparable interpreters. Luckily for us, Mr. Bennett’s voice, technique, philanthropy, and legacy will endure for generations. Much has been written about Tony Bennett’s impact…

by Doug Bradley (NOTE: I never met the brave man; nor did I do anything nearly as gutsy. But Daniel Ellsberg’s release of The Pentagon Papers inspired me to take a step, albeit a mini-one, in Vietnam in the summer of 1971.) Try as they might, the military brass had…

Doug Bradley When my good friend Craig Werner and I set out in 2005 to do a book about the music-based memories of Vietnam veterans, there was one obvious place to begin. From my own Vietnam and post-Vietnam experience, I knew that the one song we had to feature was…

by Dale Dye “Dale Dye uses words to paint a cinematic landscape. Shake Davis, a larger-than-life character, also possesses a realistic humanity and compassion that is incredibly relatable. It is an incredible read.” — Keifer Sutherland, Actor, 24 Excerpted from Burma File (Shake Davis Series #10) Lockhart, Texas It was over at…

Call off the attack, Mac(namara) It ain’t their fault, Walt (Rostow) No need for you to stay, LBJ They just wanna be free Don’t have to be brusque, Rusk (Dean) No need to discuss much Fill in the gaps, Giap (General) And set your folks free With all due respect…

DEROS Vietnam by Doug Bradley DEROS Vietnam: Dispatches from the Air-Conditioned Jungle presents a unique, fictional montage of the war, and postwar…warriorspublishing.com Yes, that sound? It sure wasn’t Buffalo Springfield singing “For What It’s Worth.” It belonged to an acerbic voice, one that sounded as if it was laced with equal parts marijuana and barbed wire… It was January 1, 1971. I’m feeling sorry for myself because I still had more 182…

The following is excerpted from Dale A. Dye’s most recent novel, Korean Odyssey—now available in hardcover and ebook. Foreword THEY CALL KOREA the forgotten war. It is, I suppose, except for a handful of military historians and a dwindling number of veteran survivors. It was not an event that carried the…