When You Hear the Bugle Call
Thoughts, Memories and Tears

Two Books By Peter S. Griffin

Both books are available at "Grif"'s Griffin's Lair website

When You Hear The Bugle Call subtitled, “Battling PTSD and the Unraveling of the American Conscience” is a compelling, poignant and straightforward presentation of sickness and healing, righteousness opposing wrong doing, and the eventual triumph of the human spirit despite overwhelming obstacles and barriers. This very personal account of war and its aftermath was written to benefit combat veterans agonized by severe and chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), composed by one who is living the nightmare, one of their own, a fellow warrior. In the broader scope, this account is meant to help them, and their friends and loved ones to better understand this overwhelming psychological, involuntary, and innate response to continual, life threatening situations. This book will bring them to the realization that they are not alone in their sufferings, help is as close as the nearest Veterans Administration Medical Center and any caring individual who has read and benefited from the pages of this presentation. NOTE: Chapter 11 of this book, The Battle of Anh Ninh is excerpted in the Personal Histories section.

Thoughts, Memories and Tears , An Anthology of War, Death and Remembrance was written for healing purposes... for myself, for all who suffer from Post Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and those who love and care about them. It was also written to honor all who picked up arms, fought and were willing to lay down their lives for their friends, ideals and country. For all those who faced the beast in hellish war... those who perished and those who survived... those poor, troubled souls who came home alive but were dead inside, those brave warriors who developed and are tormented constantly by PTSD. Two poems from this book are published here: The Battle of Anh Ninh - A Poem (this is also linked to Peter Griffin's The Battle of Anh Ninh in the Personal Histories section). Dancing With The Grim Reaper - A Poem

Warriors Remembered

By Al Nahas

WARRIORS REMEMBERED is a 240-page, 11½" x 11½" hard cover photo documentary of Vietnam Veterans Memorials from all 50 states with stories of their significant features, locations and the motivation and struggle faced by those who built them. It highlights 100 memorials and their creators, and shares some of each memorial's subtle details. WARRIORS REMEMBERED is both a travel log and a documentary.

Differing from memorials of other wars, here you will find no white granite generals or parade ground uniforms. Rather these memorials include names of the fallen engraved on black granite, dark bronze fighting men, or the wounded and the nurses who cared for them. Often they reflect the anguish of war and its aftermath. The author is eternally grateful to the selfless warriors and families who created these places of recognition, reflection and "welcome home" and who assisted with this book by sharing their stories.

Every memorial is unique and has its own unique story. Years of research have given Albert Nahas a perspective to make each memorial come to life with details and anecdotes most visitors would not uncover on their own. Excellent work for all war veterans.

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore USA (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway
Authors of We Were Soldiers Once... and Young and
We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam

Serving Our Country And Paying the Price: The Story of Recon 2/502

By Richard "Lambchops" Price

This book is the combat story of a most respected United States Infantryman. But don't be deceived when you read his call sign was "Lambchops". It was supposed to be "Lam-Baste", which Mr. Webster describes as "to assault violently".

His intelligence, determination, courage and leadership were well-developed character traits when his country called. He was trained for service as a rifleman, sent to the Division of Screaming Eagles and assigned to a clique of equally gifted riflemen respectfully known as Strike Force Recon.

This is also their story and when you read the torment, it may help you understand the enduring loyalty combat soldiers have for one another.

- Charles J. "Shamrock" Shay, Colonel Infantry (Ret)
Commander 2/502 Strike Force

The author is a man I fought side by side with in the jungles of Vietnam. We went there as teenagers and returned home as men, as survivors. In this book the author looks into the soul of the RECON soldier.

-Don "Wild Bill" Corey
Recon 2/502

Learn what it is to be hardcore, the state of mind of a combat grunt, and how a rational being deals with the rest of his life. Better than any ivory tower study.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to know the price one pays being a warrior for democracy and freedom.

-James P. Brinker
Recon 2/502 Vietnam 1970
Author West of Hue, Down the Yellow Brick Road

$16 + $4 shipping and handling
Richard Price
440 Bear Peak Rd
Westcliffe, CO 81252
(719)371-3941

Hard Core

by Bud Yost, Major U.S. Army (Retired)

Death always stalked close to the “Hard Core” squad in the jungles of Vietnam, but now they faced another threat. These paratroopers of C Company of the 502nd Airborne Infantry had already endured relentless, fierce close combat with Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army, often times facing overwhelming odds. Besides fighting a formidable enemy, they also had to battle the harsh elements of the jungle: excessive heat, insects, snakes and leeches, jungle foliage and thorns ripping into their skin - causing festering infections, jungle rot, constant dysentery, malaria and other maladies, and months of being soaked from monsoon rains and filth and bone-wearying fatigue.

On March 5, 1967, near Song Mau, the squad was on a reconnaissance patrol when they encountered a new and unexpected enemy, a large Bengal tiger. The tiger was stalking and about to pounce on the point man, PFC Wendell Rose, when SSG Bud Yost and SP4 Jim Buppert killed it. This encounter was just another saga added to the exploits of the “Hard Core” squad.

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West of Hue - Down the Yellow Brick Road

By James P Brinker

This is the personal story of a 2/502 Recondo in the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam 1970. Vivid recollections of the battles for hills 714 and 882 where 30 brave Strike Force troopers died are described. It is also a story of the difficulties of going home and his ultimate redemption.

• Signed copies First Edition $10.00
• Second Edition $20.00
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James Brinker
10 Luther Lane
Dudley, MA 01571

508 943-6936

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The 2nd O Deuce Book

Sept 2011 Update: This book is under new management and is actively being worked on again. More news to come

For a teaser, here is the Prologue to the book:  prologue.pdf  This is only the beginning of the book, not the stories.  You will need a password to read it - it is the same password as for the Roster (hint: right click on link above and select 'save target as' to save to your hard drive).

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(updated December 11, 2011)