"I am an American Soldier"

Category: Poetry

Through the centuries we have asked who can we send, who will serve? Those called are strong and will not cower. They are American soldiers.

The Soldier Pays

Category: Poetry

Tribute to all Veterans

Gardens of Stone

Category: Poetry

All of us had one problem or another coming back from Vietnam, yet we all had the reception. Many survived by becoming workaholics, alcoholics, drugs, or occasionally through the love and understanding of someone who truly cared. It's difficult to understand our situation(s), but we deserve this if nothing else ...

Hospital Dogs

Category: Books

My Basset Hound Sophy.

Thank You for Your Service

Category: Poetry

Moved by recognition and thanks shared with me and my fellow Veterans, and humbled by their praise I penned these words to express my gratitude to them for their role and for supporting those of us who served.

STONE PONY

Category: Books

A true story of a US Army combat soldier sent to fight in Vietnam in 1968. Coming home he is taunted by war protesters, conscientious objectors and friends who oppose the war. Internalizing his anger he sets out on a course of self-destruction. On the brink of suicide he has a near-death experience that will set him on a path of recovery. But, his healing over the war won't start until he is reunited with his lost war buddies forty years later.

Air Force Man

Category: Personal Experiences

A son remembers his father on Veterans Day.

Bless 'Em All

Category: Personal Experiences

I was moved to write this story a couple of years ago on Veterans Day. Although it’s rather long it expresses some of my feelings about this special day.

The Soldier Pays

Category: Poetry

“The Soldier Pays“, by Jerry D. Brooks, SFC (Ret) was placed on The Wall of Honor at the Robley Rex Veterans Administration Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky for Veterans Day 2012. A framed copy has since been placed on display locally at American Legion Post 113 in Elizabethtown KY and Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Post 10281 in Vine Grove, KY. The link to the poem in this paragraph gives more background information on, “The Soldier Pays.”

Primary Candidates

Category: Books

Three politicians jockey for position in the early part of 2008. Senator Robert Fox has already secured his party’s nomination, but Senators Jeannette Freddo Reynolds and Thaddeus Tasman are locked in a dogfight for theirs. A load of highly dangerous weapons is in transit from the Arizona manufacturer to Fort Hood, Texas. A very sophisticated hijack plot interrupts their journey and the President, his Cabinet, and the U.S. military have to figure out how to get them out of the wrong hands. Early in his first of three tours in Vietnam, Detective Hunter Morgan learned never to say the following: “Well, things can’t get any worse than this!” They can and do when a sniper starts shooting in Baltimore. Railroad catastrophes, take place on both sides of the country and terrorists strike two major American airports, driving the elections news into the background temporarily, until one of the primary candidates turns up missing . . . last seen with a Secret Service Agent.

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