Fragments
The long coming home from Vietnam
Bruce Berger, the author, finally came home 50 years after the Vietnam war when his memories crystallized into the 34 poems in this chapbook. He shipped to Vietnam as an Infantryman in 1970 but was assigned most of the year to the Casualty Branch of the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Eagle, near Phu Bai. As next-of-kin editor, he wrote hundreds of sympathy letters to grieving families back home for loss of their soldier, and sometimes helped gather fallen brothers on battle grounds to begin their long journeys home.Through this lens, his poems evoke an overwhelming sense of loss on many fronts: the brave American soldiers who gave their live…
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- ISBN: 978-0-9855048-1-6
- EAN: 9780985504816
- Produktnummer: 34136666
- Verlag: WordWorthyPress LLC
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 94 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.6 cm 216 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 216
Über den Autor
Bruce K. Berger served in Vietnam in 1970 with the Casualty Branch of the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Eagle near Phu Bai. As next-of-kin editor, he wrote hundreds of sympathy letters to grieving families back home for the loss of their soldier that year. Today he's professor emeritus, University of Alabama, where he taught for 17 years and was founding director of The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations. He has written/edited three books and dozens of articles about leadership. Before teaching, he spent 20 years as a communication specialist working on diverse projects in more than 30 countries for two international companies-The Upjohn Company and Whirlpool Corporation. Bruce resides with his wife, Joan, and German shepherd, Gretchen, outside Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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