I REMEMBER LAUGHTER, I REMEMBER TEARS

About the Book

This book is about Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 61st Inf  (C-1-61)  of the 1st Brigade, 5th Division. The entire brigade was airlifted to South Vietnam and deployed in I Corps just south of the DMZ seperating North and South Vietnam in June of 1968.  Charlie Company was mechanized infantry,  and used armored personnel carriers.  They fought using their APC's and occasionally went out on foot operations as regular foot infantry.They operated from the beach of the South China Sea , inland and up to the DMZ.

About the Author

Author enlisted in the Army in 1967 and was honorably discharged in 1970. After leaving the military he worked at a variety of jobs , was a fire fighter with his towns volunteer fire department , and coached youth football .He was also a brown belt inTae Kwon Do participating in martial arts tournaments, He was a member of the SCA (Society of Creative Anachronisms) in which he was a rapier authorizing marshall and taught medieval fencing,rapier and dagger. He also taught medieval archery. He is currently retired .