I spent forty years hiding under the Green Beret; once a warrior, always a warrior. I never considered that there was an empathetic human being hiding under there as well. Back on the block, I had no friends, because none of them could measure up. I pushed loved-ones away. I was in and out of jobs. The only people in my life I could implicitly trust were my teammates. They put their lives on the line for me, and I put my life on the line for them. Then came the reunion, and my life changed forever.
Save a Life, Take a Life—Green Beret Medic in Vietnam and the Passage Home is not a war story; it’s a collection of stories about war and what it does to combatants. It’s about coming to terms with demons and healing and finding meaning in one’s life.