From Vietnam to Hell

“I broke into a house, entering from the back door. When I left, two people inside were dead. I don’t remember killing them, but I know I must have. All I can remember is the police chasing me. I thought I was in the jungle, with the Cong chasing me, trying to kill me before I could kill them…. I was nineteen years old and the Vietnam War was the high point in my life. I didn’t come home in a body bag or a wheel chair. Even though I thought I had come home a complete person, it’s evident that I didn’t”—from the interview with Gary Cone.
Interviews with Vietnam veterans and their family members explain as nothing else can the emotional consequences of wartime experiences. Many of these interviewees are now in prison as a result of the substance abuse or violence that characterizes PTSD.

Shirley Dicks is the author of 12 books, which are listed on her website at www.shirleydicks.org. She lives in Beechgrove, Tennessee.

Shirley Dicks
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 144
Bibliographic Info: photos, index
Copyright Date: 2012 [1990]
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6944-4
eISBN: 978-0-7864-9197-1
Imprint: McFarland

Introduction      1

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder      2
Dale Barnes —U.S. Army      4
Jerry Barnet—U.S. Army      9
Gary Cone—U.S. Army      13
Nelson—U.S. Marine Corps      18
Robert Davis—U.S. Army      24
Fred—U.S. Navy      29
John Lohman—U.S. Army      33
Eugene “Red McDaniel—U.S. Naval Pilot      38
Chuck Dean—U.S. Army      43
Point Man Ministries      51
Sgt. Jake—U.S. Army      54
Dan—U.S. Army      58
Fort Steer—John Steer      62
Dawn Chavez—Wife of Veteran      65
David Knight—U.S. Army      70
Fred Love—U.S. Marines      77
Donna—Wife of Veteran      86
Larry Hiller—U.S. Marine Corps      91
Mike Harris—U. S. Navy      95
Astrid Ortega, RN—Army Nurse Corps      104
John—U.S. Marine Corps      109
Craig McLaren—U.S. Army      113
Sam Grashio—U.S. Army      118
Arthur Brown—U.S. Army      130

Index      135

“Dicks provides an excellent montage of autobiographical sketches by Vietnam veterans suffering from PTSD”—Choice; “an oral history of 23 Vietnam veterans and wives of veterans who have been affected by PTSD”—Veteran.