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Posted by Jack Neeley on 12/18/2008, 11:22 am
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My name is Jack Neeley I was in the Marines From 1966-1970. I served in Vietnam with 1st Bat. 9th Mar. Reg infamously known as "The Walking Dead
1968-69. I want to welcome home all Vietnam Vets and thank you for your service. It wasn't pleasant there and it wasn't pleasant coming home.I have just recently had a book published "The Petrified Mind" it is avalible on amazon.com here is the news release
THE PETRIFIED MIND
What is left in the mind of a combat soldier
after the combat experience is over?
First time author Jack Neeley answers this question and many more in
THE PETRIFIED MIND A collection of 50 short versed poems dealing with the
realities and mental scars of war.
THE PETRIFIED MIND covers the authors military experience from the
poem “Boot Camp” to “Coming Home” when war protesters call him a
“murderer and baby killer, his family and friends tell him “he has gone
insane.” The cries of a dying Marine for his mother in “Mommas Here.”
Mr. Neeley says the terrible specter of war has hung over him since he
returned from Vietnam. It will never end for him, nor for his
comrades- in- arms who made it home.”
Therefor in this one volume of poetry, Mr. Neeley tries to express some of
the horror, terror and sorrow he has felt for so long.
The author writes with a style that draws the reader in, takes them to that
time and place. They feel the fear, the uncertainty of “will I live another
minute” holds them and leaves them with the feeling of a shared memory
with the author.
Again Welcome Home Brothers
Semper Fi
Jack Neeley
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