Vietnam: A Soldier's Plea For Honor
Vietnam: A Soldier's Plea for Honor is a book of interviews with Vietnam veterans and one, six-year Vietnam pow Nat Henry which describes the events and aftermath of the war through the eyes of the soldiers and nurses who lived it.
Going from a WWII book to a Vietnam book is like visiting two different churches. Both are after the same result, freedom, victory and respect, only taking different directions to get there.
The Vietnam veterans have suffered wearing scars that may never completely vanish. I watched tears fall from the faces of those who served and hoped I was able to do their stories justice by enlighting generations to come about why they are free today.
I want to thank John Cowart at the Black Mountain, N.C. VA Hospital who without his help we would have missed a lot of interviews from veterans in therapy there. Writing these stories from those who lived it was a life changing experience for me. I will never be the same for knowing them.
May we as a society never forget.
About Nat Henry
Nat Henry from western North Carolina flew his first time in basic training then on his way to Vietnam. With a deep southern drawl, he was assigned to be the radio operator on the front lines.
Nat was operating a radio when the Vietnamese fired on them and with the first shot his handset was shot out of his hand. He also took shrapnel in his ankle. Their platoon got overrun wiping out two companies with approximately 90 men in his company along. They were caught in an L shaped ambush and within a few minutes were over-run.
Nat was one of five taken pow with him being the only one out of his company captured. When he woke up several hour later he was being carried into the prison camp on a hammock between two poles carried by women. At 19 years old, two months after arriving in Vietnam Nat Henry was a prisoner and was held the next five years, nine and a half months. After trying one unsuccessful escape
he was released in March 1973. He was considered one of the lucky ones.Nat came home in new clothes the first change of clothing he had since he was taken POW by the Vietnamese.
May we never forget the sacrifices made by those who served.
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