About the Author:
Neil O. Jones is an adjunct professor at Columbia State Community College. He has taught in college in Texas and Tennessee since 1975. Jones's short stories and essays have appeared in anthologies, academic journals, newsletters, and online venues. He served in Vietnam in 1966-67 with the Fourth Battalion (Geronimo Battalion), 173rd Airborne Brigade. Jones lives in a log house in the woods near Columbia, Tennessee, with his Walker Coonhound, Cressida. He enjoys books, movies, plays, motorcycles, and writing.
Neil's book can be found on Amazon.com and through other online booksellers.
Neil's book can be found on Amazon.com and through other online booksellers.
About the Book:
Vietnam, 1966-67. Brothers, All depicts the men of the Fourth Battalion, 173rd Airborne. James Fowlkes, called “Prof,” and his brothers-in-arms mash through jungles doused with Agent Orange, trudge through monsoon downpours with heavy rucksacks, and oftentimes act like boys in their foolish hijinks. They fight the enemy and sometimes each other over canned peaches or the wrong kind of music. They learn to depend on each other, pull their buddies out of harm’s way, and treat gently their fallen brothers. Their coming of age happens in the first firefight that splatters them with a brother’s blood. They become men, changed and hardened. Those who make it back to the world bring with them their wounds, PTSD, exposure to chemicals, and the blood-stained images of war they hold silent for decades with the beast of Vietnam ever stalking them. BUY NOW