I’m back! For the past eleven months or so, I’ve been researching and writing a new book in my Remembering Not to Forget series. The first book in the series, 17 Days That Changed America, has been out for around 8 months, and it’s been well received. One reader wrote…

Incredible research went into the writing of this book. No detail was omitted. I learned so much about the events leading up to the disaster, intimate details about the victims and their families, and even details post December 15.

In my new book, as yet untitled, I write about the eleven sons of Monroe County, Ohio, who lost their lives in the Vietnam conflict. These eleven young men were sons, brothers, and fathers who heard the call of military service to this country and responded with patriotism and even sacrifice. Many of them followed brothers or dads into the service, and they did so proudly out of a sense of duty. As much as possible, I write about how and where these eleven young men lived and grew up and the circumstances surrounding their untimely passing.

Granted, other books may have been written on the general subject of America’s involvement in Southeast Asia, but those only skimmed the surface of some of those 58,000 lives lost. However, This work is unique because it delves deeper into the young lives of eleven men from one of Ohio’s least populated counties. Every soldier that served in Vietnam and mentioned in this work has a back story; these eleven young men are no different.

When all the reading is done, I wanted my readers to hear the most complete story to date and to know as much about the eleven young men from Monroe County as I do. But, above all, I wanted my readers to know that these soldiers, along with their families, gave so much and that the sacrifice of these young men of Monroe County will not be forgotten. The story of these young men, from birth to death, men who gave so much, needs…no, it demands…to be told!