My first reunion with one of the guys from my unit was in '93, and I wrote a short story about it. That was the first thing I ever wrote; and other than that and the poem, I have only written a couple of other things. But, it just seems that the stuff about my friends from 'Nam just types itself. The story was published last year in the 4th Div Assoc magazine, and I got a lot of positive feedback from it. My goal is to help Vietnam Veterans.
I was fortunate enough to have the presence of mind to use the GI Bill and get lost in books when I came home, and the result was a career in Civil Engineering.
Dennis L. Hodo
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