Gary Jacobson “served with 1st Platoon B Co 2nd/7th
1st Air Cavalry '66 - '67, as a combat
infantryman ... we called ourselves
"Grunts," operating out of LZ Betty
near beautiful downtown Phan Thiet,
Vietnam. Mine was the same unit as
depicted in the Mel Gibson movie, "We
Were Soldiers," only one year later.
If you haven't seen it ... do! It's
great! Vietnam changed us all
indelibly and forever. I'm now on 100%
disability rating with an extra hole
in my head, covered by a 3X4 inch
plate, shrapnel the size of a quarter
imbedded three inches into my
brain...this all compliments of a trip
wire booby trap that triggered a
grenade, that in turn detonated an
artillery round ... and in the process
completely ruined my whole day ...
April, 22, 1967, in the boonies near
Phan Rang.” Gary Jacobsen is the
author of Just a Walk in the Park and
My Thousand Yard Stare.
Gary Jacobsen said of Just A Walk In
The Park, “my newest book fresh off
the presses, a novel packed with
beaucoup truth from my memoirs,
blended with facts happening to
myself, or soldiers just over the hill
... creative nonfiction, with over 150
color pictures I took in combat
action.”
According to the book description of
My Thousand Yard Stare, “Poems of war
in Vietnam and Iraq, by Gary Jacobson,
272 pages to tug at the heart and
stimulate the spirit of healing and
remembrance, with touching words of
one who has been there/done that. My
Thousand Yard Stare contains over 200
color pictures and graphics.”
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