I am now 54 years old. I have a wife and 2 children. Presently I'm on medical leave from work as I'm dealing with PTSD and diabetes. After my Vietnam experience, I just wanted to bury everything that happened over there. I tried blocking it out but I couldn't; it was a part of me and I saw too much to forget. I left Vietnam in October 1967 shortly after a hernia operation, during which I was almost killed. I finished my military time in Denver, CO.

As I said, Vietnam would not go away. By 1973 I was having serious coping problems and nervous disorders. Since 1973 I've taken many different kinds of medication just to cope with life and maintain a fairly normal existence. Around 1996 a voice inside kept saying, "Write about Vietnam." This voice would not stop. By June 1998 I knew I had to start writing. "What will I name it?" I asked myself. Within 5 seconds clearly in my mind a voice said, When Can We Come Home? I started writing and within 1 week my story was on paper. This book is an autobiography of my Vietnam experience. It is a sad book in some ways but my purpose in writing it is to let this country know the real truth of that tragic war. The relatives, the wives, the brothers and sisters, the grandchildren are not being told the truth about that war. It is my hope that you are touched by it in such a way that it causes you to think. This must never happen again.