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Colors of WAR & PEACE: A Collection of Short Stories - Softcover

Thompson, D.M.

 
9780999728604: Colors of WAR & PEACE: A Collection of Short Stories

Synopsis

Colors of WAR & PEACE, a pastiche of stories, spans the long divide between chaos and community. Assigned to Top Secret, Studies and Observation Group (SOG) during the Vietnam War, the author returned home to school, family and career. But the arc of his war had not reached its apogee. Driven by an addiction for risk and desire to reorder his war, the author shares stories of his inexorable fall. Illuminating and powerful, these stories provide an intimate portrayal of how memories once buried, rise again from the dead.

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About the Author

D.M. Thompson served in Vietnam with MAC-V SOG, Studies and Observation Group, 1968-70. His assignments as Hatchet Force platoon leader, Recon Team Leader (One Zero), Covey Rider, coupled with staff assignments as Assistant S-2, S-3 and Launch Site Commander, gave him a broad and discerning view of SOG operations. He was called back to serve in 11th Special Forces Group, 1978-86. His first published story, an excerpt from his novel, Marble Mountain (working title), appeared in Maxine Hong Kingston's Veterans of War, Veteran's of Peace, 2006. His work of creative non-fiction, Marble Mountain Redux, based on his return to Vietnam in 1994 and reunion with SOB brothers in 2012, is scheduled for release 2018. D.M. Thompson is a Life Member of Special Operations Association and Special Forces Association. He lives in Richmond, VA.

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