Charles Hunt

Charles Hunt was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington, NJ. After dropping out of college in 1967 he joined the Navy Reserve in hopes of avoiding the draft and combat in Vietnam. Instead the Navy sent him to Vietnam's notorious Mekong Delta on a 50 foot Swift Boat as aft gunner patrolling and running special operations with various types of fighting units.

Based on his letters, pictures and audios sent home Hunt allows the reader to glance through a window into the mind, heart, and emotions of a young man at war.

Hunt retired in 2015 after a long career as a Ford Senior Master Automotive Technician. Charles and his wife Claire reside on the farm that has been in the family for multiple generations. There they have raised their three children and two grandsons. He enjoys gardening and keeping up the family homestead. His days are now filled with keeping all the family vehicles and equipment in working order, leading worship music and doing mission work with Calvary Chapel of Mercer County, NJ.