My body is here, but my soul escapes.
Dear Mom, Last night I was sleeping on my poncho and covering up with a parachute I found in a tree. They are really warm to be so light. I woke up and there was a rat under my shirt. It scared the hell out of me.
When ChickenMan got to Vietnam, the dumbest son of a bitch in the squad still knew more than him. ChickenMan tried to fix a cup of coffee at sunset and a fellow kicked his fire out, asking him if he wanted to get them all killed. Continue Reading in July 16-31 Reports
Here I am again. I just landed in Dong Ho. The landing strip is made of pieces of steel and it is very dry and dusty here. I have been here 30 minutes already and I am covered with brown dust. They are going to send me somewhere else, but I don't know where yet. I will write some more when I find out where I am going to be. Continue Reading in July Letters
I landed in DaNan at 5:00 am July 20, 1968. It was already hot. The first person that I talked to was a black corporal in RECON. He said that Da Nang was going to be overrun any day now, and that it was surrounded by the NVA. Continue Reading in July Narratives
ChickenMan's War Chronicles
- July 1968
- July Reports
- July 1968 Letters
- July 1968: Narratiives of Chicken Man
- First Day in Vietnam - written in 1973 as a college assignment
- 2nd Day in Viet Nam (from a college assignment, 1973)
- 3rd Day Vietnam - college assignment 1973
- 4th Day July 24 - college assignment 1973
- 5th Day July 25 college assignment 1973
- Day 6 July 26, 1968
- July 27, 1968
- July 28, 1968
- July 29, 1968
- July 30, 1968
- July 31, 1968
- August 1968
- Source Documents
