This project started with a conversation between myself and my friend Douglas. We were discussing his songwriting and his love for the lyrics and stories behind them. I was so excited to share these letters with him that my father had written to my mother while my father was serving as a doctor in the Viet Nam.
As I was reading a few of these letters to Douglas, my cherished memories resurfaced of how beautiful and timeless they were. Douglas felt these letters should be shared with the world at large because of how intriguing and important these letters were. Douglas suggested the I record myself reading these letters.
One day we were started talking about idea of releasing an audio book. Two weeks later I flew down to Birmingham Alabama to meet Douglas and Craig Brandwein, the producer of this project, to start recording me reading these letters.
This book is a compilation of notes and musings from my father written during the time he served as a physician in Vietnam. It dedicated to all who served in Vietnam, those who still suffer and the many that lost their lives. I am sharing my father’s writings as a tribute to him as a Family Practice Physician whose passionate life work was to care for a community. He served well and cared for the soldiers and civilians requiring medical interventions in the area surrounding Chu Lai Vietnam. The care included the wounded physically and emotionally, and those that needed care after death. After returning from Vietnam, that compassion for community care continued and was undoubtedly enriched by home experiences in Vietnam.