Acknowledgments

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following people who shared with me their memories, stories, and ideas:

Ralph Antignani; Carl Augusto; Douglas Bachman; Lee and Janice Bartels; Tom Barton; Mike Benge; Ray “Blackie” Blackman of The Ripcord Report; Harry W. Brooks, Jr., Major General U.S.A. (Retired); F. C. Brown; Jim Catlin of The Strike Force Association; Joe and Jeanne Cochran; Joe Cordova; Kathy Cordova; Frank and Carol Delaney; Bob Del Vecchio; Frank A. Del Vecchio, Jr.; Jane Diedzic of VVAOI; Larry Elliot; Mary Jo Good, Ph.D., and Byron Good, Ph.D.; Joe Griggs; Jane Hamilton-Merritt, Ph.D.; Edwin Hunter of The Undesirables; Dr. Herbert Kaye; Theanvy Kuoch of Khmer Health Advocates; Ben Cai Lam; Bob Leddlelaytner; Marcus Leddy; Bill Laurie of Cyclo Dap Archives; Ned Leavitt; Don Lombardi; Hugh Long of The Strike Force Association; Paul Lukienchuk; Gunny Doug Lyvere; V. David and Donna Manahan; Roderick MacKenzie; Gary Miller; Frank McCarthy of the Brandie Scheib Children’s Fund; Conley Monk of The Undesirables; Brian Muldoon; Ron Mullins; Ron Norris; Bruce and Janice Ratcliffe; Heather Ratcliffe; Ed Ruminski; Joseph and Elena Rusnak; P. Cary Shelton; Ted Shpak of the Viet Nam Veterans Service Center; Pierre Smith; Jimmy Sparrow of VVAOVI; Tim Stewart; Thomas Taylor; Saren Thach; Dave and Karen Throm; Paul Trudeau; Karen, Robert, and Paul Trudeau; Al Santoli; Carol Verozzi; and Alan Young, Ph.D.

I would also like to thank the veterans of the Vet Centers in Greenville, North Carolina, White River Junction, Vermont, and Shelton, Meriden, and Hartford, Connecticut.

And a very special thanks to Frank and Filomena Del Vecchio.