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My Silent Hurt is Over
by William (Bill) Butler
169 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-0587; ISBN 1-4120-2759-4; US$24.00, C$24.00, EUR16.39, £12.39
I have a lifetime worth of memories from the Vietnam War. My memories never left me. It's like it was yesterday - life is a precious, fragile gift.
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About the Book
This book is written from the heart with sensitivity. It describes the Vietnam experience in such a manner that one can almost smell the gun powder, human blood and the stench of war.
About the Author
Born William McKinley Butler 3-3-46 Hunstville, Texas. Family of six (3 boys and 3 girls).
THE EARLY YEARS: J.C. Sanderson & Crawford Elementary School, 1959, Houston, Texas. Kashmere High School Diploma, 1965, Houston, Texas.
INDUCTED INTO U.S. ARMY: November 30, 1965, Houston, Texas.
BASIC TRAINING: Fort Riley, Kansas Nov. 65 - Dec 66 (1st Infantry Division)
FOREIGN BASE CAMP: Bearcat, Vietnam 12-12-66 (Company B 4th BN Infantry - 9th Infantry Div.)
ETS SEPARATION: November 13, 1967
RANK: SP4 - E4
HONORABLE DISCHARGE MEDALS: (Standard Combat Awards)
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal W. Dev. 60
Vietnam Service MedalWEAPONS QUALIFIED:
M-14 and M-16 rifles
.45 pistol
M-60 and M-50 (Caliber Machine Guns)
81 and 91 mm. Mortar
M-79 Grenade Launcher
Demolition QualifiedCONTINUING EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Industrial Tech. (Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas)...1970-1975
Graduate Student, Industrial Education (Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas)...1975-1977
Graduate of Texas Commission of Law Enforcement (Standard Education, Houston, Texas) 1982
Real Estate - Required Courses for Salesman License (Houston Community College)...1983-1984
Management Certificate (Pan Am School, London, England) 1984
Texas Adjuster's License...1985
AAS Degree - Legal Assistant (Houston Community College)...1987
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SOMETHING FOR MEMORY ONLY
No more airlift or engagement at Camp Martin Cox.
No more working with Vietnamese National Police to prevent interference with local election by the Viet Cong, or looking for small arms fire.
No more Operation Martz or Chien Hoi or Song Tri Vai, River.
No more call to Jayhawk for dust off.
No more 48 hours combat patrol at Binh Son Rubber Plantation,
No more Recon or Ambush patrols around Phouc Tho.
No more mine-sweeping missions.
No more securing road clearing operation and dodging sniper fi re,
No more Operation Big Spring including: river crossing site, tunnels, sampan, huts, bunkers, V.C. base camp or moving truck and automobile parts.
No more moving rice from one place to another.
No more Operation Riley, Tinh Bien Hoa province or search and destroy missions.
No more moving through the jungle from a hot LZ to a safe LZ.
No more looking over my shoulder or looking for suspicious individuals while in small villages or even Saigon.
No more listening to fellow soldiers sounds of fear or hurt.
No more looking at empty bunks in my barracks.
No more trying to stay dry from the rain or stay warm from the cold nights in the jungle.
Finally, no more sleeping with a loaded rifle next to you!
There are still sleepless nights but no more Viet Cong!!
Thank God it's over and for blessing me to survive such an ordeal!
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