aumatic stress disorder, combat trauma, special forces, green beret, Vietnam, ak-47, soldier's heart, war, top secret PTSD

 

5th Special Forces

MACV-SOG

Command and Control Central, Military Assistance Command Vietnam

Special Operations Augmentation

Studies and Observation Group

 

Pictures from Forward Observation Base II, Kontum, Vietnam; Laos and Cambodia during the period December 1969 thru October 1970, presented by former Green Beret Sergeant Lee Burkins, Recon Team Vermont.  A documentary inspired by a story in Lee's new book, Soldier's Heart, was presented on the HISTORY CHANNEL: "Operation Reunion"; Follow the heart of a warrior's journey...

De Oppresso Liber!

 "Soldiers follow orders, Warriors know their duty."
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New Book!

Soldier's Heart

by

Lee Burkins

 

 

Writer's Digest critiques Soldier's Heart

The author's accounts of his war experiences are powerfully and engagingly written. He well captures the horror of war (both its outward and inward battles), its long-term effects on those who live through it, and the nightmare of seeking to integrate those experiences with the normalcy of everyday living upon a soldier's return to civilian life. The most impressive thing about this book is the author's ability through his writing to "show" the reader the emotional and psychological turmoil soldiers experience both in their adjustment to war and their readjustment upon return. This author writes very well.

AMAZON.COM REVIEW

5 out of 5 Stars Unconventional Excellence!!!

Lee Burkins has produced a remarkable work that will assure a vital education to those genuinely concerned with the true prices of warfare. Those intelligent enough to purchase his teachings/reflections will acquire a visceral knowledge of a journey that few survive let alone possess the courage and clarity to document. Soldier's Heart is a masterpiece and parties claiming to be military historians without turning its pages are simply fooling themselves. Please  read other reviews about this book at Amazon.Com. You'll get the idea.

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Lee                     Yubi & Lee        Hyak       Than & Kinnear   Lee    Kinnear & Lee  OneZero Team 

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 CCC bunkers     RT Vermont      Willie Pete        122 rocket         12mm      Mohs-Hoyt-Blackwell       

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IA gas drill         FOB II (north)     Chopper Pad      Plaster-Miller    Miller-Hein       Yubi-Deng

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  Dakto Launch Site    Cobra Gunship      Diu-Gai        Hein-Davis    Todd-Wilson-?      Merkerson

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Wolcolf-Miller              Kingbee                 Hein            Korpus-Goodwin     Lum-Weems

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NVA Laos    Lum &  brother     Lee-Buhn       Local Mamasan    Recon Company     IA drills

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Yard Long House         Hyak with WP                Hein                 Yards at Dakto        Squeak-Lum

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Miller-Lee 1970    Miller-Lee 1996          Yubi-Lee               Lee             Walk on Water     Who Us?

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MACV-SOG     Special Operations Association    Veterans For Peace    Addicted To War

 Global Special Ops    PTSD-Alliance     Burkai's Political Cartoons

Internal Martial Arts     Bill Manning's Page    Shell Shock!

Fort Bliss PTSD Recovery Center

 

 

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