by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Mar 18, 2025 | Author, Blog, Books, Days of Peace and War, Vietnam
Black & White Pencil Sketch of Me Sparks Memories Above my desk is a black and white sketch of me in pencil, drawn in Saigon in May or June, 1970. I wear my bush hat, my uniform, my combat infantry badge, my rank E-4, and my active unit’s badge on my left...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Jan 6, 2025 | Author, Blog, Days of Peace and War, Vietnam
Soon after my arrival in Vietnam in September, 1969, I was assigned to Company A of the First Battalion of the 18th Regiment of the First Infantry Division and went to Di An, its base camp. located between Saigon and Cambodia. Since I was a newbie, I went to...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | Aug 19, 2024 | Author, Blog, Books, Days of Peace and War, Vietnam
ABOUT THE AUTHOR George W. McDaniel, PhD, is the President of McDaniel Consulting, LLC, a strategy firm that helps organizations use history to build bridges within itself and to its broader constituents. For 25 years, he served as the...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | May 20, 2024 | Author, Blog, Books, Days of Peace and War, Vietnam
ABOUT THE AUTHOR George W. McDaniel, PhD, is the President of McDaniel Consulting, LLC, a strategy firm that helps organizations use history to build bridges within itself and to its broader constituents. For 25 years, he served as the Executive Director...
by gmcdaniel4444@gmail.com | May 26, 2023 | Blog, Books, Days of Peace and War, Vietnam
Memorial Day: Vietnam. A tribute to Capt. Harvey Kelley, the commanding officer of my company in Vietnam, whom the Viet Cong ambushed and killed on November 20, 1969. He was a good guy. A career soldier and maybe 30 years old, he may have been a Green Beret, I...