Bearing witness to the Vietnam war

Some questions ask me to describe the battlefields of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. I mean, beyond the apparent stress, death, and destruction. Precisely what happened to the team and me? How would I describe the events?

Being in that war was like nothing I could have imagined. It was a world within a world, a wheel within a wheel, a never-ending spiral of the unexpected, unbelievable, horrific, and grotesque.

We were well-trained but unprepared. We were seasoned veterans but unsuspecting of the ghastly images waiting beyond the jungle’s edge. We carried armaments, ammo, and explosives, yet unaware that all our preparations would not stop what confronted us. Flesh, blood, body parts, and misery became the ghosts of our minds. It was not possible to unsee what we witnessed.

Jerry Glazer — Vietnam Uncensored

Click here to read the first chapter at vietnamjerry.com & listen to the NPR radio broadcast of Cpl. Cummings’s ghost story.