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The future was ours if we survived

Jerry Glazer
Jan 31, 2023

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When our combat time in Vietnam was over, the places we stood, the armaments we carried, and the battles we fought, won, and lost no longer counted.

What would matter was that we survived and found ourselves relaxing at the end of a summer’s day under a golden sky facing an open field, sipping on cold drinks, and laughing at the absurdity of it all.

But unfortunately, 58,000 paid the ultimate price of our government’s folly. Jerry Glazer — Vietnam Uncensored

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

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Jerry Glazer
Jerry Glazer

Written by Jerry Glazer

Jerry Glazer is an author of short stories, essays and novels. The 1st chapter of his Vietnam memoir can be read for free at www.vietnamjerry.com

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