Vernon E, Brewer II is a multiple Purple Heart recipient who was medevacked from Vietnam in 1969. He spent seven months in Fort Devin's Army Hospital recovering from a booby trap wound to his left thigh. In 1981, his first draft of this book won the State University of New York's Writers' Forum Scholarship and was accepted for publication by the first publisher to which he submitted the book, selling out two printings with little advertising except word of mouth. His poetry has been published by Old Dominion, and the intro to his web page was featured by AOL on its news site after Brewer allowed a fellow Vietnam Vet to use it on another web page. In 1981 Brewer, an avid skydiver and motorcyclist, skydived the Lower 48 states to bring media attention to the dangers of Agent Orange. The Stars and Stripes invited him to write his story, with a lead on the front page and 5,000 words taking up the entire centerfold. Brewer recently traveled 14,000 miles visiting the graves of all those paratroopers who served with him and were killed in action during his tour with Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 173d Airborne Brigade. Brewer donated 100% of all his royalties from this book's first printing to The National Veterans Foundation, and gave a portion of the proceeds from the second printing to the Sky Soldiers' Memorial in Fort Benning, Georgia. 50% of Brewer's royalties from this E book release will also go to the Sky Soldiers' Memorial. Brewer currently resides in an A-frame tucked way back into the Finger Lakes National Forest in upstate New York.
