From Changes: The Coming of Age in the South During the Vietnam War by Dr. Bob Vadas (reviewer):

Changes: The Coming of Age in the South during the Vietnam War by JD Morgan (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016) The back cover of this book entices the reader by asking, "How much of this tale is fact, and how much is fiction? That's for you to figure out!" and I suppose the fun was supposed to begin there. Perhaps it is a reference to Tim O'Brien's view that "all war stories are false...but all war stories are also true." This story tests the parameters of believability with the unending adventures of a 17-year-old enlistee in the realms of hookers, drugs, guns and with, almost as a distant and vague side-show, the War in Vietnam as a back drop. One of many struggles I had with this story is that there is no war story... Read More

In This Issue:

1. 50 Years of VVAW by Joe Miller
2. Reflections on My Recent Trip to Vietnam by Joan Davis
3. VVAW 50th Anniversary by VVAW
4. Editor's Note by VVAW
5. 20 Years of The Veteran by Barry Romo
6. 50 Years Since Dr. King's "Declaration of Independence" by Joe Miller
7. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
8. Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
9. Gimme an "F" by Stephen Sinsley
10. Memorial Day Memories by Pete Zastrow
11. The Human Cost of War by Joseph Giannini
12. Veterans and the Affordable Care Act: Why the Repeal Would be Devastating by Jen Tayabji
13. Our Conundrum (poem) by Barry L. Reece
14. No Thanks by Tom Dixon
15. 50 Years Later - Reflections on the Vietnam War by Warren Hunt
16. Trump Card (poem) by Susan R. Dewar
17. VVAW, Then and Now by Al Donohue
18. Carl Douglas Rogers, R.I.P. by Jan Barry
19. Photos from the Archives by VVAW
20. Three Stars by John Ketwig
21. Ralph Kall R.I.P. by Stanley Campbell
22. Remembering Tom Hayden by Carl Davidson
23. Remembering a True American Hero by John Ketwig
24. ...Another Brother by Louie DeBenedette
25. National Guard Troops May Be Used to Round Up Aliens (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
26. Our Neighbor by Daniel Corral
27. Boots (poem) by David Sandgrund
28. LWA: Living While Angry by Gregory Ross
29. Mr. President, Hear Our Pleas by Susan Schnall
30. The New Agent Orange: Military Burn Pits in Afghanistan and Iraq by H. Patricia Hynes (reviewer)
31. Stick Vet (cartoon) by Travis Landchild
32. My Part in the War: 1968-1970 by Martin Treat
33. Veterans Must Join the Poor People's Campaign for a New Winning Strategy by Rev. Shawna Foster
34. Reporting Back on Standing Rock by Daniel Corral
35. The Light Where Shadows End by Daniel Lavery (reviewer)
36. The CIA as Organized Crime by Larry Craig (reviewer)
37. Vietnam Dreams by R. G. Cantalupo (reviewer)
38. Search & Destroy (poem) by R. G. Cantalupo
39. Pearl Harbor Memories by Michael Nelson
40. The CIA and the Phoenix Poem by Sanford Kelson (reviewer)
41. T-rump Preamble (poem) by Michael McGraw
42. Fight Song (poem) by Michael McGraw
43. Changes: The Coming of Age in the South During the Vietnam War by Dr. Bob Vadas (reviewer)
44. Photos from the Archives Part 2 by VVAW
45. Long Way Out by Daniel Lavery (reviewer)
46. Vietnam: A History of the War by Allen Meece (reviewer)
47. A War Hero - and a Peace Hero by Hamilton Gregory (reviewer)
48. Making America Great Again (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
49. The Campaign to Demilitarize Public Schools by Gerald R. Gioglio (reviewer)
50. Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
51. My Lai Massacre Anniversary by Mike Hastie
52. Stick Vet, part 2 (cartoon) by Travis Landchild
53. Unspeakable by John Ketwig (reviewer)
54. Destroyer (poem) by Allen Meece
55. The Girl in the Picture (poem) by Doug Rawlings
56. My Last Few Days Across the Pond by David Sandgrund
57. Stick Vet, part 3 (cartoon) by Travis Landchild
58. Trump Moves the Doomsday Clock Closer to Midnight by Harry Petrequin
59. This is Where We Have Come by Jim Wohlgemuth
60. Stick Vet - Introducing Chick Vet (cartoon) by Travis Landchild
61. RECOLLECTIONS: Nixon's Revenge by Steve Miller
62. Trump Budget (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger