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Taken from Two Reviews of Self-published Books by Min Warburton (reviewer):

Remembrances: True Stories of a Reluctant Warrior by rg cantalupo (self-published, 2022) A Long Way Home by Terry Raycraft (BookBaby, 2021) Two books, both self-published, highlight the pros and cons of self-publishing. Ross Canton aka rg cantalupo's Remembrances: True Stories of a Reluctant Warrior is a slim poetry book—fourteen poems and two letters, one to a Vietnam buddy, and one to his first wife, Janice. The letters are letters of love, sorrow, sadness, and repentance, the essence of all true remembrance. Between the pages of poems, there are also photographs of American and Vietnamese faces. If you were there, they will take you back, but gently I think. The poems—I have read them, read them again, and then read them aloud. "…I was done with War long before/War was done with me…" is a line that echoes and reverberates. It is, for many soldiers, a simple truth eloquently stated.... Read More

Also In This Issue:

  1. Stand Up For Your Rights by Bill Branson
  2. Another VVAW Library Project Launches by VVAW
  3. Agent Orange's Long, Brutal Reach by Jan Barry
  4. War's Long Reach (poem) by Jan Barry
  5. To the Future (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
  6. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
  7. Ukraine and Vietnam: Nothing is More Precious Than Independence and Liberty by Mike Woloshin
  8. Bricks to Putin (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
  9. Radio Free Devens by Marc Levy
  10. Returning by E. C. Streeter
  11. We Still Need To Oppose Privatizing the VA by John Ketwig
  12. Coming Home by Fred Samia
  13. Through the Looking Glass (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
  14. Barry Romo in Vietnam, 1972 by as told to Richard Stacewicz
  15. Report from Hanoi: Vietnam Revisited by Barry Romo
  16. Coming Home In Vietnam by John Ketwig (reviewer)
  17. Waging the War Within by Timothy Farley (reviewer)
  18. Two Reviews of Self-published Books by Min Warburton (reviewer)
  19. He Was Right (poem) by Larry Booth
  20. PTSD (poem) by Woody Powell
  21. Our Veterans by Kim Scipes (reviewer)
  22. And in the End by Tony Cokely
  23. Draftee (poem) by rg cantalupo
  24. Help for Children in Vietnam Who Lost a Parent to COVID-19 by Bhavia Wagner
  25. Photos from the VVAW Archives by VVAW
  26. Peace Marching in Vietnam 1993 by Stephen Sossaman
  27. Back To The Beginning - The Supposed Necessity of It All by John Crandell (reviewer)
  28. Two Books Are Better Than One by John Ketwig (reviewer)
  29. Remembrances (poem) by rg cantalupo
  30. Women Vietnam Veterans: Our Untold Stories by Min Warburton (reviewer)
  31. 50th Anniversary by Jim Wohlgemuth
  32. Watching 'Nam Flicks: The Deer Hunter vs. Apocalypse Now in Particular by John Crandell (reviewer)
  33. Paths of Dissent by Timothy Farley (reviewer)
  34. Long Shadows by John Fournelle (reviewer)
  35. Tiger Papa Three by John Bromer (reviewer)
  36. Cleaned and Oiled (poem) by Woody Powell
  37. After We Are The Ones To Survive (poem) by Larry Kerschner
  38. The Last Full Measure by Allen Meece (reviewer)
  39. Not Funny by Bill Potvin
  40. Bright White Light (poem) by Larry Kerschner
  41. Warpath by John Ketwig (reviewer)
  42. Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
  43. Michael Gold (1946-2022): Intrepid Veterans Advocate by Edward Damato
  44. An Extraordinary Veteran and Life: A Daughter Remembers Ashby Leach by Janet Lynn Leach Kelly
  45. Vet Battles For Better Life: Free Ashby Leach by VVAW
  46. Second Veteran Art Triennial Dives Into the Meaning of the Long Wars by Rachel Dukes and Aaron Hughes
  47. Memories of My Time in RVN by Paul Byrnes
  48. Remembering Olongapo by Al Wellman
  49. China Beach Surf Club - Part 2 by Joseph Giannini
  50. Reflecting on Returning to Vietnam by Fred Ptucha
  51. Big Bloody (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
  52. Tear by Tear by Michael Orange
  53. Calling Putin (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger