Posted on Jan 26, 2021
Borne the Battle #227: John Del Vecchio, Army Vietnam War Veteran, Combat Correspondent, and New York Times Best Selling Author
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In this episode of Borne the Battle, Del Vecchio shares how he went from being a combat correspondent to a very accomplished author (https://rly.pt/3pxK8FL.) Some of the topics covered include:
- His experience training at The Defense Information School (http://rly.pt/3qYliix)
- The hurdles he had to go through to get his orders changed and be sent to Vietnam.
- His unique experience serving as a combat correspondent with the 101st Airborne Division.
- The act of heroism that earned him a Bronze Star Medal with a “V”.
- His experiences after returning from Vietnam.
- How he got his first book published and what he thinks today’s aspiring authors need to do to find success.
- His experience training at The Defense Information School (http://rly.pt/3qYliix)
- The hurdles he had to go through to get his orders changed and be sent to Vietnam.
- His unique experience serving as a combat correspondent with the 101st Airborne Division.
- The act of heroism that earned him a Bronze Star Medal with a “V”.
- His experiences after returning from Vietnam.
- How he got his first book published and what he thinks today’s aspiring authors need to do to find success.
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SSgt Tanner Iskra My twin brother and I were hung ho during the Vietnam War, all for God and country. We were living with my Dad and my uncle was also living with us; both WWII vets. The uncle had a friend who was a war correspondent in Vietnam. We were warned that during the couple times he came over to the house, we were not to mention the war. Being 15/16 at the time we wanted to know more about it. I suspect he saw too much when he was over there. My brother and I wound up over there two years later at 18.
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SGT Lorenzo Nieto
I think that at that time in my life and at the age of 18 you only got to see what was on tv, and did not think about it to much however once I got there, I was able to see the things that they did not show you on tv.
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