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February 16, 2015
What A Forward Air Controller Does
The first two Hamfist books follow his tour of duty in Vietnam as a Forward Air Controller (FAC). Recently you may have heard retired generals mention that FACs are essential for an effective air campaign against ISIS.
If you wondered what a FAC does, you can read this post, which is a passage from Hamfist Over The Trail.
Enjoy!
February 6, 2015
Operation Homecoming Anniversary
February 12 is the anniversary of the first Freedom Bird in 1973.
Once again, WELCOME HOME!
January 26, 2015
Guinness “Empty Chair” Commercial
No explanation needed!
January 4, 2015
A View From The Cockpit Of Hamfist’s First Airplane
If you’ve wanted to see what it’s like to conduct an airstrike from an O-2A – the aircraft Hamfist flew during his first Vietnam tour – you’ll really enjoy this short video.
December 27, 2014
Readers: THANK YOU!
Ever since the December 1st release of Frag Order, the book has been in first place for “Hot New Releases” and on the first page of “Top 100″ books in its genre!
A huge THANK YOU to all the readers who made this happen!
December 17, 2014
Excellent Series On The Vietnam War
There is an excellent series of films about the Vietnam War available on Youtube. The first in the series details the beginning of American involvement and the enormous troop buildups in the early years, and has extensive coverage of the battle at Ia Drang (chronicled in Lt. General Hal Moore’s excellent book, We Were Soldiers Once…And Young) and the Battle of Dak To. There are interviews with veterans, spouses and widows, as well as lots of actual films taken during combat. Although each film in the series is fairly long (about an hour and a half each), I highly recommend the series if you want to know more about the history of American involvement in Vietnam.
December 3, 2014
Frag Order off to a good start!
After a successful launch on December 1st, Frag Order is already in the Top 100 in its genre (Military>Vietnam War) and is now listed as a Hot New Release by Amazon. To all of you who have purchased Frag Order, thank you!
November 11, 2014
Frag Order Now Available For Pre-Order!
Finally, after a LONG birthing process, Frag Order is available for Pre-Order, with a delivery date perfect for Christmas: December 1, 2014!
A big Thank You to all of you who have been waiting so patiently!
November 10, 2014
November 7, 2014
Great Way To Donate To A Veteran Charity
There’s a really neat promotion going on at the Veteran’s Day Challenge. The authors, all military veterans, have pledged to donate all of the proceeds from Veteran’s Day sales of their listed books to a veteran charity. The G. E. Nolly book entered into the Challenge is Hamfist Down!. The donation will go to the Air Warrior Courage Foundation, a wonderful organization awarded four stars by the Charity Navigator.
There are lots of other books by some great authors, and now is your time to stock up and support a veteran charity at the same time. If you want to know what it was like for a grunt in Vietnam, you’ll really want to read Cherries, by John Podlaski. I highly recommend it!
