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Thirty Days Has September, The Last Ten Days
Thirty Days Has September, The Last Ten Days
Thirty Days Has September, The Last Ten Days
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This Volume completes the Thirty Day Saga of a young 2nd Lieutenant dropped off in the middle of the A Shau Valley in the Vietnam War. He instantly becomes the commanding officer of the Company, since the previous officers were killed by friendly fire.
In the short period of only 30 days 'Junior' learns quickly about leadership and death.
The final chapter culminates this part of his life and his following years transitioning into civilian life carrying a lot of baggage wil be discussed in the next book, "The Cowardly Lion"
All three books are available here on Smashwords

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PublisherJames Strauss
Release dateAug 25, 2020
Thirty Days Has September, The Last Ten Days
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James Strauss

I was born into a Coast Guard family during WWII. Have lived in four countries and twenty-seven states, in places from South Manitou Island, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Honolulu, Hawaii. I experienced a variety of positions in many careers, from being a Marine Corps Officer wounded in Vietnam, life insurance agent, physician’s assistant, and a college professor in anthropology.As a CIA team leader in the field I traveled to 122 countries, where he remains welcome in most of them to this day. I currently live in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and continuing to build from a newspaper publishing foundation called the Geneva Shore Report. This weekly is also published online at TheGenevaShoreReport.Com.I write about the human condition. The interaction that occurs throughout social systems, among elemental forces of leadership, religion and science. I write about the individual’s attempted integration into such social systems and attempt to define honor, integrity and duty, while I develop my stories.My novels and short stories focus on self-determination and self-discovery. They are about arrival. The arrival and satisfaction of a blissful state from which one can intelligently reflect and then positively direct one’s life.The Meaning of Life is all around us and ever changing, depending upon the perspective of others. I write about the meaning of self, and self-application to the meaning of life.You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+

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