The Greatest Vietnam War Stories EVER: Volume II
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Continue where Volume 1 left off as Private Meyer's adventures continue going to Europe, getting married, and then finds out he's off to serve into another war, this time in Vietnam. He serves multiple tours of duty and finds new purpose again. These short stories about Army life abroad are all true and fully illustrated as wartime personal memoir nonfiction comics. These comics give you a front row seat to a wartime era veteran who served on the frontlines of Vietnam and Korea. The stories are true, universal, positive messaging, and fun to read. Phillip Meyer continues to write everyday and share his historical firsthand accounts of surviving the Korean & Vietnam War. If you haven't read Volume 1 first be sure to read it before reading Volume 2. All stories can be read out of chronological order. Every story is it's own unique moment in history.
At 90 years old Phillip W. Meyer still enjoys writing stories and poems.
Each story in this book includes a fully illustrated comic.
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The Greatest Vietnam War Stories EVER - Phillip W. Meyer
Short Stories Written by
Phillip W. Meyer
Personal Photo Archive Provided by
Phillip W. Meyer
Creative Direction & Storyboarding by
Paul P. Meyer
Graphic Illustrations by
Roswena Saladier Brennan
Editing Assistance by
Gloria Grant
Published by PM Media LLC
Copyright © 2023 by PM Media LLC.
Book covers and comic illustrations © 2023 Roswena Saladier Brennan
For inquiries to get this book in your library, classroom, business, or U.S. Army recruiting office, contact: ppmeyer@gm.ail.com
ISBN 979-8-9885773-4-8 (ebook)
Phillip W. MeyerFor my dad, Phillip W. Meyer
Retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant 1950 - 1971
5th RCT Korean War / 344th LARC Company Vietnam War
Table of Contents
Volume II
Introduction
Re-enlisting and going to France
Re-enlisting and going back to South Korea
Re-enlisting and going to Vietnam
Leaving Vietnam and retiring to civilian life
References & Resources
Introduction
Volume II continues where Volume I stopped; as Private Meyer’s enlistment ends for the Korean War and he finds himself thinking of what he will do next. In Volume II, his short stories develop and inspire during his years serving in the Vietnam War while also starting a family and then later exiting the military. If you haven’t read Volume I do it now! It is a great prerequisite of getting to know the character before reading Volume II.
My father always said his best years of his life were in the U.S. Army. Thanks Dad, for all your years of service to your country.
These short stories can be all read start to finish in chronological order or at random. They are interconnected, yet complete by themselves as vivid memories of my father during his time in the U.S. Army while serving multiple tours in the Vietnam War. If you were ever fortunate enough to meet my father, it would not take him long to start talking about an Army story.
For decades my father typed up his stories on his computer from the 1990s to into the 2020s. Finally, in 2020, I made an effort to collect them all, read them over, edit them, and start to incorporate the best ones verbally told into colorful film-like illustrated comics. Enjoy.
Phillip MeyerChatellerault, France
December 1952 - November 1953
In December 1952 I was on a ship headed towards Europe. On the ship I studied a little book on German. I was learning to count in German, basic greetings. I was ready. In January 1953 we arrived in Germany where I was interviewed by an officer who said, You are going to France.
The next thing I knew, I was on a train for France and ended up in Ingrandes, a town so small if you sneezed you would have passed it right by; now, of course, it’s a big city. My first trip to town was for a Christmas carnival which was coming to an end. I practiced speaking French with some locals. The next day as I walked down the street on another visit to Chatellerault, the next big town near Ingrandes, I saw a store that sold books. I went in and bought a French-English dictionary. A word here, a word there, I started to speak French.
I found the family I had met the night before practicing French with, the Flochets. My visits lasted around 11 months making friends with them. I visited their relatives in Paris. I went to a monastery. What was amazing on the bottom floor at the Flochets was a Catholic family but on the top floor, the leader of the Communist party and his son, what a difference, but I did not have any problems.
I went to the movies, and went fishing and I caught a big one. I had my first bicycle in France, an old one but it got me where I wanted to go. Many good days. In that year I saw Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis who did a very short skit for us at our military camp.
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