Born in Plattsburgh NY in 1944. Lived and worked on the farm until being drafted in 1966. Educated in St. Johns Academy and SUNY Plattsburgh. Shipped out to Vietnam with the US Army in Oct. 1966 and returned in Nov. 1967. Married in 1970 and have 4 children and 6 grandchildren. Worked in farming and construction for many years. Co-owned bar and restaurant on China Beach in Da Nang for a number of years and traveled extensively throughout Viet Nam on numerous trips to that country since the war's end. Was an embedded journalist numerous times with US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Presently farming and writing.