Come Walk with Me

by Michael Flowers

Overview

Clayton Hugh Gilbertson always wanted to be a real soldier. Even as a child, all he would dream about was following in his fathers footsteps in becoming a military man. Clayton was all olive drab! From running around his home in Boston, playing backyard war, to his final destination in Vietnam, Michael Flowers takes you on a journey from Claytons early years to his nail-biting adventures with Team 86 in Tan An, in the province of Long An, Vietnam. Follow him as he travels the compounds and the villages of Binh Phuoc and the mined roads and rice dikes of terror. Feel the excitement of being shot at and attacked by the Viet Cong and living with death and killing on a daily basis. Travel through 196869 with a highly decorated soldier that loved his country, loved the army, and above all, loved his family and his God. Weep with him over the soldiers who gave their life and all the innocent children that suffered at the hands of the enemy. Cry with him as he notifies the next of kin here in the United States. Live with him as he reflects at the Black Wall in Washington, DC. Follow him on sweep missions, gunship fights, and night combat, not knowing if he will ever return. His story is one of fear, compassion, faith, strength, and love of country. Clayton Hugh Gilbertson was considered by some as a typical warmonger, but in essence, he was a man that valued human life, even the lives of his enemies. Clayton Gilbertson was one of many who served in Vietnam and returned home, becoming a Senior Army Instructor of the Reserve Officers Training Corp (JROTC) at Benton and Lafayette High Schools in St. Joseph, Missouri, for the next twenty-two years of his life. Clayton shares his personal reflections on war, both good and bad, as seen from the eyes of the battlefield in Vietnam to the political adversities in Washington. Share with him what it was like to come home and be called a baby killer. Walk in the boots of a warrior through an adventure that will remain with you for a long time. Clayton Gilbertson was a warrior with a purpose and a part of this countrys history. Put on your boots and follow this warrior into Vietnam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781503598911
Publisher:	Xlibris US
Publication date:	08/21/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Michael Flowers never had to serve in Vietnam! He was a medic in the 169th Field Artillery Unit in Hiawatha Kansas (1969–1975) after basic training in Fort Polk Louisiana and medic training at Brooke Army Hospital, Fort Sam, Houston, Texas. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree (BS) in education and a master’s degree in school administration (MSED) from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville Missouri. Michael worked for the Saint Joseph School District (SJSD) for thirty-five years as a teacher and elementary school principal. After his retirement, he spent the next decade teaching in the education department of Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph Mo, supervising student teachers, and coauthoring with Dr. Elizabeth Hendrix two books, titled Educators Learning to Be Socially Just through Critical Field Experiences and Educators Learning to Be Socially Just. Michael currently works with the Learning for Life program with the Pony Express Council of the BSA, with emphasis on special needs camps for students with learning disabilities. On Tuesday nights, he works prison ministry at the Western Missouri Diagnostic Correctional Prison, in St. Joseph. This is his first book on his own. Michael resides in St. Joseph with his wife, Angela, of forty-four years and has two daughters and three granddaughters. Michael loves to read, write, and play golf at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.