G-Day, Rendezvous with Eagles

by Stephen Wiehe

Overview

G-DAY, Rendezvous with Eagles is a 20th Anniversary reflection on Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as seen through the eyes of 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Forward Observer, Stephen Wiehe. G-DAY details the critical missions and movements of the First Battalion of the historic 502nd Infantry Regiment during the Gulf War as well as the soldier’s day-to-day activities. G-DAY, Rendezvous with Eagles has been declared by the Don F. Pratt Museum as the best first person narrative of the Gulf War and has been included in the museum at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013163713
Publisher:	Eagle FO Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Stephen Wiehe has been a resident of Austin, Texas for seventeen years and is the author of G-Day, Rendezvous with Eagles. Steve has a deep love for God, Country, his family, the veteran and those who have sacrificed it all to keep us free. He is proud to have served in the Army and honored to have served with the greatest Army division in history, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

After the Gulf War, Stephen was promoted to Staff Sergeant and worked as a Fire Support Non-Commissioned Officer for Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) where he concluded his career in the Army. While in the Army, he was awarded four Army Commendation Medals, three Army Achievement Medals, the Southwest Asia Service Ribbon with two oak leaf clusters, the Liberation of Kuwait Service Medal, the Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with the numeral 2 device, the National Defense Service Ribbon with one oak leaf cluster, two Good Conduct Medals, and the Army Service Ribbon.

Besides writing books, Steve is active in veteran's affairs as an advocate for the men and women who have served their country.

Editorial Reviews

G-DAY, Rendezvous with Eagles has been declared by the Don F. Pratt Museum as the best first person narrative of the Gulf War and has been included in the museum at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

John O'Brien

I just finished reading this amazing account of the Gulf War - "G-DAY Rendezvous wth Eagles." I am a history buff who is much more interested in learning about an event through the eyes of someone who actually experienced it first hand. The reporting of Sgt. Wiehe's deployment with the 101st Airborne Division gave me a whole new perspective of what it is like to be a soldier during the Gulf War war. My heart stopped when I read how his company was inadvertantly dropped off in the middle of a min

Lisa Decker