Circle of Helmets: Poetry and Letters of the Vietnam War - Paperback

by Rick St John (Author)

Circle of Helmets is a one-of-a-kind literary time machine. First, the reader is introduced to a young, ingenuous soldier as he slowly and inexorably becomes hardened by the Vietnam War, through his raw, first-hand accounts of battles fought all across Vietnam, in the war's bloodiest year - - 1968. Then, many decades later, the reader meets the insightful, sensitive veteran he had become, through his intense poems about those same battlefields. Riveting and poignant, this book is a rare glimpse into the psyche of a Vietnam veteran, past and present. A deeply personal and compelling story, that you will not forget.

Author Biography

Rick St John --- story-teller, poet and historian --- has authored a wide range of creative works, from light-hearted, children's stories to poetry of the Vietnam War. With two successful careers behind him, retiring as a US Army Colonel in 1993 and as a Group Executive of a global, financial transactions processing company in 2012, Rick is now working on his "bucket list" - - - teaching and writing. He lives and writes in the woods, by a small lake, in South Georgia.