Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Part 1 Free to Search for Something Good
Chapter 1 Conflicting Motives 9
Chapter 2 My Beginnings 12
Chapter 3 Major Changes 17
Chapter 4 Looking Ahead 22
Chapter 5 Risky Adventure 28
Chapter 6 West Point Remembered 36
Chapter 7 New Horizons 40
Chapter 8 Another Look at the Army 44
Chapter 9 Change of Orders 48
Part 2 The Upheaval
Chapter 10 4 October 1966 59
Chapter 11 Evaluating the Aftermath 71
Chapter 12 Vertical Rescue 79
Chapter 13 2nd Surgical Hospital 86
Chapter 14 Notifying Folks Back Home 93
Chapter 15 Medevac 99
Chapter 16 A Long Three Weeks 107
Chapter 17 Home by Christmas 115
Chapter 18 Down to Business 123
Chapter 19 The Long Road to Recovery 131
Part 3 A Life Examined
Chapter 20 Aftermath 141
Chapter 21 First Survivor Contact 149
Chapter 22 A New World of Discovery 162
Chapter 23 Making Life-Changing Connections 169
Chapter 24 Other Witnesses on the Scene 174
Chapter 25 Bringing It AH Together 186
Epilogue: The Story of a War Never Ends 195
Acknowledgements 211
Appendix A Virtual Vietnam Wall Memorials 212
Appendix B River + Mill = Town 238
Appendix C Military Notes 242
Appendix D Supporting Material 255
Appendix E The Ray Family 261
Endnotes 265
