Dreams From Bamboo
Vernon E. Brewer II
Bamboo dreams is the story of a young man socially bullied who is in love with a high school mate. Told she is too good for him he observes how a tiny country in Southeast Asia is drawing America deeper into its civil war... and he sees the war as a chance to become "Good enough" for his unrequited love. He embarks to Vietnam as a Paratrooper assigned to an elite unit. While others do their best to get out of the jungle war, "Dewey" as the other Paratroopers nick named him, does his utmost to stay in the jungle where he delves into the psychological abyss that exist in the form of "Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome", He comes home wounded in mind and in body but feels finally worthy of his unrequitted lover only to have a phone call from home while he lay in a military hospital telling him Karen had been murdered by a 14 year old child who beat her face in and raped her, before strangling her with a venetian blind cord. Did you ever wonder where PTSD comes from? How it eats into the heart and mind of warriors? This book answers that question and many others about wounded warriors. A must read for all those family members of Veterans that take their stories to their graves.
Duration - 13h 12m.
Author - Vernon E. Brewer II.
Narrator - Grant Benker.
Published Date - Friday, 05 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2024 Vernon E. Brewer II ©.
Location:
United States
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Grant Benker
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Description:
Bamboo dreams is the story of a young man socially bullied who is in love with a high school mate. Told she is too good for him he observes how a tiny country in Southeast Asia is drawing America deeper into its civil war... and he sees the war as a chance to become "Good enough" for his unrequited love. He embarks to Vietnam as a Paratrooper assigned to an elite unit. While others do their best to get out of the jungle war, "Dewey" as the other Paratroopers nick named him, does his utmost to stay in the jungle where he delves into the psychological abyss that exist in the form of "Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome", He comes home wounded in mind and in body but feels finally worthy of his unrequitted lover only to have a phone call from home while he lay in a military hospital telling him Karen had been murdered by a 14 year old child who beat her face in and raped her, before strangling her with a venetian blind cord. Did you ever wonder where PTSD comes from? How it eats into the heart and mind of warriors? This book answers that question and many others about wounded warriors. A must read for all those family members of Veterans that take their stories to their graves. Duration - 13h 12m. Author - Vernon E. Brewer II. Narrator - Grant Benker. Published Date - Friday, 05 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Vernon E. Brewer II ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Opening
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Chapter 1 (1)
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Chapter 2 (3)
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Chapter 3 (1)
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Chapter 4 (3)
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Chapter 5 (2)
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Chapter 6 (2)
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Chapter 7 (2)
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Chapter 8 (1)
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Chapter 9 (1)
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Chapter 10 (1)
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Chapter 11 (1)
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Chapter 12 (1)
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Chapter 13 (1)
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Chapter 14 (1)
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Chapter 15 (1)
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Chapter 16 (1)
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Chapter 17 (1)
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Chapter 18 (1)
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Chapter 18 continued
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Chapter 19 (1)
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Chapter 20 update
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Chapter 21 (1)
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Ending Credits
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