Born From War
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Born From War
A Soldier's Quest to Understand Vietnam, Iraq, and the Generational Impact of Conflict
Naughton, Patrick
Casemate Publishers
02/2025
272
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9781636245140
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Table of Contents: All chapters are kept short at under 5,000 words each.
Prologue - "By God, we've kicked the Vietnam syndrome": Introduction to the book and how my father's service first impacted me as a child. Also describes the influence of the Vietnam War on military leaders, politicians, and American society. Much of which I witnessed firsthand when working in the Senate.
Chapter 1 - "What are you going to do with your life": Brief background on communism and how the Vietnam War started. Discusses how I was influenced to join the Army. Also traces the growth of the war via the various men that my father and family grew up with who were killed there.
Chapter 2 - "Get out of this house": The first soldier I knew who was killed in Iraq is mentioned. Anti-War protests are first introduced. Continues the slow burn describing the evolution of the Vietnam War through the men killed who my family grew up with.
Chapter 3 - "He never wanted to worry me": Brief digression into a social issue impacting the modern military. That of the scourge of suicide. Told through the soldiers that my father and I knew who took their own lives.
Chapter 4 - "Singing when the lights went out": Last of the men my family knew who died in Vietnam is concluded, which then sets the scene for when my father entered the conflict.
Chapter 5 - "A little pissant war": Compares our entry into the Army. My father and I both attended our initial training at Fort Moore (Benning), Georgia. The similarities and differences are discussed.
Chapter 6 - "He cried on the way home": Where I was when 9/11 occurred and how that changed my life. Describes when we both departed for Iraq and Vietnam, and the family's reaction to it.
Chapter 7 - "I finally had my war": Describes our initial impressions of Vietnam and Iraq.
Chapter 8 - "A breaking point": Brief background on the Vietnam war and how it was fought. Helps the reader unfamiliar with the conflict gain a basic understanding of the war. Similarities to how the Global War on Terrorism was executed are mentioned throughout.
Chapter 9 - "Huh, looks like Vietnam": First several weeks of each of our deployments are discussed.
Chapter 10 - "My men are a strange group": Even a generation apart, it is amazing how timeless service is. The similarities between the soldiers we served with, both good and bad, are compared.
Chapter 11 - "No VC here": My father's combat in the notorious Cu Chi underground tunnels of Vietnam is described in detail.
Chapter 12 - "The grenade belonged to him": Both of our health issues brought on by service and combat conditions are explained. The idea of toxic leadership is introduced.
Chapter 13 - "Must get some rest now": The rest and relaxation facilities available to soldiers in Vietnam and Iraq are compared.
Chapter 14 - "Charlie's shit is weak": My father's combat in an unforgiving area nicknamed The Pineapple is described.
Chapter 15 - "Luckily the beer arrived": My father is moved to the executive officer position. Toxic leadership is examined more closely. Anti-war protests are also further discussed.
Chapter 16 - "Disgusted with the whole business": More toxic leadership, combined with my father fighting in the infamous Iron Triangle area.
Chapter 17 - "The majority of the company has gone": My time in Iraq helping the local populace. The 82nd Airborne redeploys back to the US. My father is assigned to advise South Vietnam's Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
Chapter 18 - "The best part was the hot water": The Vietnam War shifts from Pacification to Vietnamization, which my father experienced firsthand. This is briefly discussed for the reader who is unfamiliar with what occurred.
Chapter 19 - "Killing people is the easiest thing in the world": Initial impressions of and on the performance of the ARVN.
Chapter 20 - "The equal of the VC": For those unfamiliar with the topic, a brief history of the ARVN and how the Americans supported their growth is presented.
Chapter 21 - "Your dad did some really heroic stuff": Discusses holidays in the military and when deployed. First time meeting men who knew my father in Vietnam. Discovers that the ARVN are a formidable force who unlike American units are not bound by rules and regularly commit war crimes.
Chapter 22 - "The days are still long": More firefights and other combat related operations with the ARVN.
Chapter 23 - "Arrived down under": My mid tour leave from war visiting Scandinavia is compared to the leave he took decades earlier in Australia. The surrealness of taking a break from war.
Chapter 24 - "Is your Battalion Vietnamized": We both head back to our individual wars. His further attempts to Vietnamize the Vietnamese are discussed from a strategic perspective.
Chapter 25 - "We are still killing Cong": More combat operations with the ARVN; key event being a possible discovery in my father's journal which could lead to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovering the remains of two missing Americans.
Chapter 26 - "The most unhappy thing": The killing of one of my father's teammates on an operation is heart wrenchingly explored. He leads the rescue mission under fire to recover his body and receives a Bronze Star with Valor for his actions.
Chapter 27 - "Vietnam Fini": Both my father and I return from war. The challenges and confusion that comes with adjusting back to civilian life is discussed.
Chapter 28 - "You don't know what the fuck you're talking about": One cannot talk about Vietnam and not discuss anti-war protests. This is explored and is compared with my experience witnessing the social unrest riots and January 6th events in Washington, DC firsthand.
Chapter 29 - "They threw as much gas on the fire as they could": How the media may have contributed to the loss in Vietnam and its current obsession with negative and shock stories and how that impacts the military today.
Chapter 30 - "Still a nightmare that wakes me up": The lingering impacts of health issues related to service is mentioned. Along with the stigma of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which seems to automatically apply to all veterans regardless of what conflict they served in.
Chapter 31 - "I always wear my boots": So called wokeness that the far right claims is ruining today's military is dissected to demonstrate the benefit that diversity, women in the military, and LGBQT members offer the nation.
Chapter 32 - "We were looking for George Washington": They myth that the ARVN were cowards and are to blame for the loss of the war is shattered.
Chapter 33 - "Defend to the Death": Explores what may have happened to the men of the 25th ARVN that my father advised after Saigon and South Vietnam fell in April 1975.
Chapter 34 - Draft: Will discuss the strategic failure of Vietnam and how many of the same mistakes were made in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Epilogue - Draft: Conclusion of the book closing with the generational impact conflict and service has on families.
Prologue - "By God, we've kicked the Vietnam syndrome": Introduction to the book and how my father's service first impacted me as a child. Also describes the influence of the Vietnam War on military leaders, politicians, and American society. Much of which I witnessed firsthand when working in the Senate.
Chapter 1 - "What are you going to do with your life": Brief background on communism and how the Vietnam War started. Discusses how I was influenced to join the Army. Also traces the growth of the war via the various men that my father and family grew up with who were killed there.
Chapter 2 - "Get out of this house": The first soldier I knew who was killed in Iraq is mentioned. Anti-War protests are first introduced. Continues the slow burn describing the evolution of the Vietnam War through the men killed who my family grew up with.
Chapter 3 - "He never wanted to worry me": Brief digression into a social issue impacting the modern military. That of the scourge of suicide. Told through the soldiers that my father and I knew who took their own lives.
Chapter 4 - "Singing when the lights went out": Last of the men my family knew who died in Vietnam is concluded, which then sets the scene for when my father entered the conflict.
Chapter 5 - "A little pissant war": Compares our entry into the Army. My father and I both attended our initial training at Fort Moore (Benning), Georgia. The similarities and differences are discussed.
Chapter 6 - "He cried on the way home": Where I was when 9/11 occurred and how that changed my life. Describes when we both departed for Iraq and Vietnam, and the family's reaction to it.
Chapter 7 - "I finally had my war": Describes our initial impressions of Vietnam and Iraq.
Chapter 8 - "A breaking point": Brief background on the Vietnam war and how it was fought. Helps the reader unfamiliar with the conflict gain a basic understanding of the war. Similarities to how the Global War on Terrorism was executed are mentioned throughout.
Chapter 9 - "Huh, looks like Vietnam": First several weeks of each of our deployments are discussed.
Chapter 10 - "My men are a strange group": Even a generation apart, it is amazing how timeless service is. The similarities between the soldiers we served with, both good and bad, are compared.
Chapter 11 - "No VC here": My father's combat in the notorious Cu Chi underground tunnels of Vietnam is described in detail.
Chapter 12 - "The grenade belonged to him": Both of our health issues brought on by service and combat conditions are explained. The idea of toxic leadership is introduced.
Chapter 13 - "Must get some rest now": The rest and relaxation facilities available to soldiers in Vietnam and Iraq are compared.
Chapter 14 - "Charlie's shit is weak": My father's combat in an unforgiving area nicknamed The Pineapple is described.
Chapter 15 - "Luckily the beer arrived": My father is moved to the executive officer position. Toxic leadership is examined more closely. Anti-war protests are also further discussed.
Chapter 16 - "Disgusted with the whole business": More toxic leadership, combined with my father fighting in the infamous Iron Triangle area.
Chapter 17 - "The majority of the company has gone": My time in Iraq helping the local populace. The 82nd Airborne redeploys back to the US. My father is assigned to advise South Vietnam's Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
Chapter 18 - "The best part was the hot water": The Vietnam War shifts from Pacification to Vietnamization, which my father experienced firsthand. This is briefly discussed for the reader who is unfamiliar with what occurred.
Chapter 19 - "Killing people is the easiest thing in the world": Initial impressions of and on the performance of the ARVN.
Chapter 20 - "The equal of the VC": For those unfamiliar with the topic, a brief history of the ARVN and how the Americans supported their growth is presented.
Chapter 21 - "Your dad did some really heroic stuff": Discusses holidays in the military and when deployed. First time meeting men who knew my father in Vietnam. Discovers that the ARVN are a formidable force who unlike American units are not bound by rules and regularly commit war crimes.
Chapter 22 - "The days are still long": More firefights and other combat related operations with the ARVN.
Chapter 23 - "Arrived down under": My mid tour leave from war visiting Scandinavia is compared to the leave he took decades earlier in Australia. The surrealness of taking a break from war.
Chapter 24 - "Is your Battalion Vietnamized": We both head back to our individual wars. His further attempts to Vietnamize the Vietnamese are discussed from a strategic perspective.
Chapter 25 - "We are still killing Cong": More combat operations with the ARVN; key event being a possible discovery in my father's journal which could lead to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovering the remains of two missing Americans.
Chapter 26 - "The most unhappy thing": The killing of one of my father's teammates on an operation is heart wrenchingly explored. He leads the rescue mission under fire to recover his body and receives a Bronze Star with Valor for his actions.
Chapter 27 - "Vietnam Fini": Both my father and I return from war. The challenges and confusion that comes with adjusting back to civilian life is discussed.
Chapter 28 - "You don't know what the fuck you're talking about": One cannot talk about Vietnam and not discuss anti-war protests. This is explored and is compared with my experience witnessing the social unrest riots and January 6th events in Washington, DC firsthand.
Chapter 29 - "They threw as much gas on the fire as they could": How the media may have contributed to the loss in Vietnam and its current obsession with negative and shock stories and how that impacts the military today.
Chapter 30 - "Still a nightmare that wakes me up": The lingering impacts of health issues related to service is mentioned. Along with the stigma of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which seems to automatically apply to all veterans regardless of what conflict they served in.
Chapter 31 - "I always wear my boots": So called wokeness that the far right claims is ruining today's military is dissected to demonstrate the benefit that diversity, women in the military, and LGBQT members offer the nation.
Chapter 32 - "We were looking for George Washington": They myth that the ARVN were cowards and are to blame for the loss of the war is shattered.
Chapter 33 - "Defend to the Death": Explores what may have happened to the men of the 25th ARVN that my father advised after Saigon and South Vietnam fell in April 1975.
Chapter 34 - Draft: Will discuss the strategic failure of Vietnam and how many of the same mistakes were made in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Epilogue - Draft: Conclusion of the book closing with the generational impact conflict and service has on families.
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82nd Airborne,Iraq,PTSD,Cu Chi,Vietnamization,ARVN,toxic leadership,anti-war protest,6th January riot,Capitol,diversity,strategic failure,generational impact
Table of Contents: All chapters are kept short at under 5,000 words each.
Prologue - "By God, we've kicked the Vietnam syndrome": Introduction to the book and how my father's service first impacted me as a child. Also describes the influence of the Vietnam War on military leaders, politicians, and American society. Much of which I witnessed firsthand when working in the Senate.
Chapter 1 - "What are you going to do with your life": Brief background on communism and how the Vietnam War started. Discusses how I was influenced to join the Army. Also traces the growth of the war via the various men that my father and family grew up with who were killed there.
Chapter 2 - "Get out of this house": The first soldier I knew who was killed in Iraq is mentioned. Anti-War protests are first introduced. Continues the slow burn describing the evolution of the Vietnam War through the men killed who my family grew up with.
Chapter 3 - "He never wanted to worry me": Brief digression into a social issue impacting the modern military. That of the scourge of suicide. Told through the soldiers that my father and I knew who took their own lives.
Chapter 4 - "Singing when the lights went out": Last of the men my family knew who died in Vietnam is concluded, which then sets the scene for when my father entered the conflict.
Chapter 5 - "A little pissant war": Compares our entry into the Army. My father and I both attended our initial training at Fort Moore (Benning), Georgia. The similarities and differences are discussed.
Chapter 6 - "He cried on the way home": Where I was when 9/11 occurred and how that changed my life. Describes when we both departed for Iraq and Vietnam, and the family's reaction to it.
Chapter 7 - "I finally had my war": Describes our initial impressions of Vietnam and Iraq.
Chapter 8 - "A breaking point": Brief background on the Vietnam war and how it was fought. Helps the reader unfamiliar with the conflict gain a basic understanding of the war. Similarities to how the Global War on Terrorism was executed are mentioned throughout.
Chapter 9 - "Huh, looks like Vietnam": First several weeks of each of our deployments are discussed.
Chapter 10 - "My men are a strange group": Even a generation apart, it is amazing how timeless service is. The similarities between the soldiers we served with, both good and bad, are compared.
Chapter 11 - "No VC here": My father's combat in the notorious Cu Chi underground tunnels of Vietnam is described in detail.
Chapter 12 - "The grenade belonged to him": Both of our health issues brought on by service and combat conditions are explained. The idea of toxic leadership is introduced.
Chapter 13 - "Must get some rest now": The rest and relaxation facilities available to soldiers in Vietnam and Iraq are compared.
Chapter 14 - "Charlie's shit is weak": My father's combat in an unforgiving area nicknamed The Pineapple is described.
Chapter 15 - "Luckily the beer arrived": My father is moved to the executive officer position. Toxic leadership is examined more closely. Anti-war protests are also further discussed.
Chapter 16 - "Disgusted with the whole business": More toxic leadership, combined with my father fighting in the infamous Iron Triangle area.
Chapter 17 - "The majority of the company has gone": My time in Iraq helping the local populace. The 82nd Airborne redeploys back to the US. My father is assigned to advise South Vietnam's Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
Chapter 18 - "The best part was the hot water": The Vietnam War shifts from Pacification to Vietnamization, which my father experienced firsthand. This is briefly discussed for the reader who is unfamiliar with what occurred.
Chapter 19 - "Killing people is the easiest thing in the world": Initial impressions of and on the performance of the ARVN.
Chapter 20 - "The equal of the VC": For those unfamiliar with the topic, a brief history of the ARVN and how the Americans supported their growth is presented.
Chapter 21 - "Your dad did some really heroic stuff": Discusses holidays in the military and when deployed. First time meeting men who knew my father in Vietnam. Discovers that the ARVN are a formidable force who unlike American units are not bound by rules and regularly commit war crimes.
Chapter 22 - "The days are still long": More firefights and other combat related operations with the ARVN.
Chapter 23 - "Arrived down under": My mid tour leave from war visiting Scandinavia is compared to the leave he took decades earlier in Australia. The surrealness of taking a break from war.
Chapter 24 - "Is your Battalion Vietnamized": We both head back to our individual wars. His further attempts to Vietnamize the Vietnamese are discussed from a strategic perspective.
Chapter 25 - "We are still killing Cong": More combat operations with the ARVN; key event being a possible discovery in my father's journal which could lead to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovering the remains of two missing Americans.
Chapter 26 - "The most unhappy thing": The killing of one of my father's teammates on an operation is heart wrenchingly explored. He leads the rescue mission under fire to recover his body and receives a Bronze Star with Valor for his actions.
Chapter 27 - "Vietnam Fini": Both my father and I return from war. The challenges and confusion that comes with adjusting back to civilian life is discussed.
Chapter 28 - "You don't know what the fuck you're talking about": One cannot talk about Vietnam and not discuss anti-war protests. This is explored and is compared with my experience witnessing the social unrest riots and January 6th events in Washington, DC firsthand.
Chapter 29 - "They threw as much gas on the fire as they could": How the media may have contributed to the loss in Vietnam and its current obsession with negative and shock stories and how that impacts the military today.
Chapter 30 - "Still a nightmare that wakes me up": The lingering impacts of health issues related to service is mentioned. Along with the stigma of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which seems to automatically apply to all veterans regardless of what conflict they served in.
Chapter 31 - "I always wear my boots": So called wokeness that the far right claims is ruining today's military is dissected to demonstrate the benefit that diversity, women in the military, and LGBQT members offer the nation.
Chapter 32 - "We were looking for George Washington": They myth that the ARVN were cowards and are to blame for the loss of the war is shattered.
Chapter 33 - "Defend to the Death": Explores what may have happened to the men of the 25th ARVN that my father advised after Saigon and South Vietnam fell in April 1975.
Chapter 34 - Draft: Will discuss the strategic failure of Vietnam and how many of the same mistakes were made in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Epilogue - Draft: Conclusion of the book closing with the generational impact conflict and service has on families.
Prologue - "By God, we've kicked the Vietnam syndrome": Introduction to the book and how my father's service first impacted me as a child. Also describes the influence of the Vietnam War on military leaders, politicians, and American society. Much of which I witnessed firsthand when working in the Senate.
Chapter 1 - "What are you going to do with your life": Brief background on communism and how the Vietnam War started. Discusses how I was influenced to join the Army. Also traces the growth of the war via the various men that my father and family grew up with who were killed there.
Chapter 2 - "Get out of this house": The first soldier I knew who was killed in Iraq is mentioned. Anti-War protests are first introduced. Continues the slow burn describing the evolution of the Vietnam War through the men killed who my family grew up with.
Chapter 3 - "He never wanted to worry me": Brief digression into a social issue impacting the modern military. That of the scourge of suicide. Told through the soldiers that my father and I knew who took their own lives.
Chapter 4 - "Singing when the lights went out": Last of the men my family knew who died in Vietnam is concluded, which then sets the scene for when my father entered the conflict.
Chapter 5 - "A little pissant war": Compares our entry into the Army. My father and I both attended our initial training at Fort Moore (Benning), Georgia. The similarities and differences are discussed.
Chapter 6 - "He cried on the way home": Where I was when 9/11 occurred and how that changed my life. Describes when we both departed for Iraq and Vietnam, and the family's reaction to it.
Chapter 7 - "I finally had my war": Describes our initial impressions of Vietnam and Iraq.
Chapter 8 - "A breaking point": Brief background on the Vietnam war and how it was fought. Helps the reader unfamiliar with the conflict gain a basic understanding of the war. Similarities to how the Global War on Terrorism was executed are mentioned throughout.
Chapter 9 - "Huh, looks like Vietnam": First several weeks of each of our deployments are discussed.
Chapter 10 - "My men are a strange group": Even a generation apart, it is amazing how timeless service is. The similarities between the soldiers we served with, both good and bad, are compared.
Chapter 11 - "No VC here": My father's combat in the notorious Cu Chi underground tunnels of Vietnam is described in detail.
Chapter 12 - "The grenade belonged to him": Both of our health issues brought on by service and combat conditions are explained. The idea of toxic leadership is introduced.
Chapter 13 - "Must get some rest now": The rest and relaxation facilities available to soldiers in Vietnam and Iraq are compared.
Chapter 14 - "Charlie's shit is weak": My father's combat in an unforgiving area nicknamed The Pineapple is described.
Chapter 15 - "Luckily the beer arrived": My father is moved to the executive officer position. Toxic leadership is examined more closely. Anti-war protests are also further discussed.
Chapter 16 - "Disgusted with the whole business": More toxic leadership, combined with my father fighting in the infamous Iron Triangle area.
Chapter 17 - "The majority of the company has gone": My time in Iraq helping the local populace. The 82nd Airborne redeploys back to the US. My father is assigned to advise South Vietnam's Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
Chapter 18 - "The best part was the hot water": The Vietnam War shifts from Pacification to Vietnamization, which my father experienced firsthand. This is briefly discussed for the reader who is unfamiliar with what occurred.
Chapter 19 - "Killing people is the easiest thing in the world": Initial impressions of and on the performance of the ARVN.
Chapter 20 - "The equal of the VC": For those unfamiliar with the topic, a brief history of the ARVN and how the Americans supported their growth is presented.
Chapter 21 - "Your dad did some really heroic stuff": Discusses holidays in the military and when deployed. First time meeting men who knew my father in Vietnam. Discovers that the ARVN are a formidable force who unlike American units are not bound by rules and regularly commit war crimes.
Chapter 22 - "The days are still long": More firefights and other combat related operations with the ARVN.
Chapter 23 - "Arrived down under": My mid tour leave from war visiting Scandinavia is compared to the leave he took decades earlier in Australia. The surrealness of taking a break from war.
Chapter 24 - "Is your Battalion Vietnamized": We both head back to our individual wars. His further attempts to Vietnamize the Vietnamese are discussed from a strategic perspective.
Chapter 25 - "We are still killing Cong": More combat operations with the ARVN; key event being a possible discovery in my father's journal which could lead to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovering the remains of two missing Americans.
Chapter 26 - "The most unhappy thing": The killing of one of my father's teammates on an operation is heart wrenchingly explored. He leads the rescue mission under fire to recover his body and receives a Bronze Star with Valor for his actions.
Chapter 27 - "Vietnam Fini": Both my father and I return from war. The challenges and confusion that comes with adjusting back to civilian life is discussed.
Chapter 28 - "You don't know what the fuck you're talking about": One cannot talk about Vietnam and not discuss anti-war protests. This is explored and is compared with my experience witnessing the social unrest riots and January 6th events in Washington, DC firsthand.
Chapter 29 - "They threw as much gas on the fire as they could": How the media may have contributed to the loss in Vietnam and its current obsession with negative and shock stories and how that impacts the military today.
Chapter 30 - "Still a nightmare that wakes me up": The lingering impacts of health issues related to service is mentioned. Along with the stigma of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which seems to automatically apply to all veterans regardless of what conflict they served in.
Chapter 31 - "I always wear my boots": So called wokeness that the far right claims is ruining today's military is dissected to demonstrate the benefit that diversity, women in the military, and LGBQT members offer the nation.
Chapter 32 - "We were looking for George Washington": They myth that the ARVN were cowards and are to blame for the loss of the war is shattered.
Chapter 33 - "Defend to the Death": Explores what may have happened to the men of the 25th ARVN that my father advised after Saigon and South Vietnam fell in April 1975.
Chapter 34 - Draft: Will discuss the strategic failure of Vietnam and how many of the same mistakes were made in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Epilogue - Draft: Conclusion of the book closing with the generational impact conflict and service has on families.
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