One More Sunrise

Submitted by Joyce Faulkner on November 27, 2011 - 20:53





 

 Author's Summary






After spending a year in Germany as a security guard with the 50th Ordnance Company, Curtis Gay went to Viet Nam as a Private First Class. Six months later he was a Sergeant in the 25th Infantry Division and experienced some of the most intense fighting of the war. This book is his story.


Curtis spent a year as a Drill Sergeant at Fort Dix, New Jersey before leaving the Army in 1968. After a long career in the electrical industry, he is retired and lives in Durham, North Carolina with his wife.





 


MWSA Review




Curtis P. Gay’s story of joining the Army to become a clerk-typist and winding up in the infantry in Viet Nam is in that respect the story of a majority of those entering the Army. Promises made with loopholes galore.

“One More Sunrise” is told by a soldier that lived the experience.  Fear a constant companion, soggy feet and no showers for weeks on end at times, cold disgusting food, leeches, snakes, oppressive heat and those are the high points.

Curtis P. Gay tells his story as he lived it, allowing us a glimpse into his experiences in Nam. Subtle mentions of the rules we faced in that blistering hot country, a don’t go there, don’t go here, war. People forget it does not or should not have rules. Share Gay’s experiences in the field and the few brief breaks in such wonderfully scenic tourist mecca’s as Pleiku (not), the loss of combat friends and dealing with the aftermath of engagements.

This is a great read, easy, yet hard as it brings back memories good and bad. For those that were there when is the last time you thought about riding in a cart pulled by a water buffalo?


Reviewed by: jim greenwald (July 2011)
Author(s) Mentioned: 
Gay, Curtis P.
Reviewer: 
Greenwald, Jim
Work Type: 
Book Reviews
Tags: 
Army
Military