Soldier By Chance

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Thomas White

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In 1966, Thomas White was a nineteen-year-old surfer living an idyllic life in Marin County, CA. His sheltered world was shattered when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. At the moment the Vietnam War was ramping up, he found himself on the front lines. Tom arrived in Da Nang with the 8th Battalion, 4th Artillery, to begin a fourteen-month tour of duty. The journey took him to the DMZ, the border separating North and South Vietnam, and the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in the war. In addition to searing memories, Tom returned from Vietnam with a portfolio of candid photographs that bear witness to his life-changing experience. In this dazzling first book, Tom shares insights about relationships formed, experiences encountered, and the horror of war during this brief moment in a historic time. His words and pictures illuminate a harrowing tale and the transformation of a soldier by chance.

Author Biography:

Thomas White was born in 1946 and grew up in Marin County, just north of San Francis-co. After two years of college, he was drafted in 1966 and sent to Vietnam. Somewhat disillusioned after returning from the war, he let go of his dream of becoming an art teacher and built houses as a carpenter. After working in the Bay Area for six years, he bought two hundred acres of remote and undeveloped land in the rugged foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Over the next forty years, Lightning Ridge Ranch slowly became a real one, with a house, barns, horses, and goats. His handcrafted home on the high ridge offered commanding views of rolling hills, perennial creeks, and distant mountains. His Gold Country landscape was wrapped in lush stands of pine and oak. While working the Ranch, he also established himself as an artist, actor, and woodworker. But the land he loved had been reduced to a charred wasteland during the Butte Fire, bringing back haunting memories of Vietnam. In 2016, Tom sold Lightning Ridge Ranch and moved to the Gold Rush town of Murphys, California.

Release date NZ

October 30th, 2020

Author

Thomas White

Pages

188

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

216x216x13

ISBN-13

9780998691053

Product ID

33550720

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