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The End Of The Road describes events experienced by members of one small helicopter ambulance unit, in support of military operations in the area of Dak To, Republic Of South Vietnam. The events occurred during the period from November 1967 through January 1969. The author was an observer and occasionally a participant in the events described. As war stories go this one differs in that it describes heroic efforts to save lives not to take them. The book is written for a general audience but would be particularly well received by veterans, veterans families, medical personnel and the sixties generation's offspring. The generation who lived through that time period is coming to retirement age. They are more open to looking back on those events at this reflective time in their lives. The survivors of the war, as well as those who protested the war, can appreciate the events depicted here

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Charles was raised in Columbus Ohio, where he chose to enter the army at age seventeen. He thought the discipline and training might improve his life. It was a good choice, after training as a medic; he later spent a year in Vietnam as a combat medic with the fourth infantry division. Upon his return to the states he worked at Valley Forge General hospital caring for wounded veterans of that war. He spent the bulk of his military career, serving in various army medical facilities. He retired from the army with the rank of first sergeant after 20 years service. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Arts degree in counseling from William Cary College in Hattiesburg Mississippi. He was subsequently hired as a family therapist at laurel wood psychiatric hospital, where he developed a well respected family therapy program. He was invited to work in private practice with two local psychiatrists. His practice consisted of adult individual and group therapy. Some of his clients were family members of naval officers who were in training as carrier pilots at meridian naval air station. In this capacity and as a result of his own military experiences he developed an interest in working with posttraumatic stress disorder. On the evening of July 22, 1999 he suffered a stroke and was placed on life support, at Forrest general hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he remained for three days. On the third day he woke up with very little physical disability. However his ability to recall memories at will was seriously compromised. Part of his therapy involved writing a daily journal of memories. Those notes resulted in this manuscript.

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