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Saturday, October 17, 2009
Finally got around to making a Vietnam War video
Posted on October 17, 2009 at 11:06 PM.
Dedicated to the guys I served with during the Vietnam War. Photos have been sent to me through these last several years by the guys, most taken off my web site. I'm the good looking one in the video.

The Military Police of the Vietnam War from Jim Stewart on Vimeo.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Daughter from DaNang (Vietnam)
Posted on July 3, 2009 at 11:08 PM.
If you have an hour and 20 minutes watch this and tell me what you think about Heidi.
My beautiful Amerasian daughter was killed in Vietnam in 1977 and I'm a bit upset at what I just saw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ueTw...eature=related
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Other music
Posted on May 10, 2009 at 01:52 AM.


Enough said. Andrea Bocelli can't come close to this guy. I think he castrated himself on that last note, but Jesus that guy could sing.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
The Beautiful Country
Posted on January 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM.
At one time someone on this site recommended this movie to me. I had never heard of it before. Well, at the store yesterday there was a movie bin with movies, 3 for $10.00. This movie was one of them, so I bought it, Cheap Detective and Cliffhanger. I watched it last night.

As you know my daughter was Amerasian, see my book THE ANGEL FROM VIETNAM. This was a story about an Amerasian man who left Vietnam to look for his G.I. father who, his mother said, just never came back one day, just disappeared.

It was beautifully filmed, scenes of Saigon really intrigued me, half an hour of the film was in Vietnamese. He finally finds his father and the reason for him "suddenly just not coming around" are revealed.

This was well done and I would recommend it to anyone.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
My new book
Posted on January 7, 2009 at 11:03 PM.
Dave is dead....end of blog. RIP.

"A Walk With Dale".

In the middle of it now. I have befriended a particular homeless person in the area (give him food, money, etc.) and I was touched by how articulate he is, how courteous, and how humble he is being as destitute as he is. He has given me permission to write his story. He's 54 and has been on the streets for years.

I see so much lip service on our homeless, but all stereotypes, i.e., they're all dirty, they all smell, they're all drug addicts, they're all thieves, on and on and on. They need an objective story told, and I intend to tell it.

His is an amazing story and as I sat with him today we both shed a few tears. I gave him my book "The Angel From Vietnam" for Christmas and he read it. We talked about parallels in our lives. We are all closer to each other than we think.

I hope to have this emotion packed book released in July. Wish me luck with it. If you have any questions, please I would appreciate them as questions lead to more digging. He's being completely and honestly opened minded with me and I'm mesmerized by his story so far.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Great Movie Scenes
Posted on December 28, 2008 at 01:15 AM.
Loved this one from "The Alamo"



and this one at the end. Who knows what happened to Crockett, but this is pretty cool.
Friday, December 19, 2008
War Movies, good and bad
Posted on December 19, 2008 at 01:54 AM.
Without a doubt the best war movie/series EVER....Band of Brothers on HBO. I remember renting this when it was on VHS and I rented the first two tape (four episodes) and went out and rented the entire series and watched it in one sitting.



Lt. Winters (later to have battlefield commission to Major) is the first real vet talking at the end of the intro. An amazing story, have read his book. Definitely part of our greatest generation.

Loved the music in this series also.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Great t.v. shows from "back then"
Posted on December 9, 2008 at 04:55 PM.
We wouldn't miss "The Honeymooners". It first came on in 1951, I would have only been five, but I remember the shows later on. They were all rated "G", no crotch jokes, no breast jokes, no sex, no boobs (and I'm a boob man), no drug references. I really don't know how we found things to laugh at back then (just kidding).



part 2


part 3
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Songs/videos from the 50s and 60s
Posted on December 7, 2008 at 12:08 AM.
You know Chubby Checker got all the credit for "The Twist", but this was written by Hank Ballard of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, but I digress. I loved those songs and my band played many of them. Here's one, not by the original, Lloyd Price, but by The Isley Brothers, great none-the-less. Ah, take me back to playing at the sock hop.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Great guitar players
Posted on December 6, 2008 at 11:58 PM.
Having played in a rock 'n roll band in the 60s I often go to youtube.com and watch/listen to some of the great guitar players of the present and past.

Ricky Nelson had a great guitar player.....James Burton. I used to watch "Ozzie and Harriet" and Ricky and his band usually played a song at the end of the show. Here's one to show you Burton then, and one of Burton today. Nice clean, technical stuff without all that high pitched whining of some of the heavy metal guitarist. He's shown here playing a Fender Jazzmaster, like the one I had (see my photos), but he actually played a Fender Telecaster for this song.

Then....great clean solo.


Now....
Vietnam War
Posted on December 6, 2008 at 10:58 PM.
I spent four years in Vietnam. I went there when I was 19, just a month shy of my 20th birthday and returned to the USA in July of 1970, just four months shy of my 24th birthday.
I was in the Army there for two years and worked as a civilian for two years.

It is the most misunderstood of wars. Stereotypes about the returning soldiers, drug use, etc., etc.

If anyone has any questions I'm pretty knowledgeable about this time in our history and will try to answer your questions honestly.

I even lost my virginity there and became the first man in my company of Military Police to get gonorrhea. I did not receive a medal for this.

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