An A-Maes'ing Man
Joseph Maes
Author of My Spiritual Walk as a Wolfhound: A Grunt in Vietnam
An A-Maes'ing Man
Joseph Maes
Author of My Spiritual Walk as a Wolfhound: A Grunt in Vietnam
The Book
TuleBurg Press
If you want to know what Vietnam was like on the ground for the men who fought it, this book will take you there. Joe was drafted at age 19 and sent to kill or be killed in a war he was too young to understand – in a country he knew nothing about.
In the midst of war’s horrors, Joe touchingly describes how his Southern Ute Native American heritage and his parents’ wisdom and love helped him make it home alive. He arrived in Vietnam in 1968, the war’s most brutal year. Assigned to the Infantry – the “Tip of the Spear” – he survived jungle ambushes, mortar attacks, and the terrible loss of men he served with. He endured relentless hunger, thirst, and brutal weather conditions, never knowing what dangerous duty he’d be assigned to next.
Veterans will identify with Joe’s blunt, personal story. Civilians, young and old, will hear an important perspective on America’s most misunderstood war, from one of the young men who came home to controversy and mistreatment – instead of parades and respect for his service and sacrifices.
Joseph Maes
For centuries this country took from the Native American culture and community. Trying to erase what they feared and could not be. Yet when the Nation needed Warriors and fearless fighters to enter the fields of death and the jungles of lost souls, they called on those they feared most to protect them.