Product Description 
United Sates Marine Sergeant Tim Fortner survived 14 months in Vietnam as a door gunner in a CH-46 helicopter, completing 27 strike flight missions. He was awarded the Air Medal for heroic achievement in aerial flight. Like many veterans, his real battle didn't begin until he returned home, where he struggled to adjust to the "new normal" of American life in 1969, still haunted by his experiences during the nation's most unpopular war. His memoir describes his military training, his unit's harrowing missions inserting and extracting troops over landing zones under enemy fire, and his four-decade struggle with service-connected PTSD. 
 About the Author 
Tim Fortner is a motorsports professional and has also pursued a career in vintage racing car restoration. He lives on the northern California coast.\nElizabeth Ridley is the author of five novels and four co-written memoirs. She lives in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.

Waging the War Within: A Marine's Memoir of Vietnam and PTSD

Biographies & Memoirs

Ridley, Elizabeth

Fortner, Tim

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Are you one of the 78 million Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1964? If you are, you will enjoy this book and the challenge to write your own story and create a family legacy. Did you grow up in a small town? Then you can identify with Tim’s story and relive the nostalgia of small town Americana in what many consider to be the golden era in our country. Are you a prodigal, been a prodigal or love a prodigal? Then this book is for you. Tim’s account of his battle with alcohol, recovery and a modern day prodigal finding his way back home is a must- read for you and your loved ones. Realizing we are born into a larger story which begins with our immediate family, we each start out on a journey to discover what the story of life is about. Follow Tim’s story as he parallels it with the Prodigal Son and his story of self-discovery which finally led him to the answers to life. Discover the age-old truths and principles which led him back to recovery and a successful life of sobriety one day at a time. You will also be reminded of your favorite television shows, music and movies, as Tim revisits the 1960’s. “This book was written not just for my family, it was written for all those who are searching for the meaning of life. ‘Is life a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing,’ as Macbeth opined? Or is there a larger story we are part of which gives meaning to our life? I discovered without God, life is meaningless.”

The Journey of the Prodigal: From a Sot to a Saint: The Amazing Transformation of a Prodigal boomer

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