Hell Looks Different Now, One Corpsman's Journey Back to Vietnam

<p>John Doc McNiff was raised in Acton, Massachusetts. After high school he enlisted in the Navy. Upon graduation from Hospital Corps School he was assigned successively to Chelsea Naval Hospital, Boston; Field Medical School, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Vietnam in May of 1966 with the Third Battalion Fourth Marines at Phu Bai where he saw combat in several operations including Hastings and Prairie; the Triage at A Medical Company, Phu Bai; a small detachment under Dr. T. D. Gross (with whom he stayed when the good doctor later became Regimental Surgeon of the Fourth Marines); and finally, the 26th Marines at Co Bi Tan Than, near Hue. McNiff rotated back to the states in June 1967 and was discharged at Long Beach, California July of 1968. He joined the Acton, Massachusetts Police Department where today he holds the rank of Lieutenant. He graduated from Northeastern University and the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He is currently working on historical fiction dealing with the Irish Brigade in the American Civil War. He lives with his wife Christine and they have two grown children, Lisa and Sean Patrick.</p>

Biographies & Memoirs

McNiff, Doc J.

Historical

Protea Pub

Grapeshot and Shamrocks a Historical Fiction of the Civil War

<p>Grapeshot and Shamrocks is the story of the saddest kind of war: Civil War. From 1861 to 1865 America tore herself apart as her own sons killed and maimed one another on a scale never before seen. This work of historical fiction is written from the prospective of a squad of soldiers who fought and bled from the first glorious days after the firing on Fort Sumpter when men chose sides and followed their flag into the great unknown of battle. From the streets of Baltimore to the grinding, bloody, end at Appomattox, Paddy Tobin and his comrades fought in every major battle in the Eastern theater of that great war. McNiff has combined his love of storytelling, history, and for his hometown in writing Grapeshot &amp; Shamrocks. Although the events described in this story are true, the characters, except those of historical significance, are fictional. Many of the stories of Acton during this period are folklore, accepted as gospel by most of the old townies.</p>

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

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