Testimony from a Brother in Arms.
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Recently I received a message from a fellow “Polar Bear”. We served together in the same Infantry battalion during the deployment during 2006 to 2007. He was a member of D Company, which was the smallest company, assigned to one of the toughest areas our battalion had. One dreadful early dark morning, an entire weapons platoon from D Company on Route Malibu in Karguli Village was eliminated and three of their soldiers were captured. We were never to see them alive again.
Dean Featheringill was assigned to this company and had just read my book, Not in the Wind, Earthquake, or Fire. He was pleased with the book and with the attention to detail which covered many aspects of our deployment. His mom read the book as well and loved it. I am so glad that I was able to capture so many things about this deployment on paper so that others can read about it get a glimpse into our lives then. Veterans are your biggest critics when it comes to talking about wars they have been in. It is good to get a favorable response for the work done in this book.
This is the message Dean sent me:
“Hi there. I was a D Co dude in ’06-07 and just wanted to say that I read your book and enjoyed it. You put some valuable insights about that time period down in writing and I appreciate your hard work in doing so.”
He followed up this message with another:
“I liked that you detailed some of the things that usually get left out and forgotten, like the universal anxiety and moodiness over when the next chance to use the phones/computers to contact loved ones back home again would be during those long stretches at the BPs and how silly selfishness in even totally non-combat scenarios can cause people to completely doubt their superiors. My Mom read the book and liked it and I’ve recommended it to a couple of D Co guys. Hope all is going well with you. Polar Bears!!!”
Thanks Dean for your comments. I am glad that both you and your mom loved the book!
