How Can You Mend This Purple Heart (32 page)
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Authors: T. L. Gould
On April 10, 1971, I jumped to the first step of the Cleveland-bound Greyhound bus, turned and gave a half-ass salute, and the driver squished the doors between me and the luckiest two and half years of my life.
About the Author
TERRY GOULD SPENT
his childhood on small farms and rural towns across Missouri before joining the U.S. Navy in 1968.
After leaving the Navy, Terry attended college on the G.I. Bill and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Education from the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. He later attended Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, where he received his Masters in Business Administration.
Following a thirty-year career in marketing, advertising, and public relations, Terry finally had the opportunity to write the story that had haunted him for more than forty years.
Through his story
How Can You Mend This Purple Heart
, Terry hopes to inspire all Americans to recognize and honor the veterans of all wars, but especially the veterans of the Vietnam War, for they truly deserve recognitionâan unconditional recognition so long overdueâfor their love of country, their commitment to duty, and their unselfish sacrifices at a time when it was so shamefully unappreciated.
Terry currently resides near Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Barb.
All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this ebook or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.
Special acknowledgement to publisher Mary Catherine Nelson, Ideas to Books® WESTVIEW, for her dedication to this book and her unwavering support for the author when it was indeed “just an idea.”
Copyright © 2008 by T. L. Gould
Cover design by Neil Alexander Heacox
ISBN: 978-1-4804-8904-2
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