Two Tours: Vietnam - A Tour In War, A Tour In Peace - Paperback

by Harry F. Thomas (Author)

Harry F. Thomas spent a year in Vietnam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Da Nang. He experienced the terror of war and the growing inability of American and South Vietnameese forces to control the Viet Cong and North Vietnameese Army. He experienced the Tet Offensive, the political turning point of the war. In search of peace and closure, Thomas returned to Vietnam with his wife and daughter in 2012. He witnessed Vietnam at peace and the profound changes of the post war period. He writes about his emotions and observations forty four years after his time in the war.

Author Biography

Harry F. Thomas is a native Californian and a Vietnam War Veteran. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Da Nang, Vietnam from February 1967 through the Tet Offensive in January of 1968. Harry graduated from California State University, Chico and worked as a systems engineer, trust operations officer, consultant, and chief compliance officer until his retirement in 2009. He is active in his Rotary Club and the community of Novato, California where he lives with his wife, Lauren.