The Dream Warrior

About the Book

With elements of suspense and emotion, The Dream Warrior is designed to capture the imagination as well as to provoke serious thought and reflection about one's life. It continually asks the question: "Does a man have but one destiny?" How does a man or woman get to be the person they become? What unknown forces determine what a person feels; what a person thinks; and what life a person gets to live? How does a person handle their thoughts and feelings? How does a person handle the adversities and challenges that they face throughout their life? And when a person reaches the "September of their years", what gives them satisfaction when they look back at their life? The author served in the US Navy aboard the USS Oriskany CVA-34 and writes about the fire that occurred on 26 October 1966 off the coast of North Vietnam in which 44 of his fellow officers and sailors died. He writes about other experiences in the Navy and in the war. He details the challenges and adversities faced after the war, and how he learned to escape into "another dimension of time and space" as a warrior in order to survive.

About the Author

The author is originally from New Jersey. After graduation from the University of South Carolina he was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy at OCS in Newport, Rhode Island. He served in the Viet Nam War aboard the USS Oriskany and survived its 1966 fire that killed 44.