{"product_id":"vietnam-earased-joe-loesch-9798255367894","title":"Vietnam Earased: A soldier's battle with war, missing memories, mind control, and government secrets.","description":"Vietnam Erased is the story of a Vietnam veteran whose war was not only fought in the jungles and on convoys-but inside his own mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a young Military Police soldier, he landed in Vietnam with a guitar in one hand and an M-60 in the other. From a happy childhood in Missouri to the Hollywood Bowl, then straight into LZ Baldy and Chu Lai, he discovered uncanny combat skills that far exceeded the rushed training he remembered. Missions blurred. Key moments vanished. Photos proved he'd led deadly convoys he could no longer recall. Friends, like the soldier nicknamed Frenchy, later swore they had never even met him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen his musical talent pulled him into Command Military Touring Shows and the AFVN entertainment world in Saigon, it felt like a miracle escape-performing across Vietnam, directing shows, and fronting a trio at legendary venues like The Queen Bee. But the farther he moved from the front, the stranger the patterns became: missing time, repeated close calls, men in black who appeared at his shows, and conversations about programs with names like MKULTRA, Montauk, Blue Book, and mind control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVietnam Erased weaves battlefield memory, erased missions, and post-war research into a gripping memoir that asks unsettling questions: \u003cbr\u003eWhat if some soldiers weren't just trained-but programmed?\u003cbr\u003eWhat if parts of a life could be cut out like frames from a reel? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Vietnam War memoir, part psychological mystery, and part government-conspiracy investigation, this book takes you from dusty landing zones to Saigon nightclubs, from brotherhood and music to paranoia and missing memories. In the end, Vietnam Erased is the journey of one man determined to reclaim his past-and to find out whether his lost war stories were stolen by trauma, by design, or by something far more disturbing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joe Loesch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798255367894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Joe Loesch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742228427007,"sku":"9798255367894","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vietnam-earased-joe-loesch-9798255367894","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}