Vietnam Through Rose-Colored Glasses (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780615695020)

Dick Rose is a retired U.S. Navy Journalist who spent 18 years as a public relations specialist, with jobs including News Director and disc jockey for two Armed Forces Radio Stations, media relations officer, and leader of a team of 12 photojournalists in the Mekong Delta from 1967 to 1968. He earned a Master's degree in English (with a creative writing emphasis) from San Diego State University. He is the author of two books, "Tarnished Brass Curtain: A Novel of Vietnam," which won the Independent Press 2011 National Excellence Award in the Military Fiction category; and "Vietnam Through Rose-Colored Glasses," a collection of commentaries, poems, and fiction, published in December 2012. "Tarnished Brass Curtain" was originally published in 2001 as "Moveable Forts and Magazines," and is still available in that form. It is an expanded version of his Master's Thesis. His new book, a collection of short stories, "Did You Ever Try to Melt a Lemon Drop?" will be published in spring, 2013. The Chicago-born Dick Rose is a widower who wife, Barbara, died in 2007 after 51-1/2 years of marriage. He lives in Henderson, Nevada with his daughter, Debbi. Dick Rose is a retired U.S. Navy Journalist who spent 18 years as a public relations specialist, with jobs including News Director and disc jockey for two Armed Forces Radio Stations, media relations officer, and leader of a team of 12 photojournalists in the Mekong Delta from 1967 to 1968. He earned a Master's degree in English (with a creative writing emphasis) from San Diego State University. He is the author of two books, "Tarnished Brass Curtain: A Novel of Vietnam," which won the Independent Press 2011 National Excellence Award in the Military Fiction category; and "Vietnam Through Rose-Colored Glasses," a collection of commentaries, poems, and fiction, published in December 2012. "Tarnished Brass Curtain" was originally published in 2001 as "Moveable Forts and Magazines," and is still available in that form. It is an expanded version of his Master's Thesis. His new book, a collection of short stories, "Did You Ever Try to Melt a Lemon Drop?" will be published in spring, 2013. He is the holder of the Navy Commendation Medal with combat "V," the Navy Combat Action Ribbon and numerous campaign ribbons. The Chicago-born Dick Rose is a widower whose wife, Barbara, died in 2007 after 51-1/2 years of marriage. He lives in Henderson, Nevada with his daughter, Debbi.