Wendell Affield

Wendell Affield

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January 2012

Memory Muddy Jungle Rivers Uncategorized

Remembering Vietnam

Muddy Jungle Rivers, a Vietnam War memoir, thrusts the reader into life in the Brown Water Navy onboard an armor troop carrier with the Mobile Riverine Force. Like Karl Marlantes, author of the novel Matterhorn, and the nonfiction What It Is Like To Go To War, I lived with this story for over thirty years …

By Wendell AffieldLeave a Comment on Remembering Vietnamupdated on May 17, 2013January 18, 2012
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Praise for Muddy Jungle River

…I found this book compelling, chilling and intensely real. The experience of being there with a slice of American youth good and bad, the tension of frequently being on edge, the horror of battle and being wounded severely is the start, but the rejection upon returning home and carrying all of those feelings for the …

By emilyengerLeave a Comment on Praise for Muddy Jungle Riverupdated on January 19, 2021January 14, 2012

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Awards

Wendell honored with
2017 Veteran's Voices Award

Awards

Expressive Writing Therapy for Veterans

Wendell was diagnosed with PTSD in the 1990s. Through writing about his experiences, he found a way to help move forward from his trauma. Today, he leads a local veteran’s group to help others do the same.

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