Newman 1193. (Canadian serving in Marines)

Only 15 copies in Worldcat.

Illustrated by W. P. Wass

Written by a serving Marine major and Vietnam combat veteran, this book of poems and a few prose pieces strives for factual representation of the war, but also offers poems that express the feelings of veterans about the war and life after. Poems are accompanied by numerous drawings and some photographs. -- Newman 532

Played football with the Ottawa Rough Riders before enlisted. Inscription is to one of his teamates

Inscribed by author: "To Merv Collins, My teammate and My friend -- My brief + eminently unspectacular sojourn with the Rough Riders had a value beyond measure because of those fine men whom I came to know and who have so honored me with their friendship through all the years. Please know always that yours is a friendship that I shall forever treasure. Ever Faithful, Jrox [?] Ralph EG Sinke, Jr. Major of Marines, Feb., 2002"


Canadian, served in US Marines
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, canada, Ralph E.G. Sinke, Jr., enlisted in the United States Marine Corps after a brief tenure with the Ottowa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. He reported to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California on 9 March, 1966, and began his first tour of Vietnam as a Private First Class in August of that year. Some nine months thereafter, he was a sergeant platoon commander with the Fifth Marines. Commissioned a second lieutenant in January, 1968, he returned to Vietnam as an advisor to the Vietnamese Army, and is today a Major of Marines. Awarded five Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat, he says that those came his way despite the fac tthat he did his "greatest broken-field running in the rice paddies and won the South East Asian rushing title at least twice." -- dust jacket