2-27-70

By: John Podlaski

Submitted: July 24, 2022

Book Type: Digital

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I grew up in the city of Detroit and was taught that my heritage and strong family values were important. Every year, our birthdays were a cherished event within the family – especially when it was dad’s special day – we always celebrated his with great fanfare, a special family dinner and dessert. However, on February 27, 1970, my dad’s birthday, that annual tradition was broken when I was forced into a situation beyond my control. I had to leave home and the family...

Death in the Triangle

By: John Podlaski, John Podlaski

Submitted: October 6, 2021

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DEATH IN THE TRIANGLE is a sequel to “When Can I Stop Running?”. That was one hell of a night! Only a couple of hours passed since returning to the firebase. Now, the sleep-deprived and weary First Platoon soldiers must go back out on another patrol. Last night, an enemy mortar team fired several rounds into the base and was soon silenced by return artillery fire. The Third Squad also ambushed a group of enemy soldiers leaving nine dead bodies on the trail before moving out to a...

When can I Stop Running? A Vietnam War Story

By: John Podlaski, John Podlaski

Submitted: October 6, 2021

eBook: $2.49

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2019 KCT RRBC Runner-Up Silver Award Winner #RRBC 2020 Rave Review awards: BOOK OF THE YEAR The year is 1970, and the story follows the two soldiers - impressionable Detroit teenagers - during their long night in a Listening Post (‘LP’), some 200 meters beyond the bunker line of the new firebase. Their assignment as a "human early warning system", is to listen for enemy activity and forewarn the base of any potential dangers. As they were new to the “Iron...

Cherries: A Vietnam War Novel

By: John Podlaski, John Podlaski

Submitted: October 6, 2021

eBook: $4.99

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In 1970, John Kowalski is one of many young, naive teenage soldiers sent to Vietnam to fight in an unpopular war. Dubbed “Cherries” by their more seasoned peers, these newbies suddenly found themselves thrust into the middle of a terrible nightmare. On-the-job-training is intense, however, most of these teenagers were hardly ready to absorb the harsh mental, emotional, and physical stress of war. When coming under enemy fire and witnessing death first-hand, a life changing...

Unwelcomed: A Short Story

By: John Podlaski, John Podlaski

Submitted: October 6, 2021

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John Kowalski makes it home from the Vietnam War in one piece, and his battles are finally over. Or so he thought. Home for less than a week, John must defend his family from a pair of unwelcomed thugs hell-bent on revenge.

Unhinged

By: John Podlaski, John Podlaski

Submitted: October 6, 2021

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Two fourteen-year-old boys are offered a great first-time opportunity to watch a movie by themselves at a local drive-in theater. Little did they know that the movie would affect them in ways neither imagined nor will ever forget.

Unwelcomed: A Short Story

By: John Podlaski

Submitted: September 10, 2021

Book Type: Digital

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John Kowalski makes it home from the Vietnam War in one piece, and his battles are finally over. Or so he thought. Home for less than a week, John must defend his family from a pair of unwelcomed thugs hell-bent on revenge.

Unhinged - A Micro Read

By: John Podlaski

Submitted: September 10, 2021

Book Type: Digital

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Two fourteen-year-old boys are offered a great first-time opportunity to watch a movie by themselves at a local drive-in theater. Little did they know that the movie would affect them in ways neither imagined nor will ever forget.

Death in the Triangle: A Vietnam War Story

By: John Podlaski

Submitted: September 10, 2021

Book Type: Print & Digital

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DEATH IN THE TRIANGLE is a sequel to “When Can I Stop Running?”. That was one hell of a night! Only a couple of hours passed since returning to the firebase. Now, the sleep-deprived and weary First Platoon soldiers must go back out on another patrol. Last night, an enemy mortar team fired several rounds into the base and was soon silenced by return artillery fire. The Third Squad also ambushed a group of enemy soldiers leaving nine dead bodies on the trail before moving out to a...

When Can I Stop Running? - A Vietnam War Story

By: John Podlaski

Submitted: September 10, 2021

Book Type: Print & Digital

amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.es amazon.it amazon.nl amazon.co.jp amazon.com.br amazon.ca amazon.in amazon.com.mx amazon.com.au barnesandnoble.com kobo.com smashwords.com

2019 KCT RRBC Runner-Up Silver Award Winner #RRBC 2020 Rave Review awards: BOOK OF THE YEAR The year is 1970, and the story follows the two soldiers - impressionable Detroit teenagers - during their long night in a Listening Post (‘LP’), some 200 meters beyond the bunker line of the new firebase. Their assignment as a "human early warning system", is to listen for enemy activity and forewarn the base of any potential dangers. As they were new to the “Iron...

Cherries: A Vietnam War Novel

By: John Podlaski

Submitted: September 10, 2021

Book Type: Print & Digital

amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.es amazon.it amazon.nl amazon.co.jp amazon.com.br amazon.ca amazon.in amazon.com.mx amazon.com.au amazon.com barnesandnoble.com kobo.com smashwords.com

In 1970, John Kowalski is one of many young, naive teenage soldiers sent to Vietnam to fight in an unpopular war. Dubbed “Cherries” by their more seasoned peers, these newbies suddenly found themselves thrust into the middle of a terrible nightmare. On-the-job-training is intense, however, most of these teenagers were hardly ready to absorb the harsh mental, emotional, and physical stress of war. When coming under enemy fire and witnessing death first-hand, a life changing...