Vietnam Veteran News Podcast:
1345 – Minnesota Vietnam Vet penned gripping memoir, by Mack Payne.
Posted Dec. 21, 2018. (Original link here.)
Episode 1345 Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story from Faribault, Minnesota about Vietnam Vet Robert Kunkel. He recently published a gripping book titled Walking Point about his experiences with the 5/7th Cav, 1st Cav Division in Vietnam.
The story about Robert Kunkel and his book appeared in The Faribault Daily News of titled: ‘Walking Point’ an intense and gripping memoir. It was submitted by Michael Tidemann, a guest columnist to the publication.
Robert Kunkel grew up on a farm on Pearl Lake in central Minnesota. His family raised dairy cows, beef cattle, and pigs. Bob was right in the middle of 11 siblings, with five older and five younger. He had three sisters and seven brothers, one of whom was a Catholic priest. In 1966, at age 22, Bob’s draft number came up and he would be training for the infantry by the end of that year. He went to Vietnam and served with the 1st Cav Division.
Bob credits his survival to superb Army training, and he relied heavily on prayer especially while in Vietnam. He returned home during a tumultuous time in America, and he eventually found his path: law enforcement was the perfect career for him. As he prepared for retirement, haunting memories from Vietnam bothered him more and more. Psychiatric help for his PTSD started him jotting down some of the details that filled his thoughts, and that was the beginning 18 years ago of his memoir book. His Vietnam experiences as an infantry soldier still haunt him, but he feels that he can cope with them better now. Bob is retired and lives in a home he built on a lake not far from where he grew up. He and his wife Eileen raised four children, and are active in the lives of their four grandchildren.
Listen to episode 1345 and discover more about Vietnam Vet Robert Kunkel and his book Walking Point.
1345 – Minnesota Vietnam Vet penned gripping memoir, by Mack Payne.
Posted Dec. 21, 2018. (Original link here.)
Episode 1345 Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story from Faribault, Minnesota about Vietnam Vet Robert Kunkel. He recently published a gripping book titled Walking Point about his experiences with the 5/7th Cav, 1st Cav Division in Vietnam.
The story about Robert Kunkel and his book appeared in The Faribault Daily News of titled: ‘Walking Point’ an intense and gripping memoir. It was submitted by Michael Tidemann, a guest columnist to the publication.
Robert Kunkel grew up on a farm on Pearl Lake in central Minnesota. His family raised dairy cows, beef cattle, and pigs. Bob was right in the middle of 11 siblings, with five older and five younger. He had three sisters and seven brothers, one of whom was a Catholic priest. In 1966, at age 22, Bob’s draft number came up and he would be training for the infantry by the end of that year. He went to Vietnam and served with the 1st Cav Division.
Bob credits his survival to superb Army training, and he relied heavily on prayer especially while in Vietnam. He returned home during a tumultuous time in America, and he eventually found his path: law enforcement was the perfect career for him. As he prepared for retirement, haunting memories from Vietnam bothered him more and more. Psychiatric help for his PTSD started him jotting down some of the details that filled his thoughts, and that was the beginning 18 years ago of his memoir book. His Vietnam experiences as an infantry soldier still haunt him, but he feels that he can cope with them better now. Bob is retired and lives in a home he built on a lake not far from where he grew up. He and his wife Eileen raised four children, and are active in the lives of their four grandchildren.
Listen to episode 1345 and discover more about Vietnam Vet Robert Kunkel and his book Walking Point.